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Opinion . Tradition . STEVE JOBS A2. BIBLICAL A9. AND THE VIRTUE OF FAILURE MONARCHIY AND JEWISH POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY WHY WE MADE PUNK JEWS A11. algemeiner THE JOURNAL 1.00 PRINTED IN NEW YORK FRIDAY, September 2, 2011 3 Elul 5771 VOL. XXXVIII NO. 2025 Rick Perry Gods Candidate Libya Threatens To Become A Terrorist Arms Depot BY DAVID ROSENBERG The collapse of strongman Muamar Gaddafis government and the ensuing chaos in Libya could prove to be boon to the militant groups in Afric

A2 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 Opinion . that the current rocket and mortar crisis is a failure that directly resulted from Israels withdrawal policies and Israelis will fight against making the same mistake. After all, politics cant compete with collective common sense. It does seem however that some leaders in the Holy Land have been quicker to learn from failures than from their successes. Retrospection may come naturally on the heels of defeat, but it is of course just as important to appr

www.algemeiner.com World News . A3 Fischer Among 6 Leading Bank Governors BY JESSICA ELGOT Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Bank Ben Bernanke was graded a mere C by Global Finances worlds top central bankers list for 2011. Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer received an A and ranked one of the six top bankers in the world by Global Finance and not for the first time in 2009 as well as in 2010 Fischers Central Banker report card sported an A. Other bankers named alongside Fi

A4 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 World News . A week ago I received an invitation from the chief of the rebels, he said referring to Abdul Jalil, a former justice minister and current chairman of the rebel council in Benghazi. If it will be democratic there will be no reason not to visit, like in Tunisia and Morocco, he said. Luzon, whose family is from Benghazi fled Libya in 1967. More than 40 years later, Jalil proposed for me Luzon to take part in one of the parties because they would like it

www.algemeiner.com World News BY S.Z. WOLFF August 22 Libyan rebels seized control over most of Tripoli amid scenes of jubilation, a day after surging into the citys center and meeting little resistance from Col. Muammar Gaddafis defenses. However, news reports alleging the capture of Col. Gaddafis son, SaifalIslam, later turned out to be unfounded. It was reported later on in the week that the entire Gaddafi family had fled to nearby Algeria. . A5 The Globe at a Glance August 25 A renowned

A6 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 U.S News . comparing the spirit of Masada and the Alamo. He told the Jerusalem Post that were talking about two groups of people who were willing to give up their lives for freedom and liberty. In the last several years, Governor Perrys relationship with the Jewish community has become more visible. For the past two years, he has hosted an official Chanukah lighting service with Chabad. Says Rabbi Chaim Block, who has met with Perry several times. His pro busines

www.algemeiner.com Opinion . A7 Time to Put the Sharpton Wars Behind Us SHMULEY BOTEACH N E W YO R K Twenty years ago race riots erupted in Crown Heights and an innocent Jewish student was murdered in response to the accidental killing of an AfricanAmerican child. After the murder, the Rev. Al Sharpton came to Crown Heights and further whipped up an already incensed crowd, leaving some in the Jewish community to demand twenty years later that Sharpton be forever shunned by Jewry and critici

A8 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 Impressions . persons. This phrase sounds almost pleasant, distinctly unlike those nasty and soontobepoliticallyincorrect words like pedophile and child molester. How does pedophobic grab you Not surprisingly, the featured speaker is Dr. Fred Berlin of Johns Hopkins University, a colleague of Dr. John Money. Child advocate, Dr. Judith Reisman disclosed that the conference is part of a strategy to condition people into accepting pedophiles The first thing they do

www.algemeiner.com A9 Tradition. Biblical Monarchy and Jewish Political Philosophy JONATHAN SACKS LOND ON, UK The contribution of Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible, to political thought is fundamental, but not well known. In this study I want to look at institution of monarchy. What does it tell us about the nature of government as the Torah understands it The command relating to a king opens with these words When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and

A10 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 Tradition . Similarly, the spiritual forces within the material world can be aligned to their respective Divine roots, in all their glorious detail, rooted in the Divine light, the kav thin ray of light that pierced through the Tzimtzum, whose source is the light before the Tzimtzum, the Divine power to create the infinite koach habligvul. Thats the soul. What about the body and the matter of the universe The human body too was created in the Divine Image, and e

www.algemeiner.com Social . BY MAXINE DOVERE A11 Ellens Run Tops 1000 Participants For 16 years, Ellen Hermanson has been remembered and her work combating breast cancer continued through the efforts of the Ellen Hemanson Foundation and its signature event, the annual Ellens Run, a 5K race for runners, walkers, women, men and children. Hermanson aggressively battled breast cancer for several years. Diagnosed soon after the birth of her daughter, she fought the illness and became an advocate

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