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January 19, 2012
Journalist: Netanyahu told me Israel’s biggest enemies are N.Y. Times, Haaretz
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s two greatest enemies are The New York Times and Haaretz, the editor of The Jerusalem Post said in a speech.
Calendar Picks and Clicks: January 18-January 27
The professor of Sephardic law and ethics at Bar-Ilan University and senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute discusses “Women, Torah and Mitzvot: Surprising Views by Sephardic Rabbis” during a Shabbat lunch-and-learn featuring Sephardic-style cuisine. Hosted by the Sephardic Educational Center. Sat. noon-2 p.m. $36. Kahal Joseph Congregation, 105050 W. Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles.
Just breathe
In this week’s Torah portion, we meet a frustrated and dejected Moses. God’s reluctant leader of the Jewish people cannot convince Pharaoh to free the Israelites from bondage, no matter how emphatically he proclaims, “Let my people go.” Pharaoh doesn’t budge; in fact, things get worse for the people each time Moses asks. The Jewish people seem paralyzed by fear and depression, further frustrating Moses.
Insights for investors from one who knows firsthand
Rebecca Rothstein, a managing director at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Beverly Hills, focuses on helping high net worth and ultra-high net worth investors with estate, tax and financial planning. But she hasn’t always been a Barron’s top 100 financial advisor. A high-school dropout who went on to get her GED and an associate’s degree in design and merchandising, Rothstein started out as a buyer for the Robinson’s department store chain but left the job because it required too much time on the road away from her four young sons.
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