Coming Tuesday July 20th

Tune in Tuesday, July 20th at 7PM (PST) as KXLU Los Angeles proudly presents Center Stage with Mark Gordon featuring special guests:

Eric Merola will be talking about his new documentary BURZYNSKI which follows a pioneering medical doctor and PhD biochemist who has discovered the genetic mechanism to cure most human cancers.

Also on the program television writer and playwright Stephanie Liss will be talking about her partnership with Jewish World Watch and the organization's global fight to end genocide.

BURZYNSKI is the compelling story of a pioneering medical doctor and PhD biochemist who has discovered the genetic mechanism to cure most human cancers. This timely, eye-opening documentary takes the audience through the treacherous, yet victorious, 14-year journey that both Dr. Burzynski and his patients have had to endure in order to obtain FDA-approved clinical trials of Antineoplastons - resulting in the largest and most convoluted defeat against the Food and Drug Administration in American history.

Directed by Eric Merola, BURZYNSKI details the heroic plight of the doctor who faced relentless governmental harassment in order to bring his life-saving treatment to the world. Various cancer survivors are presented in the film that chose Dr. Burzynski's treatment instead of surgery, chemotherapy or radiation - with full disclosure of their original medical records to support their full recovery from prior terminal cancer diagnoses. This whistle-blowing film was an Official Selection in the Byron Beach International Film Festival (Australia), San Luis Obispo International Film Festival (CA), Garden State Film Festival (NJ), Palm Beach Film Festival (FL), and Newport Beach Film Festival (CA), where it won the Humanitarian Vision Award.

STEPHANIE LISS

Jewish World Watch has named television writer and playwright Stephanie Liss its first Playwright-in-Residence in a groundbreaking partnership that will shine a spotlight on the local nonprofit organization's global fight to end genocide.

The new partnership is designed to use Liss' plays to tell the gripping behind-the-scenes stories of Jewish World Watch's work currently in Darfur, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with women and families who suffer the heaviest burdens of war and political strife - attacks, displacement, rape and sexual violence. These women are victims and survivors, charged with rebuilding and restoring their own lives, and the lives of their families and communities.

In the coming year Liss is expected to spend time and travel with the JWW team as an observer of their humanitarian aid efforts, and will write a series of plays based on the experiences. She expects each play to focus on the women and families being helped by JWW, as well as key individuals within the organization, including Co-Founders Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis and Janice Kamenir-Reznik, and Executive Director Tzivia Schwartz-Getzug.

"Stephanie Liss shares a passion and commitment for the Jewish ideals that are the hallmark of our organization and for our work to help end genocide in Darfur and Congo," said Schwartz-Getzug. "We look forward to working with her to further illuminate our mission through her theatrical storytelling."

Liss sees the partnership as another way to tell the stories of Jewish World Watch with a focus on its distinctly Jewish perspective. "The mandate of JWW is 'Do not stand idly by,' and this is also our mandate as Jews," said Liss. "I've always tried to do this kind of work as a writer - to participate in the healing of the world through my words. By partnering with JWW, I have the opportunity to expand further on this aspect of Judaism. I'm so humbled that JWW agreed to let me give voice to their work."

ABOUT STEPHANIE LISS

Stephanie Liss is a playwright and television writer whose groundbreaking work consistently gives voice to the voiceless. Her television credits include: Second Serve - The Renee Richards Story; the Writers Guild nominated David - The David Rothenberg Story; and Hidden in Silence, for which she won a WGA Award. Her play, Faces of War, about an Israeli and a Palestinian, was presented at the 92nd Street Y / Makor in New York. Research for this project took Liss to Lebanon where she went underground with the PLO and Hamas and spent time with Yasser Arafat in his compound in Tripoli Lebanon. While in Beirut, Liss attended Shabbat with the Israeli Army in the mountains high above the city. She has lived in Africa, traveling with the Maasai, and was part of a nine-woman group sent to the former Soviet Union in order to bring aid to underground Jewish communities there. In 1992, Liss was among six writers invited to accompany the United Nations High Commission on Refugees to Somalia and Bosnia in order to document the stories of the genocides and wars in both countries. Liss is an alumni of The Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, where she studied theatre.

ABOUT JEWISH WORLD WATCH

Jewish World Watch (JWW) is a hands-on leader in the fight against genocide and mass atrocities, engaging individuals and communities to take local actions that produce powerful global results. Founded in 2004 by Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis and Janice Kamenir-Reznik as the Jewish response to the genocide in Darfur, it has grown from a collection of Southern California synagogues into a global coalition that includes schools, churches, individuals, communities and partner organizations that share a vision of a world without genocide. JWW bears witness to first-hand accounts in conflict regions, partners with on-the-ground organizations to develop high-impact projects that improve the lives of survivors and help build the foundation for a safer world, and inspires our communities to support tangible projects and advocate for political change. JWW has allocated almost $5 million for relief and development projects that have helped tens of thousands of people in Sudan and Congo.

STEPHANIE LISS

Jewish World Watch has named television writer and playwright Stephanie Liss its first Playwright-in-Residence in a groundbreaking partnership that will shine a spotlight on the local nonprofit organization's global fight to end genocide.

The new partnership is designed to use Liss' plays to tell the gripping behind-the-scenes stories of Jewish World Watch's work currently in Darfur, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with women and families who suffer the heaviest burdens of war and political strife - attacks, displacement, rape and sexual violence. These women are victims and survivors, charged with rebuilding and restoring their own lives, and the lives of their families and communities.

In the coming year Liss is expected to spend time and travel with the JWW team as an observer of their humanitarian aid efforts, and will write a series of plays based on the experiences. She expects each play to focus on the women and families being helped by JWW, as well as key individuals within the organization, including Co-Founders Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis and Janice Kamenir-Reznik, and Executive Director Tzivia Schwartz-Getzug.

"Stephanie Liss shares a passion and commitment for the Jewish ideals that are the hallmark of our organization and for our work to help end genocide in Darfur and Congo," said Schwartz-Getzug. "We look forward to working with her to further illuminate our mission through her theatrical storytelling."

Liss sees the partnership as another way to tell the stories of Jewish World Watch with a focus on its distinctly Jewish perspective. "The mandate of JWW is 'Do not stand idly by,' and this is also our mandate as Jews," said Liss. "I've always tried to do this kind of work as a writer - to participate in the healing of the world through my words. By partnering with JWW, I have the opportunity to expand further on this aspect of Judaism. I'm so humbled that JWW agreed to let me give voice to their work."

ABOUT STEPHANIE LISS

Stephanie Liss is a playwright and television writer whose groundbreaking work consistently gives voice to the voiceless. Her television credits include: Second Serve - The Renee Richards Story; the Writers Guild nominated David - The David Rothenberg Story; and Hidden in Silence, for which she won a WGA Award. Her play, Faces of War, about an Israeli and a Palestinian, was presented at the 92nd Street Y / Makor in New York. Research for this project took Liss to Lebanon where she went underground with the PLO and Hamas and spent time with Yasser Arafat in his compound in Tripoli Lebanon. While in Beirut, Liss attended Shabbat with the Israeli Army in the mountains high above the city. She has lived in Africa, traveling with the Maasai, and was part of a nine-woman group sent to the former Soviet Union in order to bring aid to underground Jewish communities there. In 1992, Liss was among six writers invited to accompany the United Nations High Commission on Refugees to Somalia and Bosnia in order to document the stories of the genocides and wars in both countries. Liss is an alumni of The Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, where she studied theatre.

ABOUT JEWISH WORLD WATCH

` Jewish World Watch (JWW) is a hands-on leader in the fight against genocide and mass atrocities, engaging individuals and communities to take local actions that produce powerful global results. Founded in 2004 by Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis and Janice Kamenir-Reznik as the Jewish response to the genocide in Darfur, it has grown from a collection of Southern California synagogues into a global coalition that includes schools, churches, individuals, communities and partner organizations that share a vision of a world without genocide. JWW bears witness to first-hand accounts in conflict regions, partners with on-the-ground organizations to develop high-impact projects that improve the lives of survivors and help build the foundation for a safer world, and inspires our communities to support tangible projects and advocate for political change. JWW has allocated almost $5 million for relief and development projects that have helped tens of thousands of people in Sudan and Congo.