Opinion . Tradition . ISRAEL A2. ON THE OFFENSIVE THE A13. PLA GUE OF EVIL SPEECH RONALD REAGANS REAL LEGACY A3. algemeiner THE JOURNAL 1.00 PRINTED IN NEW YORK FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011 4 NISSAN 5771 VOL. XXXVIII NO. 2007 Peres in Meeting with Obama Free Pollard Netanyahu Demands Cancellation of Goldstone Report BY MAXINE DOVERE At his April 3, 2011 cabinet meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on the Washington Post printed remarks of Judge Richard Goldstone, saying Th

A2 FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011 Opinion . Israel on the Offensive DOVID EFUNE NE W YO R K For many it has long been a given, for others a progressive journey of discovery and others still a startling and sudden realization. Whatever the path, more and more are reaching the conclusion that it is simply impossible for Israel to come to an amicable agreement with the Palestinian Arabs. Political leaders are still hopeful, but not really. Of course many of the said politicians take positions based on

www.algemeiner.com World News . A3 Israel Bonds Supports Investigation BY MAXINE DOVERE In a pointed editorial, Haaretz discussed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus travels during his term as Finance Minister, specifically questioning those funded, in part, by the Israel Bonds organization. The editor contends that Israels position in world financial markets renders the organization superfluous, claiming that Israel Bonds fundraising cost is more expensive than simply raising capital in the

A4 FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011 World News BY KOBI NAhShONI The annual attempts to resume the Passover sacrifice received a first significant rabbinical backing recently. Safeds Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, a prominent religious Zionism leader, has called on the public to perform the sacrifice mitzvah on the eve of the Jewish holiday, in about two weeks. Speaking during a Halacha lesson in Jerusalem last week, the rabbi warned that Jews evading the mitzvah were risking Kareth a supernatural punishme

www.algemeiner.com A5 World News The Globe at a Glance March 29 1 Gunmen wearing military uniforms over explosives belts charged into a government building in Saddam Husseins hometown in an attack that left 56 Iraqis dead, including 15 hostages who were shot executionstyle. The fivehour standoff in Tikrit ended only when the attackers blew themselves up in one of the bloodiest days in Iraq this year. American troops who were nearby as part of an advising mission with Iraqi forces responded to

A6 FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011 U.S. News . Severed Pig Foot Sent to Congressman BY MAXINE DOVERE A highprofile Republican politician has been sent a bloodied pig foot with an allegedly antisemitic note attached. The package was sent to the Capitol Hill office of New York representative Peter King, a polarising figure in the US for his role chairing last months congressional hearings on radical Islam. It was discovered on Monday by security before it reached the congressman. According to the Assoc

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A8 APRIL 8, 21, FRIDAY, JANUARY20112011 Opinion . The Chabadization of Judaism ShMUlEY BOtEACh NE W YO R K he past few weeks I have seen a revolution. On a lecture tour that took me to Sydney, Australia and Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa, I hardly found a major mainstream synagogue without a Chabad Rabbi. Shules that once swore they would not invite in Chabad are now attracting large numbers of new members under the helm of young and charismatic Chabad Rabbis. Many are the bigges

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A10 FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011 Continuations continued from page A2 From Napoleon to Mubarak Jews and Revolution . continued from page A1 Netanyahu Demands Cancellation world and do what we can to establish good working relationships with them. It is a mistake to view these events only through our own narrow prism. The fall of tyrants is an inherent good, as long as it does not lead to even worse tyranny down the road. And as Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook wrote some time before his death in 1935, the

www.algemeiner.com Opinion . A11 Energy and a Needed Czar BY ED KOCh Like many other Americans, I simply do not believe the statements our government makes to calm us down during a catastrophe. I can understand and accept and believe others can as well the government not telling us all it knows. There are a host of reasons for keeping secrets, security of the nation being the primary one. But, we must beware of deliberately false statements from government leaders and agencies. During the

A12 FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011 Impressions . Reagans Real Legacy BY jASON REESE As Prepared for Delivery to the Leadership Program of the RockiesMarch 11, 2011Aurora, Colorado. want to talk about how we use our conservative principles what we do with this quiver full of arrows in the ongoing battle between freedom and dependency. But to do this, youll have to travel back with me to September 13, 1993. Specifically, to a high school classroom in the middle of social studies class. I remember bein

www.algemeiner.com Tradition . A13 The Plague of Evil Speech jONAthAN SACKS lOND O N, U K he rabbis moralised the condition of tzaraat often translated as leprosy the subject that dominates last weeks sedra and this. It was, they said, a punishment rather than a medical condition. Their interpretation was based on the internal evidence of the Mosaic books themselves. Moses hand became leprous when he expressed doubt about the willingness of the people to believe in his mission Ex. 4 67. M

A14 FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011 Tradition . Continuations continued from page A2 From Napoleon to Mubarak Jews and Revolution . Are You a Square or a Circle SIMON jACOBSON NE W YO R K continued from page A2 Energy and a Needed Czar ears ago I taught an introductory course on Jewish mysticism also known as Chassidus or Kabbalah to a class of high school seniors. In one of the written tests I asked them to describe in their own few words the difference between various entities the difference be

www.algemeiner.com Social . Borough Presidents About Town BY MIRI BENDER A15 Ruth Gruber in her War Correspondent Uniform, 1946. Ruth Gruber Touching Worlds BY MAXINE DOVERE eeting a legend is a life changing expeIn 1946, Gruber covered the work of a newly created rience. Encountering the dedication AngloAmerican Committee of Inquiry on Palestine for and courage of the powerful persona the New York Post. Soon after she visited the displaced and the historic legend that is Ruth persons camps

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