It makes you wonder: How many Yaelle and Nouriel Cohens have come to the rescue of fellow Jews over our history? Thanks to people like Yaelle and Nouriel Cohen, we don\’t have to answer that question.
In person Barak is somehow both more and less imposing than he seems from afar.
Sixty years after Roosevelt, thanks to hard work and commitment by generations of American Jews, Betsy and I stood next to a mashgiach in the White House kitchen during a time in America when nearly all politicians of import have a profound respect for the role American Jews play in our society.
Just when you think it can\’t be any more topsy-turvy in Israel than it already is, the president addresses the nation with nonsensical shrieks and accusations in a parody of leadership so bizarre that you wonder whether the Jewish state has turned into Wonderland.
Times are changing, and the Times, with circulation and advertising dropping, can no longer afford to be so high and mighty. At long last, the paper is going to juice up its Web site, and community input like your synagogue discussion meeting and your opinions and activities may be a big part of it.
Eilat generally has escaped the violence of the six-year Palestinian intifada, but even its remote setting couldn\’t forever insulate the Red Sea resort city from the region\’s tensions.
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Regardless of age or physical condition, intellectually curious seniors have many opportunities in the Los Angeles area to participate in an educational program that fits their needs in an enriching, stimulating and affordable environment.
Galia Albin is one grandmother who isn\’t spending afternoons knitting booties, baking cookies or changing diapers. Instead, she\’s running to television studios for tapings, representing Israel at international business forums and wielding influence on Israeli policymakers. She is one of the country\’s powerful women, and her mission is to influence and empower other women throughout the world.
Although the voice at the other end of the phone is always that of a young person, the driving force behind Teen Line is Elaine Leader, a 79-year-old great-grandmother with a British accent and a propensity for hats and oversized costume jewelry.
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