Following is a speech delivered on Sunday, June 7, by World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder at a forum in New York City sponsored by The Jerusalem Post. Underlined, bold-faced and capitalized portions reflect what Lauder emphasized By Ronald Lauder NEW YORK — I want to thank the Jerusalem Post for allowing me to begin
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In his book, Hansichim (The Princes), Gil Samsonov, who has worked for Binyamin Netanyahu as a PR person, describes in detail how Israel’s current prime minister is able to turn adversity to his advantage. For example, after the murder of Prime Minister Rabin, when Netanyahu was the leader of
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Middle EastBy Erin Philips SAN DIEGO – In a shabby apartment in northern Idaho, a six-hundred-pound man is facing what he believes to be the last week of his life. Desperate to do one good thing before he dies, he reaches out to his estranged daughter and finds a hateful seventeen-year-old terror. Nursed by the woman who
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Travel and FoodOutwitting History by Aaron Lansky, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005 By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — Suppose you wanted to learn to read and/or speak Yiddish. Where would you go to find books to read and people to speak to? But, you say, Yiddish is first of all not really a language and second of
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Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Forty-eight years ago, June 7, 1967, the city of Jerusalem was reunified. It was the third day of Israel’s “lightning victory” in the Six Day War. Responding to Jordanian artillery, Israeli forces entered the Old City and fought bitter hand-to-hand battles en route to recapturing and reuniting the
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Thursday morning news, June 4, headlined a comment by the General Director of the French telecom giant Orange that he preferred to cancel the agreement with the Israeli affiliate, due to its violation of international law. He went on to say that he could not do as he wished, due
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — One of the best-known blessings Orthodox Jews recite every day is the blessing, “Thank you God for not making me a woman.” The recent transformation on the cover of Vanity Fair’s 22-page cover story featuring Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce, raises a number of fascinating questions pertaining to
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-RabbiBy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — I have just noticed that I have become more cautious. I used to not really notice curbs—I would naturally walk off and on—now I am aware: there is a curb, I must step carefully. I never noticed uneven pavement; now I walk with my eyes down looking for
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Travel and FoodBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Jibril Rajoub, the PA Minister for Sport and convicted terrorist, the minister who attempted to get Israel thrown out of FIFA, was prevented from entering Jordan when returning on a flight from Tunisia. The Jordanians temporarily prevented him from entering into Jordan on his way back to Ramallah on the
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Barry Shaw, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsI can’t make this stuff up By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — After Rick Perry promised he would unite rather than divide Americans if he were President, he left the stage to the accompaniment of his campaign song which contains the following lyric: “Shotgun toter/Republican voter/Rick Perry supporter/Let’s protect our border/To hell with anyone who
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Parashat B’ha-alot’cha begins with the mitzvah of Aaron lighting the Menorah, the seven-branched lampstand which illuminated the Mishkan in the desert and later in the Jerusalem Temple: “The Lord spoke to Moses saying: Speak to Aaron and say to him, “When you mount the lamps, let the seven lamps
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Jewish ReligionSaudis consider Iran much greater enemy than Israel, poll shows (JNS.org) A new survey that an Israeli college conducted in Saudi Arabia reveals that Saudis consider Iran a much greater enemy than Israel. In the poll, commissioned by the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya together with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 53 percent of the 506
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