Roadmap for Peace; The Making of the King James Bible; Playboy Jazz Community Concert Series
Roadmap for Peace
Everyone says that now is the time to jumpstart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, after the defeat of Saddam Hussein and the end of Gulf War II. The Bush Administration wants both parties to come to the table to implement the Roadmap for Peace, supported by the European Union, the United Nations and Russia. This latest plan for peace involves three stages, and includes no new settlements and the establishment of a Palestinian state with "provisional" borders by 2004. The Palestinian Authority installed a new Prime Minister, Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, but it has been unable to stop the suicide bombings that continue to terrorize the Israeli public. Ariel Sharon has said that he will make "painful concessions," but not before things stabilize within the Palestinian Authority. Sharon has "deferred" his visit to the White House, scheduled for May 20th, due to the occurrence of suicide bombings over the weekend, coming as he met with Mahmoud Abbas to begin a dialogue for peace. Joining host Larry Mantle to talk about the Roadmap for Peace from the Arab/Palestinian perspective is Nabil Abu Rudaina, an advisor to Yasser Arafat, Bassam Sharif, a Palestinian engineer working in Los Angeles, Dr. Mahmood Ibrahim, Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at Cal Poly Pomona, and Nader Abuljubain, Board member and former President of the Arab American Anti-discrimination Committee for LA and Orange County. This is a two-part program. At this same time yesterday, "AirTalk" focused on the Jewish/Israeli perspective regarding the Roadmap for Peace.
The Making of the King James Bible
The King James Bible, the best-selling book of all time, is not the work of one genius but rather the work of some fifty scholars and clergymen. Author Adam Nicolson documents how 400 years ago, King James I assembled a group of learned men from Oxford, Cambridge and London to produce a translation of the Bible that would unify the divisive religious movements developing in his plague-stricken kingdom. Nicolson's new book is called God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible (HarperCollins).
Playboy Jazz Community Concert Series
Larry previews the Playboy Jazz Community Concert Series and showcases some young new talent. His guests include: John Levy, manager of Victor Fields, and president and CEO of John Levy Enterprises in Alta Dena, and Victor Fields, a vocalist whose new CD is called "52nd Street." Larry also speaks with Paul Lines, Founder and Director of the Pasadena Jazz Institute, and Renee Olstead, a young jazz vocalist whose new CD is called "By Request."