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Arthur J. Finkelstein
American political consultant (1945–2017)
Arthur Jay Finkelstein (May 18, 1945 – August 18, 2017) was a New York state-based Republican Party (GOP) consultant who worked for conservative and right-wing candidates in the United States, Canada, Israel, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe over four decades.
Finkelstein and his brother, Ronald, ran a political consulting firm in Irvington, New York, where he focused on polling, strategy, messaging, media, and campaign management.
Early life and education
[edit]Finkelstein grew up in a lower-middle-class Jewish family, living in Brooklyn's East New York section until age 11, then in Levittown, New York, and later Queens. He and his two brothers attended local public schools; Finkelstein ultimately graduated from Forest Hills High School. Their parents were immigrants from Eastern Europe,[1] and the father worked as a cabdriver[2] and did various jobs in the garment trade. While a student at Columbia University, Finkelstein interviewed and helped produce radio programs for author/philosopher Ayn Rand,[3] and was a volunteer at the New York headquarters of the Draft Goldwater Committee in 1963–64 (the famous "Suite 3505").[1] He eventually earned a bachelor's d
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Hailed by the press for his “bold, rich sound” (Strad Magazine) and “nuanced musicianship,” (New York Times) Grammy-nominated Cellist Michael Katz has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and Israel, in venues such as Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Kimmel Center, the Van Wezel Performing Arts Center, the Kravis Center, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Oji Hall (Tokyo, Japan), Philips Hall (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Teatro Cervantes (Malaga, Spain), Lucerne KKL (Lucerne, Switzerland), and Henry Crown Auditorium (Jerusalem, Israel). Mr. Katz has appeared as a soloist with Princeton Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony, DuPage Symphony, New York Classical Players, The Juilliard Orchestra, Orchestra de Conservatoire Superieur de Paris, Greenwich Village Orchestra, Ensemble 212, the Doctors’ Orchestral Society of New York, and others. His musicianship has been recognized with many awards, among them all three awards at the 2011 Aviv Competition, first prizes at the 2010 Juilliard School’s Concerto Competition, and the 2005 Turjeman Competition, as well as awards from the America Israel Cultural Foundation and the Ronen Foundation.
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