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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Israeli Nukes to South Africa? (The Guardian U.K.)
Revealed: how Israel offered to sell South Africa nuclear weapons
Exclusive: Secret apartheid-era papers give first official evidence of Israeli nuclear weapons.
By Chris McGreal
Secret South African documents reveal that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime, providing the first official documentary evidence of the state’s possession of nuclear weapons.
The secret [...]
Jewish Disunity, Wiesel’s Ad
Editor:
Again, we see Jews degrading themselves by their public display of self-flagellation with their passion for disunity—particularly on the part of J Street and former Israeli Cabinet minister Yossi Sarid. They wasted no time in responding, with opposing opinions, to Elie Wiesel’s ad that recently appeared in several newspapers (The Jewish World, May 13, 2010).
Wiesel’s [...]
Posted in Letters
Tagged Caribbean, David, David Ben Gurion, Don, Israel, israeli cabinet minister, J Street, Jerusalem, Rose Ann Roth
Rensselaer, Sarid, self flagellation, Yossi
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Hugging and wrestling with Israel
By SID SCHWARZ
WASHINGTON, D.C. (JTA)–I have long straddled two worlds with regard to diaspora engagement with Zionism and the State of Israel. As the founder-president of PANIM, an organization that has trained tens of thousands of American Jewish teens to pursue social and political activism on behalf of the Jewish people and the world [...]
More horses’ derrieres than horses?
By Douglas M. Bloomfield
When I was young, my dad was a traveling salesman and he would bring us little gifts when he returned home at the end of the week. One I particularly recall was a little wooden postcard that asked, “Why are there so many more horses asses than there are horses?” I’m reminded [...]
Posted in Religion & Philosophy
Tagged Ala., Alabama, Buchanan, Charles Evans, Congress, Connecticut, D.C., D.C. Madam, Dave, Earl Warren, elena kagan, Felix Frankfurter, Fla., Hugo Black, impeachment of president clinton, Ind., Jeff Sessions, Kentucky, La., Louis, Minn., N.Y., nazi war criminals, President Clinton, President Obama, President William Clinton, Rand Paul, Rep. Alan Grayson, Rep. Bob Livingston, Rep. Eric Massa, Rep. Mark Souter, Rep. Michelle Bachmann, Richard Blumenthal, Sen. David Vitter, Staten Island, the Gulf, Vietnam, Vito Fossella, Washington, William Rehnquist
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Concert boycott—from Elvis to Elton?
By NATHAN GUTTMAN
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Forward)–It was a feather in the cap of pro-boycott activists, but for Israelis a major setback.
With battle lines drawn across concert halls and stadiums hosting rock bands, the decision by mega-star Elvis Costello to cancel his planned concerts in Israel is being viewed as a game changer.
In a statement posted on [...]
Posted in Arts & Culture
Tagged Bibi, Bob Dylan, boycott, boycott campaign, campaign, D.C., Elton John, Elton John
Currently, Elvis Costello, Gil Scott-Heron, Hannah Mermelstein, Israel, Joan Armatrading, John, Leonard Cohen, limor livnat, London, Madonna, minister limor livnat, NATHAN GUTTMAN, New York, NY, Paul McCartney, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Scott-Heron, South Africa, Tel Aviv, Washington
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HIGH HONOR:
David Holland of Scout Troop 31 in Niskayuna was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout at a recent ceremony at the Niskayuna Town Hall. He has been a scout since 1998 and earned the Arrow of Light designation in 2003. He is Troop 31 junior assistant scoutmaster. As his service project, he created recycling stations [...]
Posted in Life Changes
Tagged congressman paul, Congressman Paul Tonko, David, David Holland, Holland, Jesse, junior assistant scoutmaster, Mindy, Niskayuna, paul tonko, rank, Scout, Scout Troop, Town Park
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Four questions for Dr. Propp
Compiled By JEFFERY MARKS
This week we feature the views of Dr. Richard Propp of Albany. Dr. Propp’s speciality is public health. He is the chairman of the Capital District Alliance for Universial Health Care, Inc. He is a congregant of B’nai Sholom in Albany.
How will the new health care reform legislation lower costs?
I should start [...]
Worms Provide Clues About How Neurons Form Menorahs
By: Kevin Hattori (American Technion Society)
A breakthrough about the formation and maintenance of tree-like nerve cell structures could have future applications in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and the repair of injuries in which neurons are damaged. The findings by the international team led by Prof. Benjamin Podbilewicz of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Faculty [...]
Posted in Science, Health, Technology
Tagged Benjamin Podbilewicz, Biology, c elegans, David Hall, Israel, Kevin Hattori, light and electron microscopy, Martin Chalfie, New York City, Oren-Suissa, Prof. Benjamin Podbilewicz, Prof. Podbilewicz, PVDs, technion israel institute of technology
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