http://www.euronews.net/2011/05/03/barenboim-conducts-his-orchestra-for-gaza/ MUSICAL CRITICS OFTEN USE THE WORD “WUNDERKIND” ROUGHLY TRANSLATED AS “WONDERCHILD” TO DESCRIBE A VERY YOUNG PRODIGY….BAREMBOIM IS A “WONDERCUR” WITH A PRODIGIOUS EGO ….HOW NICE IT WOULD BE TO SEE THE CODA TO HIS CAREER….RSK The Barenboim Lesson Steven Plaut Daniel Barenboim has, unwittingly, taught a lesson about music. He shows that it […]
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4063352,00.html From slave to IDF officer: A Guinean’s story At just 15 Avi Be’eri was sold to slave traders who smuggled him into Israel from Guinea, he managed to turn his life around and will now become an IDF officer Avi Be’eri’s life story could have easily become a successful soap opera. It started […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/3/americas-muslim-precedent/ Obama bungled Osama killing with too much respect for Islam The White House went out of its way to make certain that Osama bin Laden received full traditional Muslim burial rites. Obama officials claimed they did so to honor the Islamic religion, but they were also honoring bin Laden. Such acts are unacceptable on […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/3/israels-increasing-vulnerability/ EGYPT’S CALLS ARE NOT FOR “REVISING” THE CAMP DAVID HUDNA (TEMPORARY TRUCE IN ARABIC) BUT FOR ABROGATING IT ENTIRELY, WHICH SHOULD SURPRISE NO ONE….THE GOVT. CONTROLLED MEDIA IN EGYPT, THE SCHOOLBOOKS AND THE SERMONS WERE RATED AMONG THE MOST VIRULENTLY ANTI-SEMITIC IN THE ARAB WORLD…..RSK Although Osama bin Laden’s well-deserved death has demonstrated America’s […]
Connecticut Jewish Ledger Editorial www.jewishledger.com Settling Scores doesn’t solve today’s problems Ridding the world of Bin Laden is nice, but not consequential. It is politics, not policy. The immediate threat to the world right now is not the free-lance terrorism that Bin Laden superimposed on it in the 90’s and beyond, but the state sponsored evil that […]
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4063858,00.html Bin Laden lessons for IsraelOp-ed: Killing terror leaders apparently a privilege reserved for superpowers like America Rafi Israeli When President Obama, a reserved family man, announced his intention to convene a late-night press conference, everyone held their breath. Some people attributed his quick action to his rush to salvage his sinking prestige ahead of […]