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June 15, 2007
British boycott moves reveal anti-Israel bias
The British Union cares less about journalists or freedom of the press than it does about blindly condemning the Jewish state…it has everything to do with anti-Israel bigotry.
Briefs: Peres elected President of Israel; Oprah criticized for pro-Israel stance
Briefs
An inconvenient voice
It is too easy to label Korah evil and dismiss his claims. There is nothing in the pshat, the simple reading of the biblical text, to castigate Korah as the embodiment of evil. In fact, it is suspicious how ready everyone is to get rid of him. What are we covering up? What truth does Korah know?
Combining fact and fiction confuses peace event
I was not entirely comforted. I recalled a conservative propaganda movie about Islam warning people of taqiyya, the Muslim \”mitzvah\” of deception, in which militant Muslims put on a peaceful disguise for Westerners.
The odyssey of the Dead Sea Scrolls — what a long, strange trip it’s been
The Dead Sea scrolls will arrive this summer at the San Diego Natural History Museum after a long, convoluted journey – one that was often interrupted by controversy.
Israeli puppies walk the beat with L.A. sheriffs
Ami is a yellow Labrador from Pups for Peace, an Israeli organization founded in Los Angeles that trains dogs for counter-terrorism work. He is one of four dogs the group has supplied from Israel to the L.A. County Sheriff\’s Department\’s Transit Services Bureau as part of a pilot program in California.
Briefs: Weiss proposes city funds divestment; D.A. rejects marijuana raid case
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