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OPINION & COMMENT

Art Must Not be Immoral

Israel's ambassador to Sweden broke the diplomatic and artistic rules. In response to a work of art that consists of a photo of a smiling woman who murdered 22 people in a restaurant in Haifa, floating in a large pool of what is intended to represent Jewish blood, Zvi Mazel did not suffice with a polite diplomatic protest -- however strongly-worded -- but he actually ripped out some of the wires and tossed a spotlight into the basin.

How to Cope with Suicidal Frogs
by Y. Wurzel

One of the most fundamental traits of all earthly creatures is the survival instinct. Every creature yearns to survive and devotes its full attention to the battle for existence it is forced to wage against all perils that pose a threat to its well-being. All living creatures have this trait in common: animals, beasts, birds, creatures that creep on the earth, and of course humans.

It Was Meant to Be . . . Or Was It? A Middos Workshop
Based on the shiurim of Rav Dovid Siegel

Part I

"It was bashert!"

"Don't worry. It was all meant to be."

"It wasn't in your hands."

Oleinu Leshabei'ach -- on Sefer Shemos

Volume II of Oleinu Leshabei'ach on Sefer Shemos was released last year. The series in progress consists of divrei mussar and chizuk said by HaRav Yitzchok Zilberstein and rendered into book form by R' Moshe Michoel Tzoran. Preceded by the popular series Tuvchoh Yabi'u, the new series includes new stories and anecdotes from gedolei hador as well as a collection of sheilos utshuvos on topical matters.

Politica
Coalition of Silence

by E. Rauchberger

Ariel Sharon is looking worried. Very worried. David Spector, the videotape man, destroyed his tranquility. In his worst nightmares Sharon did not believe a man who had been so close to him, practically a member of the family, would go public with tapes incriminating him and pointing to his involvement in the various funding transfers, contradicting Sharon's claim that everything was carried out by his sons.


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