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Israel Alert Newsletter
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1 Adar 5772
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February 24, 2011
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Syria’s Assads: Kidders or Killers?
With Syria in the midst of a brutal crackdown that has left 5,000 people dead, it’s time to ask: Why does the media paint such a glowing portrait of the dictator Bashar Assad and his wife Asma?
This video exposé brings examples from NBC Nightly News, Vogue magazine, and ABC News – as cited in the shocking new book, David & Goliath: The Explosive Inside Story of Media Bias in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
Be prepared to be shocked and outraged when you see the “lighter side” of the Assads.
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eTeacher Plants Trees for Hebrew Students
Israel’s leading Hebrew Learning Center has announced that it will plant a tree in the name of every student who signs up to one of its Modern or Biblical Hebrew courses. This campaign has been launched following the Jewish holiday of “Tu Bishvat”, marking the “New Year of the Trees” celebrated in Israel.
Planting trees in Israel is a time-honored tradition that has been carried out since the beginning of the previous century. Trees are planted by people from all over the world, including Israelis, to commemorate a loved one, to celebrate a special occasion, to maintain the country’s green lungs, to prevent global warming and to provide recreation areas for Israeli’s and visitors.
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Iran Accuses Israel of ‘War Games’
Iran has accused Israel of conducting “war games” in Tehran in a letter of complaint to the United Nations Security Council.
Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad Khazaee, charged in the letter that Israel was “assassinating our nuclear scientists as part of its war games.” He also denied that his country has been involved in the recent rash of terror attacks on Israeli diplomats and embassies around the world.
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Living Torah: Every Penny Counts!
This week’s Torah portion is “Teruma” (Exodus 25:1-27:19) which means “donation”. In our reading this week God commands Moses to build the Mishkan, frequently translated as the “tabernacle” or “sanctuary”. As the Torah says: “They shall build for Me a sanctuary so that I may dwell in their midst”.
The Mishkan was essentially the portable synagogue that the Jewish people took with them everywhere they went throughout their forty years of wandering in the desert.
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