NEW YORK-NOVEMBER 12, 2008, Fuel For Truth: Arm Yourself with the Truth at Mansion New York, 530 West 28th Street, New York, NY 10001. One of New York City's hottest nightclubs, Mansion, was packed Wednesday November 12th, with over 700 of Manhattan's sexiest trendsetters to take part in "Arm Yourself: Learn the Truth, Fight For Truth, Fuel For Truth." The event marked the 10th mega-event Fuel For Truth has produced since its founding in September of 2001. "It was by far our best event to date," shouted Joe Richards, Executive Director and founding member of Fuel For Truth, over the cheers and applause at the closing of the presentation. "The people, the venue, the volunteers and most of all - the crowds' overwhelmingly positive reception to our message shows we are the best at what we do: informing and motivating cool, young people to support Israel and America in our fight against Radical Islamic terrorism." The mass of young and hot dressed to kill passed through press photographers flashing pictures of young celebrities who came to hear our important message and get a glimpse of another star attraction of the night – undefeated, NABF Champion boxer Yuri Foreman. The Jewish boxer and Fuel For Truth supporter dazzled everyone with his flamboyant entrance and superior boxing skills. Kat Guttman, Fuel For Truth’s Director of Operations and expert in Israel's hand-to-hand fighting system (Krav Maga), met Yuri center stage to hold pads for the lightning fast boxer to hit and show off his stuff. That kicked-off the nights' presentation and set the tone for a hard hitting night to remember. Three volunteer members; Jonathan Luttwak, Greg Aguele and founder and chairman Jon Loew; boldly shared alarming facts about the growing threat of Radical Islamic terrorism to an already fragile U.S. economy. Shocking photos and videos of extremist groups using oil money to foster Islamic radicalism on American campuses and businesses left the audience in an uneasay silence. At one point you could have heard a pin drop in the room of 700+ young people. Jonathan Luttwak, a former Captain in the US Army and veteran of operatiosn throughout Iraq and Kuwait took the stage. Luttwak, FFT member #107, took listeners out of the room and into the Middle East with his masterful retelling of his personal experiences as an eye witness to suicide bombings and the struggle for the hearts and minds of an entire generation of future leaders of Iraq. Luttwak explained that the same extremism attempting to hijack Iraq's future is active on American soil. He exposed the dangerous consequences of the estimated $70 billion to American universities. This money allows the Saudi's to hand pick the chairs of Middle Eastern studies departments. "Their goal is to teach their warped version of the Middle East to our best and brightest and try to bring down this country from within." Luttwak said. Jon ended with this video clip that inspired hope...and left the audience stunned in disbelief and cheering at the top of their lungs at the end. Next up was Greg Aguele, FFT member #105. The actor/athlete took the stage by storm. "My father's Italian, my mother's Jewish and I'm a damn proud supporter of Israel!" said Greg from center stage. He said of joining Fuel For Truth. "One year ago I was a regular guy who came to an event just like this and was transformed, transformed to really do something." Jon Loew, founder and chairman of Fuel For Truth, closed the presentation with his always-inspirational call to action. "When do I have to deal with this threat? Well, you don't buy a fire extinguisher after your house burns down, and you don't buy insurance on your car after you get into an accident. So what is the appropriate action? We believe we are taking steps that will change the future, and we are offering you the opportunity to do it with us." As the largest nightclub in New York City filled with the thumping music of world-famous DJRB and DJ GoodFella, the spotlight hit the center of the room where Joe Richards and Kat Guttman, the only two employees of the organization responsible for 17,000 supporters across the US, where pulling FFT's star members on stage and on top of couches to get the party started. Rachel Blumenfeld, Elan Sasson, Andrew Goldstein, Todd Ingwer, Fidel Amos, Joe Timlichman and dozens of other FFT volunteers showed how Fuel For Truth parties just as hard as they ponder. The club exploded with energy and the party lasted until early in the morning. The room was a snap shot of why Fuel For Truth fights. Dancing together were Jews and non-Jews, members of every race, every creed, people involved with Fuel For Truth since the first days after 9/11 and hour old recruits. It didn't matter. By the end of the evening we were one people, united for one cause: to fight for the Truth. PHOTO CREDIT:Copyright ©Manhattan Society.com 2008 by Christopher London | tel:Private |e-mail: ChrisLondon@manhattansociety.com****NOTE: More notes, id's to come soon*****