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December 25th, 2009 | 8 Tevet 5770
Vol. 10, Iss. 47
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Sheldon Adelson US SPENDING INCLUDES MILLIONS Recieves Herzl Gold OF DOLLARS FOR ISRAEL’S Medallion At ZOA MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS Dinner In New York City
Photography by Shmuel Ben Eliezer
Philanthropist Sheldon Adelson honored for his pro-Israel activities. BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF
The Zionist Organization of America awarded, Sheldon Adelson with its supreme, rarely bestowed, historic Zionist award “the Theodor Herzl Gold Medallion” at its Gala Dinner in the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. delson is the Chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corporation with Resort Hotels in Las Vegas, Macau, China, Singapore and Pennsylvania. This award is given to individuals who have made a unique, lasting and historic contribution to the cause of Zionism and the Jewish people. Some have referred to this award as “the Nobel Prize for Zionism.” Speakers at the dinner included Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (by video), Israeli Vice-Prime Minister and former Israel Defense Forces Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Moshe Yaalon, and U.S. House Minority Whip, Congressman Eric Cantor (R-VA), the second most powerful position in the U.S. House of Representatives. In presenting the Award, Morton Klein, chairman of the ZOA, reminisced how, at various Jewish organizational meetings, Mr. Adelson had
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Spinka Rebbe of Boro Park Sentenced to 24 Months in Federal Prison
The 2010 defense appropriation does not include funding for the F-22 (pictured above) which Israel had long wanted to purchase. Israel is now shifting its focus to the F-35, an even more advanced plane. BY HILARY LEILA KRIEGER
US President Barack Obama has signed a defense spending bill that includes $202 million in funds for Israel's missile defense programs, the White House announced.. he 2010 defense appropriation, however, does not contain funding for the F22, which would have extended the program. Israel had long wanted to purchase the stealth jets, but current law prevents their export. With the program now slated to end, Israel will focus on the F-35, an even more advanced plane that doesn't have the same restrictions but which will take many more years to become operational. The Obama administration had opposed further funding for the F-22 and several other pet projects of Congressional appropriators on the grounds that they were too costly and not necessary given the asymmetrical military challenges the country faces. Though the
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bomber was originally included in the bill sparking a veto threat - the final version cut the allocation in a political victory for Obama. Congress was ultimately successful, though, in increasing the amount of money given to Israeli missile defense projects developed in coordination with the United States . The Arrow-3, a controversial program that initially faced push-back from US Pentagon officials, will now get $50m. as opposed to the $37m. originally requested by the administration. In addition, the short-range ballistic missile defense program will get $80m., with the balance for the existing long-range program. The total is some $25m. more than was approved last year. We are tremendously pleased with the ongoing cooperation between the United States and the State of Israel in the area of missile defense," an Israeli official said after Obama signed the bill this weekend.
Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Weisz of the Spinka Chasidic group, is being sent to Federal prison for money laundering. BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF
The head of the Spinka Chasidic group, Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Weisz, was handed a two-year prison sentence in Los Angeles for his part in what prosecutors said was a decade-long tax fraud and money laundering scheme. he 61-year-old Rebbe, pleaded guilty last August to criminal conspiracy charges before U.S. District Judge John F. Walter. An assistant, Gabbai Moshe Zigelman, 62, pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy and was also sentenced to a two-year federal prison term. In his plea agreement, Rabbi Weisz admitted he learned from Zigelman that the Spinka charitable organizations had received $8,493,659 in 2006 and that Spinka had "prof its" of $744,596, after deducting the amounts paid back to the various contributors. "I'm embarrassed beyond words,"
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