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Opinion. Tradition . ADELSONS A2. MUTED S. BENEFICIARIES. GREATNESS IS HUMILITY. A9. PAUL RYAN AND THE JEWS A2 algemeiner THE JOURNAL 1.00 PRINTED IN NEW YORK FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2012 6 ELUL 5772 VOL. XXXVIII NO. 2074 Irans FM Israel is Not in a Position to Wage War Against Iran Israeli Chief Rabbi Visits Berlin to Engage Germans on Circumcision Issue BY ALGEMEINER STAFF Israeli Chief Rabbi Yoel Metzger is in Berlin today to help with an ongoing debate in Germany over the risks and l

A2 FRIDAY, August 24 2012 Opinion . facing the dock of public opinion, his myriad beneficiaries shamefully stand muted. Where are the tens of thousands of young Birthright alums petitioning, blogging, creating Facebook groups and opining on his behalf Reminding the public that they were not asked about their political persuasion before being granted the Israel experience of a lifetime on his dime. Where is the impassioned testimony to Adelsons generosity of character and passionate idealism

www.algemeiner.com World News . FRIDAY, August 24 2012 A3 Israeli Government Held Secret Meeting With Rabbi Ovadia Yosef On Iran BY ATARA ARBESFELD Last Friday Israeli officials secretly met with political party Shas spiritual leader Rav Ovadia Yosef and briefed him on the Iranian nuclear threat, according to the Israeli news website Kikar Hashabat. Political sources say that the of Head of Israels National Security Council MajorGeneral Yaakov Amidror met with the Sephardic port for a stri

A4 FRIDAY, August 24 2012 World News ADVERTORIAL . the Shul with the potential to destroy the Shul. The three complainers were nicknamed the Cabal. Cabal means a small group of plotters against a person in authority. That Shemini Atzeres, the night of the inauguration of the defamation campaign, the Cabal announced publically their unfounded accusation that Eli Blachman was misusing donated funds. They claimed that although he had raised money during the Days of Awe he was not using the fu

www.algemeiner.com U.S. News Despite all that Eli Blachman has done for the Shul over the past thirtyfour years, for some reason, there are willing ears in Crown Heights that do not question the Cabals false, misleading, and slanderous fabrications against Eli peatedly called for the younger members of the Shul to get more involved in all aspects of the Shul management, including collecting pledges, issuing receipts, making the bank deposits, etc. Interestingly, through increased participation,

A6 FRIDAY, August 24 2012 Opinion . Opinion A Response to Senator Lautenbergs Attack on the Republican Position on Israel SHMULEY BOTEACH N E W YO R K I consider Senator Frank Lautenberg a personal friend and a distinguished Jewish leader. My criticism, therefore, of his furious attack on Republican attitudes toward Obama on Israel is offered very respectfully. Senator Lautenberg says that Republicans ought to be ashamed of themselves for criticizing President Obamas policies on Israel. Th

www.algemeiner.com Opinion . FRIDAY, August 24 2012 A7 Egypt Fully Remilitarizing Sinai with U.S. Help SHOSHANA BRYEN WASHINGTON D C Continued from Page A9 Greatness Egypt has moved forces into the Sinai beyond what was agreed to in the EgyptIsrael Peace Treaty. Getting them in wasnt that difficult Israel agrees that security in the Sinai has deteriorated. Getting them out again later may be another matter. And how the U.S. positions itself to safeguard the treaty itself will be crucia

A8 FRIDAY, August 24 2012 Impressions . reason there are no such examples. I do applaud the fact that you understand the issue well enough not to have invoked crystals and snowflakes. We both agree they are nonsequiturs. As Australian microbiologist and geneticist, Dr. Michael Denton, has put it Between a living cell and the most highly ordered nonbiological system such as a crystal or a snowflake there is a chasm as vast and as absolute as it is possible to imagine. We also both understand

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A10 FRIDAY, August 24 2012 Tradition . reached a boiling point where is must be addressed and brought to the attention of the public, if nothing else, to make everyone aware of the dangers, the longterm consequences and the zerotolerance policy that needs to be applied to every form of abuse. Anything less would be irresponsible, immoral, and, yes, is some way complicit. This weeks Haftorah, the fourth of the seven weeks of comfort, accelerates the healing process from all forms of abuse ag

www.algemeiner.com Social . FRIDAY, August 24 2012 A11 Jared Max Natalie Portman Visits Jewish Center On Shabbat BY ALGEMEINER STAFF This past Saturday, Natalie Portman enjoyed an outing with her oneyearold son Aleph in Los Angeles, visiting the Venice Beach Jewish Center, according to the UKs Daily Mail, and later meeting up with her fellow actress and Jewess Rashida Jones. This was not her first time being spotted at a Venice Jewish center. Back in March, online tabloid Just Jared poste

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