Daily Archives: November 5, 2007

A Lesson From Smokey

Rabbi Avi Shafran writes: Which brings us back to more recent flames, those of the unprecedented California fires – which fire-management experts have dubbed “mega-fires,” since they are ten times larger and more intense than wildfires of a mere decade … Continue reading

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Liberty, Restored

Rabbi Yitzhok Adlerstein writes: Last week’s New York Times coverage of haredi economic muscle ended on a rather sour note. Both the print story and the accompanying video clip offered the story of a young man who capitalized on his … Continue reading

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Where will Sam Zell take the struggling Tribune Company?

Connie Bruck writes in The New Yorker: Zell, who was raised in an Orthodox household and is a supporter of Israel, says that his religion has never been an issue in Abu Dhabi or in other Arab countries. “In no … Continue reading

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