. "Time after time, we consecrated the wadi: in October 2001, when jazz musicians and authors including Mike Zwerin, Salman Natour, David Grossman, Aharon Appelfeld, Clive Sinclair, and Leslie Horvitz, gathered for the 1st God Bless the Child Conclave, and in January 2002 when a contingent of Heroes of the NYPD and the Pentagon joined us on the terrace over Hell, and in February, when Evelyn Blakey," . . . .