http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php en mforr@alteryourview.com Copyright 2009 2009-11-07T05:00:43+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/two_jailed_for_torah_theft_in_texas/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/two_jailed_for_torah_theft_in_texas/#When:05:00:43Z Two men were arrested for allegedly stealing a Torah scroll from a Texas synagogue. Derrick Randall Nelms, 19, and James William Wilsford, 23, were taken into custody Oct. 30 by authorities in Sherman, according to KXII, a local CBS-affiliated television station. The Torah scroll, valued at $40,000, remains missing from Temple Beth Emeth, a Reform synagogue in Sherman.… News - National 2009-11-07T05:00:43+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/ethiopian_jews_mark_sigd_holiday_with_peres/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/ethiopian_jews_mark_sigd_holiday_with_peres/#When:05:00:32Z Ethiopian Jews celebrated the Sigd holiday with Shimon Peres at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. It was the first time an Israeli president has marked the Jewish-Ethiopian holiday. More than 250 people—including ministers, Knesset members, religious leaders, community and youth leaders, soldiers and visitors from across Israel—participated in Monday’s celebration. A panel of young Ethiopian-Israelis shared their personal… News - Israel 2009-11-07T05:00:32+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/jewish_kgb_spy_murdered_in_moscow/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/jewish_kgb_spy_murdered_in_moscow/#When:05:00:05Z A Jewish KGB agent who spied on Israel and later became a business mogul in Russia was murdered in Moscow. Shabtai Kalmanovich, 62, was shot in his car near his home in an attack that was likely a contract killing, Russian authorities said. His driver also was shot and injured. Police believe the shooting was business related, according… News - International 2009-11-07T05:00:05+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/jews_palestinians_scuffle_over_e._jerusalem_home/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/jews_palestinians_scuffle_over_e._jerusalem_home/#When:05:00:31Z Jewish Israelis moved into the home of a Palestinian family in eastern Jerusalem after a court ruled that it was Jewish-owned. After a Jerusalem district court on Tuesday denied the Palestinian residents appeal to remain in the home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, the Jews arrived at the home with security guards and attempted to vacate the family,… News - Israel 2009-11-06T05:00:31+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/ahmadinejad_iran_ready_for_nuclear_cooperation/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/ahmadinejad_iran_ready_for_nuclear_cooperation/#When:05:00:23Z Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran is ready to cooperate with the West on its nuclear program. The West has “moved from confrontation to cooperation,” the Iranian president said Thursday in a speech broadcast live on state television, The New York Times reported. “We welcome fuel exchange, nuclear cooperation, building of power plants and reactors, and we are ready to… News - International 2009-11-06T05:00:23+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/j_street_confab_shows_generational_divide_on_israel/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/j_street_confab_shows_generational_divide_on_israel/#When:05:00:00Z After all the arguing in recent weeks over J Street, one thing was clear at the inaugural conference of the self-described “pro-Israel, pro-peace” group: Even among the 1,500 delegates who attended the parley, there are crucial disagreements over what’s best for Middle East peace. On some issues, judging from interviews with conference delegates and assessments by J Street… News - National 2009-11-06T05:00:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/tales_of_the_ten_lost_tribes/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/tales_of_the_ten_lost_tribes/#When:20:01:27Z Author Tamar Yellin, whose earlier novel, the prize-winning “The Genizah at the House of Shepher,” delved into the Holy City of Jerusalem while telling a beautifully-wrought story, turns her attention in her latest book to the legends of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, long ago lost to history. Her research… Book Reviews 2009-11-05T20:01:27+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/cardin_school_celebrates_gala/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/cardin_school_celebrates_gala/#When:20:00:58Z
]]>The Shoshana S. Cardin School held a special gala event on Wednesday, October 21, to honor and thank Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum for their leadership, generosity and contributions made towards the Cardin School. The gala raised more than $65,000 with proceeds establishing the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Educational Fund. The Vision in Action gala was held at the… News - Local 2009-11-05T20:00:58+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/special_report_can_bibi_and_barack_get_it_together/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/special_report_can_bibi_and_barack_get_it_together/#When:20:00:54Z
]]>Can Barack and Bibi embrace — if not in fact at least in principle? After all, the pressures are mounting for both President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu. On the surface, they face some parallel challenges — an Iranian drive for nuclear weapons, the need to quell slowly simmering Arab-Israeli violence lest it drag… News - Cover Story 2009-11-05T20:00:54+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/bright_light/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/bright_light/#When:20:00:54Z There’s an old saying, perhaps dating back to Moses: “You’re never a prophet in your own land.” I discovered one downtown that I hadn’t known existed. I had the pleasure of sitting across the dinner table from world-renowned oceanographer Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of famed ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau. Before our dinner conversation, I was expecting a depressing update… Opinion - Publisher's Note 2009-11-05T20:00:54+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/chai_choops/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/chai_choops/#When:20:00:48Z
]]>To paraphrase Associated Press reporter Stephen Chernin, “Stop me if you’ve heard this one…” The Israeli coach is ejected from the game in Madison Square Garden, but refuses to leave, which brings out a security official, a Haredi rabbi, a confused NBA star trying to navigate the English, Yiddish and Hebrew, and the other players, starting an impromptu… Weird News 2009-11-05T20:00:48+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/more_silbergs/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/more_silbergs/#When:20:00:40Z I enjoyed the October 9 article “Having Fun In Business” about Keith Silberg. What needs to be known is that he is donating a portion of each auction sale proceeds to the Associated. Today, so many young people who have an opportunity to give financially or by volunteering their time haven’t been cultivated to do so. Keith feels strongly… Letters to Editor 2009-11-05T20:00:40+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/from_the_blogs7/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/from_the_blogs7/#When:20:00:36Z A round-up of new offerings at blogs.jewishtimes.com/ We’re Watching I was watching the other night a stand-up comedy routine by an African-American comedian. She talked about how when she was growing up when she and a sibling would misbehave, her mother would scold them by saying, “Stop it, white people are looking at you.” I couldn’t… Opinion - Comment 2009-11-05T20:00:36+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/lights_go_out_on_baltimores_chanukah_house/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/lights_go_out_on_baltimores_chanukah_house/#When:20:00:34Z
]]>For Sale By Owner: One of a kind home in the Cross Country area of Baltimore with almost 6,800 sq. ft. of living space in addition to more than 3,000 sq. ft. of beautifully finished basement. This gorgeous 4-bedroom apartment building (built that way, not converted) with detached garage was built in 1922 of solid masonry construction and… News - Local, News - Home page 2009-11-05T20:00:34+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/november_6/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/november_6/#When:20:00:34Z Bubbie Jeanne’s Brisket Magic Returns JT At 90: Part III Caplan Guild’s Good Deeds Books: Tales of the Ten Lost Tribes Gary Attman’s: Board of Regents New Man Obit: Irv Finifter – A Real Caricature Jerusalem: Third Intifada Warm Up? Editorial: Ode To Chanukah House Editorial: Bahrain’s Blunder Exclusively in Print 2009-11-05T20:00:34+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/a_new_kristallnacht_in_the_making/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/a_new_kristallnacht_in_the_making/#When:20:00:31Z On November 9, 1938, a massive nation-wide anti-Jewish pogrom took place during peacetime across the entire territory of the Third Reich. The pretext for this orgy of violence against German Jews was the shooting in Paris two days earlier of German diplomat Ernst vom Rath by Herschel Grynszpan, a 17-year-old Polish-Jewish refugee. The state-organized pogrom, instigated by… News - National 2009-11-05T20:00:31+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/turkish-israeli_woes/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/turkish-israeli_woes/#When:20:00:26Z Since the beginning of 2009, Turkish-Israeli relations have seriously deteriorated. • In January 2009, reacting to the Israeli invasion of Gaza in response to Hamas rocket and mortar fire, Turkish Prime Minister Recip Erdogan publicly stated, “The Jews know well how to kill.” • Then in mid-October, Turkey cancelled Israeli participation in a multinational military exercise; Erdogan claimed… Opinion - Op/Ed 2009-11-05T20:00:26+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/obit_dr._scott_lesser/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/obit_dr._scott_lesser/#When:20:00:19Z
]]>Walking into Dr. Scott L. and Lesley E. Lesser’s Stevenson home, one has to pass through a “neighborhood” all of its own. There are small, wooden birdhouses, conforming to each twist and turn on the limbs they are attached to. They provide shelter, nesting opportunities and, from the worn looks of them, it appears they’ve had plenty of… News - Local 2009-11-05T20:00:19+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/mentor_rabbi/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/mentor_rabbi/#When:20:00:19Z My first years of pulpit service were at Baltimore’s Beth El, where I had the honor and privilege of being Rabbi Jacob Agus’s first assistant from 1972 to 1975. Rabbi Mark G. Loeb was gifted to serve as Rabbi Agus’s assistant, too. Regarding your wonderful Oct. 16 tribute articles to Rabbi Mark Loeb, I add that although he was… Letters to Editor 2009-11-05T20:00:19+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/prefix_or_fixed/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/news/3944.stm/prefix_or_fixed/#When:20:00:15Z In reference to an advertisement on page 45 of the October 30 issue in which an advertiser offers a “prefix menu,” I assume that I could order unsweetened iced tea as my drink, salad with nonfat dressing, mini-rolls with polyunsaturated margarine, a demitasse of soup, and an entrée consisting of a super-sized hamburger and refried beans. After a… Letters to Editor 2009-11-05T20:00:15+00:00