This week in power: Israel election, Hagel nomination, Gun plan, Christmas giving
Danny Groner
December 27, 2012
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December 27, 2012
Netanyahu, Jordan’s Abdullah discuss Syrian chemical weapons
Jewish Journal
December 27, 2012
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has secretly met Jordan\’s King Abdullah in Amman to discuss the risk of Syria\’s chemical weapons falling into the hands of Islamist militants, Israeli media reports said on Wednesday.
Brooklyn man indicted for throwing bleach in rabbi’s face
Jewish Journal
December 27, 2012
A Brooklyn fishmonger was indicted for allegedly throwing a cup of bleach in the face of a Chasidic rabbi who had accused the man\’s father of being a sexual predator.
Ex-Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman indicted for fraud
Jewish Journal
December 27, 2012
Former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was indicted on charges of fraud and breach of trust.
Fight for women’s equality at the Western Wall fails to move secular Israelis
Jewish Journal
December 27, 2012
Few American tourists to Israel forget their first visit to the Western Wall. They put notes in the cracks, whisper prayers and take photos against the backdrop of Judaism’s holiest site.
Leon Morgenstern, first director of surgery and founder of Center for Healthcare Ethics at Cedars-Si
Jewish Journal
December 27, 2012
Dr. Leon Morgenstern, Cedars-Sinai’s inaugural director of surgery and founder of its Center for Healthcare Ethics, died on Dec. 23. He was 93.
Moshe Lazar, Sephardic Literature Scholar, 84
Tom Tugend
December 27, 2012
Professor Moshe Lazar was a Renaissance man and polymath whose studies ranged across the centuries, from medieval Sephardic life and writings to modern Hebrew poetry, according to his colleagues and students at USC.
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