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January 15th, 2010 | 29 Tevet 5770
MICHAEL STEINHARDT CRITICIZES THE FAILURES OF THE JEWISH LEADERSHIP
Michael Steinhardt blasted Jewish youth by calling them “barbarians.” BY AVI YELLIN
Michael Steinhardt, one of world Jewry’s most philanthropic benefactors and a co-founder of Birthright Israel, delivered a scathing criticism this week of all that he sees wrong with the Jewish world today and singled out non-Orthodox life. n a television interview on Thursday with Mark S. Golub of Shalom TV, Steinhardt expressed his deep disappointment with the secular Hebrew school system and characterized many of the young people he has met through Birthright Israel as “Jewish barbarians” who have never in their lives even experienced a Shabbat dinner Steinhardt, who identifies himself as anything but an Orthodox Jew, had especially harsh criticism for nonOrthodox Jewish life in the Diaspora. He expresses his disappointment and anger with those often described as
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RETURN OF MISSILES AND MORTAR ATTACKS FROM GAZA
MOSHE SABA Z”TL, MAJOR JEWISH PHILANTHROPIST MOURNED BY THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
A Palestinian youngster in Gaza aiming Kassam Rocket launchers at Israeli civilian targets. FROM COMBINED NEWS SERVICES
Israel and the Islamist terror group Hamas traded harsh accusations over a rise in violence in the Gaza Strip, amid mounting concern that the situation could escalate. he recriminations followed a series of Israeli air strikes on militants in Gaza that have killed at least six Palestinians in the past five days, including a 14-year- old boy. The air raids were ordered by the Israeli government in response to a recent surge in rocket and mortar fire from Gaza. The Israeli military has assessed that Hamas plans to escalate attacks against the Jewish state over the next few months. Military sources said the General Staff has been reviewing assessments by military intelligence and Southern Command that envisioned an escalation of hostilities from the Gaza Strip. They said this could result in missile and rocket salvos that could trigger another war.
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"Hamas does not want an all-out war," a military source said. "But it has been steadily escalating attacks, particularly along the border." During the past week there have been almost daily attacks by from Hamas controlled Gaza with motor and rockets landing in Israel. The sources said the Hamas strategy appears to have been approved by its leading allies, Iran and Syria. They said Damascus and Teheran intend to show the United States their capability to raise and lower tension in the Middle East. Hamas has taken a series of steps to escalate tensions with Israel. The sources said Hamas has reorganized its military and other forces as well as completed plans to create a human shield along the border with Israel. Hamas Housing Minister Yusef Al Mansi was said to have approved a plan to bring thousands of homeless Palestinians to the Gaza border. The Palestinians, meant to
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Moshe Saba z”tl, died Sunday in a helicopter crash in Mexico City along with three of his family members. BY SHMUEL BEN ELIEZER
Mogul Moises (Moshe) Saba z”tl, was killed late Sunday afternoon in a helicopter crash in Mexico City along with three family members. The other victims of the crash were named as Moshe’s wife Adela a”h, their son Avraham z”l and his wife Judith a”h. hey had just returned from Flatbush, Brooklyn, where his sister, Miriam Smeke, had thrown an engagement party at her home on Avenue S, in the Syrian Jewish Community. The party celebrated the engagement of Moshe’s niece, Alex Smeke to Allie Chehebar, son of
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