Esam Sohail, of Kansas, USA, told Arutz-7 about a “small, basically hole-in-the-wall college tavern” called the Field House, in Wichita, and how the patrons and owners took a stand to help Israelis injured by Arab terrorists.
Last summer, Sohail recalls, the Field House patrons “black and white, WASP and Arab-American, philosopher and pest, had enough of drinking beer and watching the daily CNN stories of another wedding party in Haifa or one more school bus in Samaria blown up,” and they decided to do something.
As Esam puts it:
“The result was an impromptu, hastily organized jazz ensemble playing for donations one summer night. Our friend Dustin got together some of his music school friends.... People put in a dollar or five or ten, as they could spare. John [Dwire] let us have his bar; the two Jennifers and Lori went around passing donation buckets that Linda had procured from somewhere; Charity and Sean drove several hours to be at their former college bar. All of these are ordinary names of ordinary people who helped do something extraordinary last summer.”
The proceeds of the night went to the Israeli Terror Victims Association’s children’s camps fund.
To Israelis, Sohail explained, the Kansas bar patrons were saying, in a simple, direct way: “You have people who care for you even in the most unheard of places.”
And to the day when terrorism is vanquished, Sohail declared, “we raise our glasses at the Field House and say, ‘mazeltov!’”
Last summer, Sohail recalls, the Field House patrons “black and white, WASP and Arab-American, philosopher and pest, had enough of drinking beer and watching the daily CNN stories of another wedding party in Haifa or one more school bus in Samaria blown up,” and they decided to do something.
As Esam puts it:
“The result was an impromptu, hastily organized jazz ensemble playing for donations one summer night. Our friend Dustin got together some of his music school friends.... People put in a dollar or five or ten, as they could spare. John [Dwire] let us have his bar; the two Jennifers and Lori went around passing donation buckets that Linda had procured from somewhere; Charity and Sean drove several hours to be at their former college bar. All of these are ordinary names of ordinary people who helped do something extraordinary last summer.”
The proceeds of the night went to the Israeli Terror Victims Association’s children’s camps fund.
To Israelis, Sohail explained, the Kansas bar patrons were saying, in a simple, direct way: “You have people who care for you even in the most unheard of places.”
And to the day when terrorism is vanquished, Sohail declared, “we raise our glasses at the Field House and say, ‘mazeltov!’”