All posts in Wednesday Nights

The accounts of Wednesday Night Salons in chronological order appear below. The task of archiving them is on-going . As stated elsewhere, it was not until the early 90s that we began to keep weekly records of discussions, therefore, there are, unfortunately, major gaps in the earlier chronicles.
Most, but not all, accounts until 2014 were written by our late Scribe, Herb Bercovitz, and edited as required, by Diana, however a number of other Wednesday Nighters also contributed their note-keeping talents on occasions when Herb was absent. Once Herb was no longer up to the task, no-one volunteered to execute the task with such absolute fidelity. Then COVID invaded our weekly gathering and pushed us to ZOOM, where we remain, and since then, the entries for Wednesday Night consist only of the “Prologues”. Chatham House rules prevail!

Wednesday Night #2235
January 15, 2025, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2235

George Alevisatos 1938-2024 RIP Sad News for all of us who frequented By George! Deli, enjoyed the great catering servic ...

Looking forward/Looking back
January 15, 2025, Comments Off on Looking forward/Looking back

Nostradamus’s Predictions for 2025: An end of war, asteroid collision and more for the coming year Global Risks Re ...

Wednesday Night #2234
January 8, 2025, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2234

Looking forward/Looking back We cannot remember any time when we were as alarmed and discouraged as we are today – ...

Wednesday Night #2233
January 1, 2025, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2233

New year celebrations around the world – in spectacular pictures Revelers across the globe welcome the arrival of 2025 ...

Wednesday (Thursday) Night #2232
December 26, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday (Thursday) Night #2232

In view of the unusual coincidence of Hanukkah and Christmas this Wednesday, 25 December, it was decided by democratic v ...

Wednesday Night #2231
December 18, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2231

We are deeply saddened to learn of the death on Tuesday of Anthony (Tony) Shine, who, with his wife Ruth Walzer Shine we ...

Wednesday Night #2230
December 11, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2230

A week ago, no-one was predicting the incredibly swift collapse of Syria‘s Assad regime. Anne Applebaum appropriat ...

Wednesday Night #2229
December 4, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2229

The 2024 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is lit on Wednesday 4 December The story of its origins is touching and, appr ...

Wednesday Night #2228 with Peter Berezin
November 27, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2228 with Peter Berezin

We were struck by the paucity of references in any media this year to the 22 November anniversary of JFK’s assassi ...

Wednesday Night #2227
November 20, 2024, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #2227

APEC, G20, Climate Change COP29 … Multilateralism is everywhere. As the assorted leaders huddle while their sherpa ...