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IM Issue 70 – June 2013

Physicist Stephen Hawking Joins Academic Boycott Against IsraelStephen W. Hawking, the physicist and cosmologist, has pulled out of a highprofile conference to be held in Israel during June in order to support an academic boycott of Israel. Hawking, who is also a cosmologist, astronomer, and mathematician, is the author of books including the best-seller, “A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes.”click Israel Matters! 70 to read the complete issue.

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Odds & Ends

Women Riot Over Price of Kosher Meat

The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of TBS Jewish women protested kosher meat prices on Lower East Side May 15, 1902 Full imageNew York Times, May 17, 1902. On May 15, 1902, Jewish housewives on the Lower East Side poured into the streets, breaking windows and throwing meat. The women were protesting a jump in the price of kosher meat from 12 to 18 cents a pound. Food prices were often a source of contention for Jewish immigrant communities in New York. The May 1902 boycott highlighted the ability of Jewish women to organize and coordinate a movement throughout the boroughs. The event made headlines across the city, with some newspapers cheering on the women and others condemning them. In early May of 1902, as the price of kosher meat rose,…

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President's Message

May 2013: Shavuot

May 2013: Shavuot

Shavuot historically involved the ancient practice of offering bikkurim, or first fruit as part of a public celebration. The Torah describes in detail how the obligation is fulfilled. Our lives have changed from those in the Israelite’s agricultural society. Judaism has also evolved from a central theme of Temple offerings. The holiday of Shavuot has developed more into a celebration about receiving the Torah. There are, however, many lessons for us to learn from the practice of Hag HaBikkurim.

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Herzl’s Mistake – Israel & the real reason for anti-Semitism.

The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of TBS Herzl’s Mistake Israel & the real reason for anti-Semitism. by Rabbi Benjamin Blech Jews founded the modern state of Israel 65 years ago. For many people, this event proves the remarkable prophetic proficiency of Theodore Herzl, the visionary who dared to dream that those who were exiled for almost 2000 years would reclaim the land of their ancestors. And surely the remarkable story of Jewish resurrection after the Holocaust lends considerable weight to the prescient abilities of the founder of the Zionist movement. But contemporary history forces us to acknowledge that Theodore Herzl made one major miscalculation. It is a mistake we need to acknowledge, even as we rejoice in our present day celebrations of independence. What motivated Herzl to devote his life…

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Book of Memories

Phyllis Smith – Penina bat Yitzhak Mayer ve-Shaindel – April 22, 2013

So I get off the plane from Israel and come to see Phyllis. And she says, “What are you going to say about me?” I’m not sure anyone ever asked me that before. But I’ve known Phyllis for thirty years and I look her in the eye and say, “Phyllis, you’re going to go out like a queen.” And she gave a big smile, and I knew that was the word she wanted to hear.

So ladies and gentlemen, you think you’ve come here for a funeral, but instead you have come to the coronation of Queen Phyllis I, the first and only one of her kind. (more…)

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IM Issue 69 – May 2013

Obama in Israel: Jewish State Has Right to ExistWrapping up his three-day visit to Israel, President Obama paid respects to its heroes and to victims of the Holocaust, solemnly reaffirm-ing the Jewish state’s right to exist. Accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres, Obama laid wreaths at the graves of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism who died in 1904 before realizing his dream of a Jewish homeland, and former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated in 1995.The president also toured the Yad Vashem Holocaust [photo] memorial, declaring after that the memorial illustrates the depravity to which man can sink but also serves as a reminder of the “righteous among nations who refused to be bystanders.”click Israel Matters! 69 to read the complete issue.

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IM Issue 68 – April 2013

Biden Reassures AIPAC on IranVice President Joe Biden tried to end any questions pro-Israel activists have about President Barack Obama’s commitment to do-ing whatever is necessary to block Iran’s nuclear program.Obama’s policy “is to prevent Iran from acquiring a nucle-ar weapon. Period. End of discussion,” Biden told at-tendees at the recent American-Israel Public Affairs Council annu-al conference in Washington. “Prevent — not contain — prevent,” Biden added emphatically. “Big nations can’t bluff and presidents of the United States cannot and do not bluff and President Barack Obama is not bluffing,” Biden declared, in what he said was a pre-view of remarks Obama will make during his planned trip to Israel. “We are not looking for war [but] all options, including military force, are on the table,” Biden said.click Israel Matters! 68 to read the complete issue.

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