>This is what happens in this week\’s parsha. In Parshat Pekuday, Moses gives the Israelites an accounting of how much gold, silver and copper
was contributed to build the mishkan (the Tabernacle that held the Ten Commandments).
Back in Hollywood\’s Golden Age, a radio host asked director Mark Sandrich who, in his opinion, was the most alluring woman in Hollywood. \”That\’s easy,\” said Sandrich, who directed such stars as Ginger Rogers and Claudette Colbert. \”My wife, Freda.\”
An emaciated death camp survivor stares blankly alongside a gaunt steer.
If, like 82 percent of American Jewry, you are unaffiliated with a temple or synagogue, but still desire a rabbi to officiate at your special occasion, then telecommunications engineer David Segal of Phoenix, Ariz., has designed a Web site just for you.
Jews in distress are being encouraged to seek out a trouble-free environment way, way down under — in New Zealand.
Chan Chan is the world\’s largest mud city. Lying just outside the town of Trujillo, on Peru\’s northern coast, Chan Chan\’s high earthen walls feature pre-Columbian carvings paying tribute to the civilization\’s many gods.
Dov Seidman is used to riding a little ahead of the curve. Back in 1998, the Los Angeles-based attorney and founder of the legal research firm Legal Research Network (LRN) decided to expand his business to include an online course in business ethics.
The battalion is the brainchild of Roman Rathner, a former major in the Russian green berets — the Spetznaz — who immigrated to Israel a decade ago, who offered his expertise and knowledge to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and was refused because he was older than 30 — too old. A year ago he went on the Russian radio and appealed to his former colleagues.
\”Aren\’t you tired of watching our women and children getting killed on TV? Don\’t you want to do something to help?\” he pleaded.
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