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Opinion. Tradition . ONE SMALL A2. STEP FOR MEDIA RAEL. ACCURACY ON ISRAEL. BETWEEN A9. DESTINY AND CHANCE. ISRAELS OSCARS OF ART COOKBOOKS WIN A8 algemeiner THE JOURNAL 1.00 PRINTED IN NEW YORK FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013 4 NISSAN 5773 VOL. XXXX NO. 2094 Shimon Peres To EU Parliament We Appeal to You Call Terror Terror Following UN Report, Major Jewish Groups Call for Media Outlets to be Held Accountable BY ZACH PONTZ Several Jewish organizations have responded to a UN report that co

A2 FRIDAY, MARCH 15 2013 Opinion . Sadly an instance where the correction garners national attention is rare, but it wasnt so long ago that it would have been virtually impossible. The democratization of information has reduced the exclusivity of the power that lies in the hands of dictatorial editors and handed it in part to a collective cacophony of smaller specialist publications, bloggers, social media activists and yes, you. Today every person can contribute to the effort to circulate a

www.algemeiner.com World News . FRIDAY, MARCH 15 2013 A3 Israel Foreign Ministry Israel Doesnt Understand What Motivates the Turkish Government BY ZACH PONTZ In an interview with Turkeys Hurriyet Daily, Yigal Palmor, spokesman for Israels Foreign Ministry, touched on a wide range of topics including Israels relationship with Turkey and security threats in the region. Palmor was asked by the newspaper whether an apology from Israel was the key to a diplomatic reset between the two countries

A4 FRIDAY, MARCH 15 2013 World News . interested in that hate and do not believe in it. We visited Israel and saw the country, we want to know Israel as it really is and to get to know people from different perspectives. Peres responded, Whoever was responsible for the murder of French citizens and Jewish children in Toulouse showed the ugly face of terror, and your words show the way of peace. You are leaders of an Islam, which seeks peace, as we do. I am very grateful for your words, and

www.algemeiner.com U.S. News . FRIDAY, MARCH 15 2013 A5 Senior Hamas Advisor Only Matter of Time Before Movement Removed from Western Terrorist Lists BY ZACH PONTZ A leading figure from Hamas has said that the groups removal from the US and European countries lists of terrorism sponsors has become a matter of time. Ahmed Yousef , a senior adviser to countries such as Qatar, Egypt and Turkey, to convince major and European countries to take Hamass name out of the terrorism list. Yousef adde

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A8 FRIDAY, MARCH 15 2013 Impressions . Chavez Era Remembered as Perilous Time for Venezuelan Jewry BY ALINA DAIN SHARON JNS.ORG Michel Hausmann, a Jewish freelance theater director now living in New York, in 2009 was the producer of the musical Fiddler on the Roof in Caracas, Venezuela. Suddenly, the statesponsored Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho Orchestra refused to work. We receive financial aid from the government, and given the current situation visavis Venezuelas President Hugo Chavezs state

www.algemeiner.com FRIDAY, MARCH 15 2013 A9 Tradition. Legal Notice. myself will punish you seven times for your sins. 26 2728 What does the word keri mean I have translated it here as hostile. There are other suggestions. The Targum reads it as harden yourselves, Rashbam as refuse, Ibn Ezra as overconfident, Saadia as rebellious. However, Rambam gives it a completely different interpretation, and does so in a halakhic context A positive scriptural command prescribes prayer and the sounding

A10 FRIDAY, MARCH 15 2013 Tradition . how do we explain an omnibenevolent and omnipotent Gd allowing for evil. Theodicy comes from the Greek thes Gd and dk justice, meaning the justice of Gd, or to justify Gd or the justification of Gd. But though Jewish mysticism does discuss the paradox of evil in face of a good Gd, interestingly, it never tries to justify Gd. Indeed, when one religious leader suggested reasons that justified the Holocaust, a great Rebbe silenced him saying Gd does not nee

www.algemeiner.com Social . FRIDAY, MARCH 15 2013 A11 Brother of Infamous Nazi Hermann Goering Up for Prestigious Righteous of the Nations Award BY ZACH PONTZ Albert Goering, the brother of infamous Nazi Hermann Goering, is now among the candidates to receive the Righteous Among The Nations award. Albert was a German businessman who died in 1966. According to accounts, Albert saved hundreds of Jews and political dissidents during the Second World War by helping them obtain exit permits and

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