After we made \”Schindler\’s List,\” more and more Holocaust survivors came up to me ,and every one of them said, \”Now let me tell you MY story.\” And each story was different and compelling. – Steven Spielberg
Boteach, a 33-year-old Lubavitch showman whose provocative books and flair for marketing have drawn international attention to Jewish teachings on sexual ethics, is no newcomer to such staged debates.
Ehud Barak could contemplate self-government by the Palestinians of East Jerusalem, but he would not give up Israel\’s sovereignty in a formally undivided city, and he dug in his heels at the suggestion that the Old City be put under international control.
Kineret Fischer is on a quest. At a time in her life when most young women are thinking about boyfriends or worrying about starting college, the recent graduate of Yeshiva University of Los Angeles high school (YULA) has been concentrating on fulfilling a mission: to bring to justice terrorists responsible for the deaths of two Los Angeles teenagers.
Mark Borovitz is their rabbi, and he is one of them: An alcoholic since adolescence, a former drug user, an ex-con who spent a good chunk of the 1980s in state prison and county jail on charges including insurance fraud, check kiting and armed robbery. \”I\’ve been allowed to come back from my own demise, a demise I created myself,\” he told his congregants.
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