Speaker 1: Ussy. This is the seventy seven WABC Mini cast. Our
Speaker 1: safety and security are not negotiable.
Speaker 2: I like that.
Speaker 1: And it's in front of the New York Public Library,
Speaker 1: and it's this Sunday from three point thirty to five
Speaker 1: thirty in my friend Yakov will actually do Love He's
Speaker 1: gonna speak, and Mosha Spern. I love Mosha. He's gonna speak,
Speaker 1: and then a whole bunch of people I've never heard of.
Speaker 1: And I won't be there because I'll be in the Hamptons,
Speaker 1: my one visit maybe too this year. I'm still considering
Speaker 1: joining Bruce Blakeman on August fourteenth, and Witcoff. That's a
Speaker 1: whole other story. But let me get to the guy
Speaker 1: that is putting on this great event Sunday night for
Speaker 1: an organization which you see me wearing their T shirts
Speaker 1: over the last couple of years. I love what they do.
Speaker 1: They're called Booths for Israel. Markya Haskell, who I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think somehow he's related to my friend, former ambassador
Speaker 1: Trump's ambassador to Israel, David Friedman. I have no idea how,
Speaker 1: but anyway, Mark is here this morning. Mark, good morning,
Speaker 1: how are you?
Speaker 3: Good morning? Said how are you doing.
Speaker 1: I'm great. Are you related to David Friedman? What's that
Speaker 1: whole relationship?
Speaker 3: I'm gonna do it real easy for you.
Speaker 2: My wife comes from an illustrious family. The Great Eugene
Speaker 2: Gluck is her grandfather, which he may even be greater,
Speaker 2: But the Great David Friedman is my father in law's brother,
Speaker 2: and I'm super close with him and we collaborate on everything.
Speaker 1: No, he likes you, I know that, and he's mentioned you.
Speaker 1: You mentioned him, so he's your father in law's brother.
Speaker 1: So really, you're not related to David. You're not related
Speaker 1: at all.
Speaker 3: Actually, I mean not really through marriage, right, but if
Speaker 3: you marry, well, you know, good things happen.
Speaker 1: One hundred percent. Listen. I used to have these neighbors
Speaker 1: the name of Lewis and Gloria Iavine. I love Aunt Gloria,
Speaker 1: and I referred to them as Uncle Lewis and Aunt Gloria.
Speaker 1: They were Italian, they were no relation, but we got
Speaker 1: so close over the years and we still are that.
Speaker 1: I still refer to Gloria as Aunt Gloria. So I
Speaker 1: understand where you and David would have that type of relationship,
Speaker 1: and he does. He does love you, and you love him,
Speaker 1: which is great, so cool, it's almost he cool. He
Speaker 1: was a great ambassador. I got a kick out of Friedman.
Speaker 1: And look, I'm also very close with Mike Huckabee. I
Speaker 1: love both guys. But I got a kick out of
Speaker 1: Friedman a couple of weeks ago Mark when he actually
Speaker 1: did testify in Congress.
Speaker 3: YEP for two days. And I asked him why he
Speaker 3: did this, because he's not in office anymore, and he
Speaker 3: said to me, just so I can say my piece
Speaker 3: and give him a piece of my mind. And he
Speaker 3: literally went to Washington just to do that for the people.
Speaker 1: He is a great Twitter follow And if you love
Speaker 1: Judea and Samaria, which I do most of the time
Speaker 1: when I go to Israel with my dear friend Scott
Speaker 1: Feltman and the fine folks from One Israel BND, I
Speaker 1: spend the majority of time in Judea and Samaria with
Speaker 1: you guys who don't go to Israel or love Israel
Speaker 1: would know what's the West Bank? How the media refers
Speaker 1: to that spot. But David has done such a great
Speaker 1: job over the years of trying to get some type
Speaker 1: of sovereignty, annexation, something for that area. I don't think
Speaker 1: it's gonna happen anytime soon, but not because of a
Speaker 1: lack of effort from David Friedman.
Speaker 3: So I'm gonna be honest with you. David and Miriam
Speaker 3: literally appointed Mike Huckaby because he is a goy but
Speaker 3: a Sadic and Mike Huckaby has been a close friend
Speaker 3: of the family, and they knew that we need to
Speaker 3: give somebody the office who can actually get this done.
Speaker 3: And they won't complain that it's a right wing Jew
Speaker 3: And I'm just being honest, which is kind of weird.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're saying Miriam You mean Miriam Adolson obviously, right. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we love Mariam Mark all right, So give me the lowdown.
Speaker 1: I'll be in West Hampton on Sunday night at Adam
Speaker 1: hutch House. He's a very popular guy. One of my
Speaker 1: dearest dearest friends, Corey Seldnick, went to Maryland without him.
Speaker 1: That both terrapins. They know each other. Cory's a big
Speaker 1: real estate guy here in New York City. But this
Speaker 1: event is from Boots for Israel, so let's start right
Speaker 1: there with that organization. I'm aware of what you guys do.
Speaker 1: I've been out there for years wearing your T shirts.
Speaker 1: Tell the listening audience. Exactly what you guys do.
Speaker 3: Super simple. I was in Israel on the October seven day.
Speaker 3: Unfortunately and ironically, because you're talking about David. We live
Speaker 3: in the same building with my in laws. And he
Speaker 3: slammed on my door at seven am and said the
Speaker 3: guards called me. It was Shavist. He never picks up
Speaker 3: his phones, and he said, Mark, we're at war. And
Speaker 3: I didn't know what he was talking about. It was
Speaker 3: so early, just like right now, and I was like, okay.
Speaker 3: And we spent the whole day in his apartment and
Speaker 3: he was getting intelligence, he was wearing his talis, he
Speaker 3: was dobbining, and at the same time all this information
Speaker 3: was coming in and I said to myself, oh my god,
Speaker 3: I cannot believe this is happening. And fast forward a
Speaker 3: few weeks. I went back to Israel. I went to
Speaker 3: the north, I went to the South. I went to
Speaker 3: day in Samaria, and I just saw all the blood
Speaker 3: on the floor, literallymeld it. And I decided, I'm not
Speaker 3: going to look back on this war and be like
Speaker 3: everybody else. I'm gonna do something crazy. And my friend
Speaker 3: Yakir was at the early stages like just getting boots
Speaker 3: to guys before anybody even knew what was happening. And
Speaker 3: we partnered up and we said we're just going to
Speaker 3: do the job. And we have two hundred volunteers. We
Speaker 3: haven't taken one dollar for ourselves, and we logistically have
Speaker 3: sent over one hundred and twenty thousand pairs of boots
Speaker 3: and working day and night for no other reason but
Speaker 3: to help our guys here.
Speaker 1: It is fantastic. And look, there was still idea of
Speaker 1: soldiers in guys. You know, we've kind of forgotten about
Speaker 1: that because we've held us in control. When I say we,
Speaker 1: I mean Israel. Obviously they're still fighting in Lebanon. We
Speaker 1: actually lost two idea of soldiers just a couple of days.
Speaker 1: I think they were trying to detonate something. I don't know,
Speaker 1: but in anyway, they're still there. They're still fighting. So
Speaker 1: your service even today is still very, very valuable.
Speaker 3: And it's a great statement. And I take this question
Speaker 3: all the time, which is actually it starts to get
Speaker 3: to me, why do they need booths? So I'm not
Speaker 3: going to get into the bureaucracy, but I will tell
Speaker 3: you I have twenty thousand open orders and we're at
Speaker 3: the point where we're telling the soldiers we can't raise
Speaker 3: money quick enough, so you need to partner with us,
Speaker 3: which means that we get it at half the price.
Speaker 3: They can't even get what we can get, and they're
Speaker 3: putting in half the money, which is the proof that
Speaker 3: they needed. Everyone goes to shul. Everyone has forty pairs
Speaker 3: of shoes to walk this and that these guys have
Speaker 3: one pair. We should be buying them houses. Forget about
Speaker 3: giving them what they need to go fight, which is
Speaker 3: what I'm doing. I can't do everything, all.
Speaker 1: Right, Well, help folks end to help you out because
Speaker 1: it seems like a lot of work for you. Mark.
Speaker 1: Where can folks are listening this morning help you out?
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's super simple, Boots for Israel dot com. If
Speaker 3: you want to sign up for the West Hampton event,
Speaker 3: it's Boots West West Hampton. We're really just focused and
Speaker 3: we're going to do the job. And that's it.
Speaker 1: So Sunday night in West Hampton the Hut Residence. I
Speaker 1: know there's a bunch of speakers there, including me, but
Speaker 1: this will be for folks who are all going to come.
Speaker 1: People have contacted me every day. They're not even in
Speaker 1: West Hampton they're in Southampton, they're in Quad, they're all
Speaker 1: over the place. They want to come. What can they
Speaker 1: expect on Sunday night?
Speaker 3: They could expect the Great Sid Rosenberg to be the keynote.
Speaker 3: We Rizzy Stovetski, we have Ari Ackerman, we have live schwarma, falafel, Schnitzel,
Speaker 3: we have great bars. The Hut residence is literally off
Speaker 3: the charts. It's just going to be a great night
Speaker 3: and one mission. Help my guys that are fighting.
Speaker 1: That is a great, great mission. And again it didn't
Speaker 1: take me very long to say you got it. I'll
Speaker 1: be there. Mark, You're a terrific guy. We've had a
Speaker 1: nice bunch at the last couple of years and I
Speaker 1: appreciate what you do, and so do Jewish people in
Speaker 1: Israeli's all over the world. God bless you. Look forward
Speaker 1: to seeing you on Sunday, my friend. Thank you so much.
Speaker 3: Thank you Sid, You're the man.
Speaker 1: Thank you buddy. Marca Haskell right there, Boots for Israel,
Speaker 1: and we got a big event Sunday night in West Hampton.