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Hi Christopher. I s that a picture of you? Awesome. I’m an American Jew who believe the existence, strength and success of the Jewish state is essential for the survival of Jews all over the world. I was an entrepreneur in the financial arena. My dad was a teacher (as well as a world class swimmer). My mother (who was also a good athlete) encouraged me to become a CPA and lawyer. After working for a tax lawyer for a year I knew sitting behind a desk was not for me. One of my cousins told me about the Chicago Board Options Exchange and to make a long story short persuaded Pat Arbor (Chairman of the Board of Trade in Chicago to co-sign on a loan for $350000 to buy a board of trade membership which gave me the rights to trade on the CBOE. Rich Options was born two years later. My company did index arbitrage and I had 10 floor traders working for me. After a long successful career as a market maker on the CBOE I sold my derivatives trading company to E-Trade in 2000. I was a D-1 athlete (baseball at U of Illinois Champaign. Because of my long athletic career (football baseball and basketball) I suffered many athletic injuries and endured plenty of surgeries. As a result of all the trauma I contracted CRPS a horrendous neurological chronic pain disease often referred to as the suicide disease because the 24/7 burning and deep bone pain is so physically and mentally debilitating that 8% of people commit suicide (3 times higher than the national average). I am disabled in body but not in mind. I use the phrase “Way of the Warrior, seven times down eight times up” which I borrowed from a book. The phrase certainly describes Israel’s battle for its existence.

I admire you and your writings tremendously and I rarely disagree with your views of the world. I will never understand “liberal progressive leftist Jews.” As we both know, they are only hastening their own demise and helping our enemies. Keep up the great work. You are sorely needed for your support of Jews all over the world. Am Yisrael Chai.

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