Opinion . Tradition . THE POLITICS OF ALTRUISM A2. ART IN A13. JUDAISM ALLEN HOUSTON HONORED AT KNICKS GAME A5. algemeiner THE JOURNAL 1.00 PRINTED IN NEW YORK FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011 21 ADAR I 5771 VOL. XXXVIII NO. 2000 Gaddafi I Will Die as a Martyr Obama Remains Silent New Zealand Chabad House Crumbles BY Maxine Dovere Two and a half months ago, when Rabbi Shmuel Friedman arrived at Chabad of Canterbury to join Co Directors Rabbi Menachem Goldstein and Sara Goldstein to bring
A2 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011 Opinion . crats battle the forces of tyrant Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president cannot muster the indignation he demonstrated toward former Egyptian autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Mr. Obama refuses to demand that the Persian strongman step aside as he did with the Egyptian pharaoh. This week saw one of the administrations more morally perverse moments. Ambassador Susan Rice sided in principle with a UN resolution that condemned Israeli settlement building as she sat alo
www.algemeiner.com World News . BY Ynet A3 Google Plans Jerusalem Street View BY JenniFer lipMan Search for Nazi Murderers of Einsteins Relatives Israelis could soon have the opportunity to spy on their neighbours and look around their cities from the comfort of their sofas, following Googles announcement that it hopes to bring Street View to Israel. Ministers will decide this week whether to give the internet giant the goahead and allow Google cameras to photograph the streets of Jerusale
A4 FRIDAY,FEBRUARY 25, 2011 World News . Knesset Passes Bill Requiring NGO Transparency BY gil hoFFMan reBeCCa anna stoil The Knesset passed a bill into law on Monday requiring nongovernmental organizations to issue quarterly reports about funding they receive from foreign governments, and to reveal when they are backed by other countries in their websites and advertisements. The bill, which was sponsored by coalition chairman Zeev Elkin Likud, passed its final reading by a 4034 vote after
www.algemeiner.com US News . A5 US Jewish Leaders View Desecrated Mt. of Olives BY tzvi Ben geDalYahU Fifty U.S. Jewish leaders, headed by Malcolm Hoenlein, were joined by Minister of Public Diplomacy Yuli Edelstein on Friday on a visit to the Mount of Olives cemetery, which has been plagued by Arab desecrations and physical attacks on Jews.. Hoenlein is executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. A campaign to reclaim the worlds oldest Jew
A6 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011 US News . Julius Berman Reappointed Chairman of OU Press Commission BY algeMeiner staFF Orthodox Union President Dr. Simcha Katz announced this week that Julius Berman has been reappointed Chairman of the OU Press Commission. One of the foremost leaders in American Jewish life, and a past president and now Honorary President of the Orthodox Union, Mr. Berman brings to the position his deep connection not only to the OU but to Yeshiva University, where he was a s
www.algemeiner.com US News . A7 Ivanka Trump Collection Makes Aliyah BY oFer petersBUrg The Ivanka Trump Collection is making aliyah. The daughter of famous American business magnate Donald Trump has signed a deal with Shoebox owner Koby Sakal to import and market her fashion line in Israel. The Trump fashion line includes a wide selection of accessories for women, including shoes, handbags, belts, jewelry and more. The first products are expected to arrive in Israel next August. Initially
A8 FRIDAY,FEBRUARY 25, 2011 FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2011 Opinion Continuations continued from page A 1 . . continued from page A 2 lands darkest day. The 6.3magnitude quake which shook New Zea lands South Island has caused extensive damage. The sea, too, has been affected more than 30 million tons of ice broke away from the Tasman Glacier, New Zealands biggest. Chabad is working in cooperation with the members of Canterbury Hebrew Congregation to attend to the needs of the community. For the s
www.algemeiner.com Opinion . A9 As Libyans Die, A New Jersey Town Subsidizes Gaddafi shMUleY BoteaCh ne W Yor K As Libya burns and as the foundation of its brutal 40yearold regime shakes and shudders, it is not just the thuggish family of tyrant Muammar Gaddafi who should be worried. It is also the many Westerns who collaborated with the tyrant and helped to keep him in power. Theres a rekonin a comin. For all those who did deals with the Gaddafi regime or turned a blindeye to his brutality
A10 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011 Opinion . easily be met with a boring Though I dont really like it, I can deal with indifference or dislike of cultural matters. I have a harder time when it comes to Judaism the injustice strikes me as just too great. Here you have a spiritualcultural tradition that has obviously transformed the world for the better providing Western Culture with most of its concept of morality and proper conduct in the world, promoting the value and rights of the weak and he
www.algemeiner.com Opinion . A11 Wiki Leaks and Gd Peeks BY shMUllY heCht about guilt as accountability. In the words from the second chapter of A dear friend, legendary HolPirkei Avot The Ethics of our Falywood agent Bob Bookman, rethers, written close to two thoucently returned to New Haven to sand years ago, we must always screen and discuss a movie at his be conscious of an eye that sees, alma mater, the Yale Law School. and an ear that hears. Most of all, The Lives of Others Das Lewe sh
A12 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011 Impressions . The Zaidy Syndrome BY MenUCha levY Week 21 Although we were told this drill was to be easier, the actual area we were to be running was no less than a kilometer. We had to do this four times just like the previous day sprinting, then dropping to shoot the whole kilometer. Was cool to see the tanks do their thing though. They are some really powerful machines. After which we had to carry our injured until we reached the safety zone where the medics
www.algemeiner.com Tradition . A13 Art in Judaism various kinds of the melodies, by walking in gardens and fine Jonathan saCKs buildings, by sitting before beaulonD on, U K tiful forms, and by things like this which delight the soul and make the disturbance of melancholy disappear from it. In all this he should aim at making his body healthy, the goal of his Vayakhel 5768 bodys health being that he attain knowledge. Then Moses said to the Israelites, See, The very terms in which Maithe Lord
A14 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011 Tradition . and bring on board an objective expert that can help complement our own weaknesses. Which is more important Both vision and execution. The idealism of a visionary can remain abstract and unrealized. The greatest vision will fail if it does not have a designer and builder that will execute and realize the vision. A builder on his own, without vision, can get distracted and carried away with the means, and forget the end. We need both the end in mind a
www.algemeiner.com Social . The Kings Way ELEM Style BY natalie Braier A15 Fashion week may have come and gone but the ELEM fundraiser at Sohos Opera gallery on February 12 proved yet again that a penchant for all things art is alive and well on the New York charity circuit. Guests sampled an array of Israeli boutique wine whilst the East Villages Bat Or Kalo jazz band played on. Since 1982, ELEM has been aiding Israels population of atrisk youth become more productive citizens through its n
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