Archive for November 30th, 2008

by Danny Verbov
The everlasting message of tefillin -- from Bergen-Belsen to a Jerusalem oncology ward.
My great-grandfather, Rabbi Nachum Mordechai Verbowsky, was the rabbi of the Lithuanian town of Akmian. Sixty-seven years ago, he put on Tefillin for the very last time.
Before the war, the Akmian numbered some 300 Jewish families, Mazeik 500, and...
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Dan Izenberg ,
Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch on Wednesday appeared to dismiss Likud MK Limor Livnat's arguments that in continuing negotiations with Syria and the PA, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meant to force the next government to accept the terms he reached.
The court was hearing Livnat's petition calling on the court to order Olmert to...
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by Hillel Fendel
Outgoing Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski says that Olmert’s policies in Jerusalem manifest his desire to split the city.
Speaking with the Israeli business site "Globes" just days before Mayor Lupolianski is to leave office, the smiling, easy-going hareidi-religious public official had harsh words for his predecessor – though spiced with compliments. 
“When we talk...
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When US President George W. Bush met with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last week he urged Olmert to reconsider his ill-conceived rush to surrender the Golan Heights to Syria.
That according to diplomatic sources briefed on the White House meeting between the two outgoing leaders.
The sources told Ha'aretz that Bush pointedly asked...
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Opec energy ministers have decided to leave oil production quotas unchanged after talks in the Egyptian capital following falls in the price of oil.
Opec President Chakib Khelil said any such decision would be made at a meeting in Algeria next month.
The price of a barrel of oil has tumbled to below $55 after...
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Ken Kusmer -
INDIANAPOLIS - The nation's leading abortion provider is under fire for handing out gift certificates for its services.
Pro-life supporters say the scheme by Planned Parenthood of Indiana denigrates the holiday season.
The network of 35 clinics across the state announced it is offering holiday vouchers for basic health care services "or the recipient's choice...
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He has a host of relatives in exotic locations from Hawaii to Kenya, and during his run for the American presidency he discovered that he had an aunt living in Boston.
Now Barack Obama is being claimed by not one but as many as 8,000 Beduin tribesmen in northern Israel.
Although the spokesman for the...
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By Chris Barton
Anti-GE campaigners clash with police during a protest at Rotorua's Forest Research Institute. Photo / Rotorua Daily Post
John Lowenthal is praising chickens - in particular the broiler variety which takes just 42 days to grow from egg to maturity. The extraordinary bird, bred to grow big, fast and plump for our dinner tables, could...
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By David Wood
On Jan. 20, an unobtrusive military officer carrying a small leather-bound metal briefcase will follow President George W. Bush up to Capitol Hill. After the inauguration ceremony, he will accompany President Barack Obama back to the White House.
Inside the attaché, known as "the football," are the codes to identify and authenticate a presidential...
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In chilling and compelling detail, Peter Hennessy and Richard Knight reveal for the first time the nation's last line of defence
Moving at a fast-walking pace, she is out there right now; undetectable, untouchable and armed with more explosive power than was unleashed by all sides in the duration of World War II.
On board the Vanguard...
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