The artistic program included three Afro-American Choirs (two choirs from Harlem and one from Brooklyn) abd two Israeli artists - a virtuoso violonist turned award winning hip-hop artist and her master DJ, and an excellent singer.

The speeches were short - included the wife of the Governor as Mr. Paterson wasundergoing these days cataract surgery, the council General of Israel who is a journalist and policy advised by profession, Congressman Charles Rangel, Rabbi Schneier and Celebtity Russell Simmons - the leaders of the Foundation For Ethnic Underrstanding, and Dr. Eric Cooper of the National Urban Allance.

The audience was of all New York colors - by garb there were even Muslims there. There were also diplomats accredited with the UN,