President Bush made a point of going around the table and greeting each of us personally before the \”formal\” meeting began. But herein lies the curious part. There really was no formal meeting.
The only reason for including Lebanon in the conversation at all is to signal to Iran and Syria that it will be offered up for grabs to them on a silver platter as well
Of the three major monotheistic traditions, Judaism has arguably done the most admirable job of micromanaging our lust.That\’s why Judaism has been more agile than other religions at handling modernity\’s revolution in sexual mores.
Noteworthy sessions and events at the General Assembly
Even a resolutely mediocre chess player like me knows it\’s not enough to have some good opening moves. To win, you need an end game. That\’s why this month\’s protest by some Jewish groups against the selection of a Muslim spokesman for a county human relations prize baffled me — what possible end game could they have in mind?
Obituary for crusading Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci.
Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple informed his congregation by letter this week that he was recently diagnosed with a form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma; Anna Krakovich survived a suicide bomb attack to become a response team leader for SELAH; Salman Rushdie speaks out as pro-Israel Muslim; Israeli and American staff and campers at the Union for Reform Judaism\’s Camp Newman collaborated on recording a song titled \”Kol Yisrael (We Are All Connected).\”
At a meeting that featured catcalls, standing ovations and the ejection of a disruptive audience member, Los Angeles\’ County Human Relations Commission voted again Monday to give an award to Dr. Maher Hathout, a local Muslim leader whose harsh rhetoric on Israel generated accusations of anti-Semitism and extremism.
Representatives from Southern California-based Persian-language satellite radio stations and television shows attended a special press conference on Aug. 28, held for them at Los Angeles\’ Israeli consulate, the first public interaction between the Israeli government and local Persian-language media in more than 25 years.\n
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