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October 18, 2010
Netanyahu: Hamas has obtained anti-aircraft missiles
Gaza\’s Hamas rulers have obtained anti-aircraft missiles, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, in a potentially game-changing development that could threaten the Israeli air force\’s ability to strike at the Islamic militant group.
Saul Alinsky: The Practical Radical
When I left home for a university education in 1966 at age 18, I swore I would work for Saul Alinsky when I graduated. The year I did graduate, Alinsky was declining, and he died two years later. So much for my plan to work for him in Chicago and maybe elsewhere around the nation organizing the dispossessed into effective groups that eventually might alter the equation of power across the United States. But, though he was dead in body, Alinsky left behind his theories and practices in books that guided me, and later guided somebody younger and eventually far more influential than I am — Barack Obama.
Israel invites Chilean miners for a ‘spiritual’ Christmas in the Holy Land
Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov on Monday extended an official invitation to the 33 Chilean miners who were rescued last week to experience a \”spiritual journey\” this Christmas in the Holy Land.
Israeli father and daughter found shot in Mexico
An Israeli man and his daughter were found dead in their home in Mexico City amid signs of violence.
Two Israelis to receive U.S. science medal
Two Israeli scientists have been chosen to receive the U.S. National Medal of Science.
N.Y. synagogue halts construction over finances
A leading Modern Orthodox synagogue in New York City has halted construction on its new building due to financial problems.