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A Six Hour Adventure
Coronavirus vs. Mass Surveillance:
Social Citizens Visit Coconut Grove and Coral Gables
Which Poses the Greater Threat?
By Cesar A. Becerra Photograph credit; David Gartner
By John Whitehead The Rutherford Institute
On a crisp beautiful sunny day with a slight breeze, 37 curious tour participants set off on a six hour bus adventure, co-piloted by President: Dennis Stubbolo & Sunny Isles Beach former Mayor: Norman S. Edelcup. The Social Citizens of Southeast Florida is a group of over a hundred members who get together two to four times a month for lunches and trips. The tour guide on that day was historian Seth Bramson with his unlimited facts and figures plus his witty humor and occasional entertaining anecdotes. On the eve of his 32nd book currently at the printers entitled “Lost Restaurants of Greater Miami” Bramson began an intermittent flow of stories to illustrate two mythical and sometimes misunderstood communities of Miami - Coconut Grove and Coral Gables. Bramson began by wasting no time on what could have been a dull commute to Coconut Grove. Seth first appologized for Miami’s infamous traffic “As you know there used to be highways and roads in Miami, now there are just obstacles, so welcome to our modern day obstacle Interstate 95” His point could not have been more timely, as we crawled
presentation, don’t be blown away please, like I was at first. When I met Eliot and thought to myself, “If Eliot is Greek then we are all Greek.” Because to me he looks like my deceased grandfather. He resembles my deceased father, and we are not from Greece. He was sitting in front of the death rail car, that he told me was an authentic serial numbered rail car that, by it’s serial number proved it to be at the terminal destination of the death camps and to me he looked like my oldest living brother, he looked as forceful as
I’ll leave the media and the medical community to speculate about the impact the coronavirus will have on the nation’s health, but how will the government’s War on the Coronavirus impact our freedoms? For a hint of what’s in store, you can look to China—our role model for all things dystopian— where the contagion started. In an attempt to fight the epidemic, the government has given its surveillance state apparatus— which boasts the most expansive and sophisticated surveillance system in the world—free rein. Thermal scanners using artificial intelligence (AI) have been installed at train stations in major cities to assess body temperatures and identify anyone with a fever. Facial recognition cameras and cell phone carriers track people’s movements constantly, reporting in real time to data centers that can be accessed by government agents and employers alike. And coded color alerts (red, yellow and green) sort people into health categories that correspond to the amount of freedom of movement they’re allowed: “Green code, travel freely. Red or yellow, report immediately.” Mind you, prior to the coronavirus outbreak, the Chinese
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Born in Brooklyn, New York, Elliot Colchamiro traces his family roots back to Janina Greece. Elliot will have a presentation “The Jews of Greece” March 15 at the First South Holocaust Documentation & Education Center in Dania Beach.
WALK WITH ME Through The First South Florida Holocaust Museum By Michael Rideman
Walk through the arc of security at the entrance of The First South Florida Holocaust Museum and meet Hon. Rositta Ehrlich Kenigsberg, President of the Holocaust Documentation & Education Center. Meet Eliot, Julien, Rositta, Erin, and others. When I first entered the Holocaust museum Erin Cohen, the Holocaust museum Educational Outreach Coordinator, HDEC greeted me in, and then pointed me in the direction of where Eliot Colchamiro was sitting. Eliot is a Jewish guy from Janina,(Loannina), Greece whose
family background is, “Romaniote.” and on March 15th, Eliot is giving a presentation titled: THE JEWS OF GREECE at the Holocaust Museum. The Sunday that I met Eliot, like me, he was also at the museum to listen to Author Julien Gorbach PhD’s presentation on Julien ‘s book titled: NOTORIOUS BEN HECHT: ICONOCLASTIC WRITER and MILITANT ZIONIST. We had some time before Professor Julien Gorbach’s presentation was to begin, so we sat down and talked. If you go to the museum website or go see his
GRATEFUL FOR HER ‘NEW’ VISION Braverman Eye Center Patient Tsion ‘CeCe’ Etsubneh Can See Perfectly Hollywood - She may be just 26 years old, but Tsion ‘CeCe’ Etsubneh cannot express how happy she is with her vision. With a recent Lasik Surgery done at the state-of-the-art Braverman Eye Center in Hollywood, “CeCe” wanted to brag a little bit about her life changes. For the past 23 years, she has suffered with poor vision, having to wear glasses and contacts along the way. Because youngsters are subjected to being made fun of by other students, school was never much fun. “When you are a kid, all you know is that a majority of the other children are not wearing glasses and not being made fun of all the time,” she explained. “When you are that young, there is no understanding or compas-
sion. Your first instinct is to make fun of something that is not familiar to you.” Children all over the world, who suffer with vision problems endure a lot of tough times while growing up, and CeCe, who wore contacts for years, was no different. It was always a battle of emotions - and often fighting something she had little control of at the time. From trips to Hawaii to scuba diving - to other things that wearing corrective lenses would hold her back from, CeCe was tired of the restrictions - and decided to do something about it. Years ago, her stepfather had the pleasure of crossing paths with one of the best, Dr. Stanley Braverman, who recommended him for surgery. The experience was such a positive one, that
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“I cannot tell you how amazing the entire experience was. Everything about Dr. Braverman and his staff was first class and truly something that changed my life.” Tsion ‘CeCe’ Etsubneh Patient when CeCe’s high myopia (nearsightedness) got worse, there was no other choice. No matter what age, when it has to do with our eyesight, it is always that fear of the unknown. It’s only natural to feel apprehensive when it comes to our eyes. “I cannot tell you how amaz-
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Tsion ‘CeCe’ Etsubneh cannot express how happy she is with her vision. Because of Dr. Stanley Braverman and the staff at Braverman Eye Center the 26-year-old is seeing better than ever.
ing the entire experience was,” CeCe explained. “Everything about Dr. Braverman and his staff was first class and truly something that changed my life. Many my age do not have this
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