The ironic ma nishtana
Marty Kaplan
April 7, 2014
There are two ma nishtanas – one adorable, and one ironic.
Category
corruption
Let’s be Brazil
Marty Kaplan
June 24, 2013
I have outrage envy. For nearly two weeks, more than a million citizens across Brazil have taken to the streets to protest political corruption, economic injustice, poor health care, inadequate schools, lousy mass transit, a crumbling infrastructure and – yes, in the land of Pelé – billions blown on sports.
Lieberman to be questioned again
Jewish Journal
December 24, 2012
Former Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman will be questioned again in connection with allegations that he advanced the position of Israel\’s former ambassador to Belarus in exchange for information on an investigation against him.
Budapest Jewish cemetery being probed for corruption
Jewish Journal
December 6, 2011
Police are investigating allegations of corruption relating to fees charged for interment and other funerary arrangements at Budapest’s main Jewish cemetery.
Worker employed by Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s wife is arrested
Jewish Journal
November 1, 2010
Israeli police arrested a foreign worker accused of being employed illegally by Defense Minister Ehud Barak\’s wife.
Olmert indicted in corruption case
Jewish Journal
August 31, 2009
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted in three corruption cases.
Stop and smell the roses in Pakistan
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2008
As an Egyptian whose country\’s military dictators are either taken by God or an assassin\’s bullet, I envy the Pakistani people\’s ability to now use the term, \”former president.\”
Analysis: Olmert’s journey from right-wing idealogue to unsuccessful pragmatist
Ron Kampeas, JTA
July 31, 2008
Ehud Olmert\’s political career was marked by the shift from ideologue to pragmatist, as well as frequent allegations of personal corruption. Now at the end of his premiership, his signature projects remain unfinished
Probe of Olmert could derail peace process
Leslie Susser
May 8, 2008
The corruption investigation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, which is threatening to bring down the Israeli government, potentially may have far-reaching consequences for Middle East peacemaking.
Independence creates uncertainty for Kosovo’s Jews
Dinah Spritzer
February 22, 2008
There are some 50 Jews left in Kosovo. Belonging to three families, or clans, they all live in the city of Prizren, a rare gem of ancient architecture amid a landscape devastated by war, poverty and communist-era concrete.
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