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READ: AMERICA'S SPARKLING WOMEN: THE FAMOUS, THE LUCKY AND THE CLASSY.

THE PROVOCATIVE DANISH CARTOONS BY DR. JOSEPH LERNER. link

COMMENTARY OF THE WEEK BY DR. AARON LERNER: : Hamas' rise to power offers Israel the opportunity to correct past policy mistakes. Hamas' rise to power offers Israel the opportunity to correct past policy mistakes. But only if it acts quickly against the Hamas terror entity...Read full article..

Launching the policy debate in Israel, BY DR. AARON LERNER.  With less than two month left before Israelis cast their ballots in the national elections it remains painfully unclear if what may be the most critical vote since the founding of the Jewish State will take place without any serious policy debate. As both acting PM Olmert and DM Mofaz made clear in recent presentations, if Kadima forms the next government they intend to carry out major unilateral retreats in the West Bank after establishing that the Palestinians continue to fail to fulfill their Roadmap obligations to break up the terror infrastructure. ...Link

Read "Life is a Masquerade", by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.  The holiday of Purim is unusual in many ways, even strange. It is the only time of the year when we are not only allowed, but expected, to get drunk.  We look at the Megillah and see people doing things that don’t make sense for them, as if they were drunk or, perhaps, insane...in the Column of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

Gary Morgenstein: "A rabbi having sex, it’s a troubling image. Men are impossible, we’re basically shallow and thoughtless, except when motivated by our own needs, like sex and a clean bathroom..." Read the interview

NEW YORK BUZZ: THE LATEST ON HOWARD STERN'S LAWSUIT AGAINST THE JEWISH THEATER OF  NEW YORK: Isi Tenenbom, spokesperson of the Jewish Theater of New York sent the New York Jewish Herald the following press release. We are hereby publishing it in its entirety without taking side."Ron Kuby to Represent The Jewish Theater of New York in Response to Threatened Lawsuit by Stern Family Lawyers, Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP. Read

Photos from L to R: #1.Actress Emily Stern, daughter of Howard Stern and former leading star of "Kabbalah", a play produced by the Jewish Theater of New York. The show came to an end, when Stern walked out, fearing that fans might maliciously use her alleged nude photos taken from her performance on stage. #2. Gloria Allred.

GLORIA ALLRED, AMERICA'S SUPER ATTORNEY IS MAKING A BIG BUZZ IN NEW YORK!  by Paulette Attie. Read

American Embassy “Attacked” in Indonesia for Cartoons. Why?
A brief explanation of “The Traditions of the Prophet” and the “Shari’a.” The plaguing question that we must discuss is ‘why?’  Why do Muslims react with violence when Mohammed is satirized? Many people are studiously ignoring this question. To understand the waves of protests and violence occurring across the world one must understand Islamic theology and history, and then view the current "cartoon crisis” through that grid. ..Read full article

DON'T MISS OUR CARTOON, HUMOR AND VIDEOS  SECTION:

Bush-Blair Endless Love.  Click image to view video

George W. Bush and Tony Blair express their true feelings for each other as they sing a stirring rendition of "Endless Love." This amusing video casts the Iraq war alliance between George W. Bush and Tony Blair in a whole new light. Created by Johan Söderberg for a Swedish television program called 'Kobra,' this parody synchs up images of Bush and Blair singing Diana Ross and Lionel Richie's breathless ballad "Endless Love." Their international coalition may be crumbling, but their hearts still beat as one.