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May 20, 2013

Richard A. Serrano: Is Meir Kahane's assassin now a changed man?

Hannan Adely: Town raises Palestinian flag at City Hall

Melissa Healy: Genetic copies of living people from embryos no longer science fiction
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Sharon Saloman, M.S., R.D.: Hunger games: Eat more, weigh less, without starving

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom : Jews Inducted into Rock Hall of Fame; Anton Yelchin co-stars in New "Trek" film; Kutcher (but not Kunis) visits Israel; Jewish TV Star Praises Jewish Rap Star

The Kosher Gourmet by Cathy Pollak: WARNING: This WALNUT CAKE WITH PRALINE FROSTING, perfect for afternoon coffee, is addicting
May 13, 2013

Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo: Why the giving of the document that would permanently change the world could only be done in desolation

David G. Savage: Church-state, literally? Supreme Court weighing public school graduation in a church

Emily Alpert: Recession dragged down birth rates for less-educated women
Morgan Housel: The deep downside of home ownership

Peter Teffer: Will Dutch police soon be stalking cybercriminals on your computer?

Heidi McIndoo, M.S., R.D.: Meatless 'meat' can have its own set of problems

The Kosher Gourmet by Diane Rossen Worthington: Celebrate! This must-try appetizer is delicate yet has depth of flavor: Corn-Leek Cakes with Caviar, Smoked Salmon and Creme Fraiche

May 10, 2013

Rabbi Berel Wein: Be all that you should be

Caroline B. Glick: The dirty little secret about Israel's Arabs

Mona Charen: Hawking's Moral Calculus: The man and the movement he embraces
Morgan Housel: The biggest retirement myth ever told

Sandi Doughton: Eyes may provide new insight into brain problems

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom : The Great Gatsby's Jewish Ties; Jews in the "Time 100 list" List; People's Most Beautiful Women

The Kosher Gourmet by Linda Gassenheimer: A sweet-hot meal: Pear salsa spices up salmon

May 8, 2013

Peter Ford: Why China is welcoming both Israel's Netanyahu and Palestinians' Abbas

Warren Richey: Obama administration quietly backs out of appeal over new contraceptive mandate

Fred Weir: At Kerry-Putin meeting, US-Russia relations thaw --- a tad
Amanda Paulson: Study reveals sad truths about community colleges

Harvard Health Letters: Evidence weak that zinc, echinacea are beneficial

The Kosher Gourmet by Leela Cyd Ross : Almost too pretty to eat, this colorful salad with Sicilian inspiration will tickle the taste buds and delight your visual sensibility

May 6, 2013

Edmund Sanders and Patrick J. McDonnell: Think Israel's objective in Syria is to weaken Assad or embolden the rebels? Think again

Brian Bennett: Israeli airstrikes may show weakness in Syrian defense

Michael Ollove: Millions of ex-felons, parolees and those on probation are about to be entitled to tax-payer paid health coverage
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Kimberly Lankford: How to track down a lost life insurance policy

Dream of Mars exploration achievable, experts say

The Kosher Gourmet by Susan M. Selasky: EGGPLANT WRAPS are an easy, sumptuous and scrumptious meal

May 3, 2013

Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo: Human Courage and the Unavoidable, Disturbing Text

Steven Emerson: Attorney General Fights CAIR in Court, Lauds it in Public

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Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom : Iron Man's Jewish Connections; Marc Maron's New TV Show; Martin Landau Grows Up with Israel; Shalom, Allan Arbus

The Kosher Gourmet by Diane Rossen Worthington: A sweet surprise for Mother's Day dessert

May 1, 2013

Jonathan Rosenblum: An Improbable Journey to Orthodoxy

Jonathan Tobin: Blame Obama, Not Israel for Syria Push

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April 29, 2013

Roy Gutman: Poland's new Jewish museum celebrates life, doesn't revisit Holocaust

Mark Clayton: Terrorism in America: Is US missing a chance to learn from failed plots?

Kim Murphy: Boston Bomber's 'Svengali' Revealed
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Harvard Health Letters: Tomatoes and stroke protection

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The Kosher Gourmet by Diane Rossen Worthington: Swing into spring with lemon cream pie

April 26, 2013

Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski: The world is a mirror

Caroline B. Glick: Time to confront Obama

Clifford D. May: Defense in the Age of Jihadist Terrorism
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Howard LeWine, M.D.: Ask the Harvard Experts: Too much ibuprofen?

Sharon Palmer, R.D.: How to feel your best -- with plenty of energy, a healthy weight and optimal mental and physical function -- without driving yourself batty

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom: Jewish Major Leaguers, 2013; New Movies and Comedy Show; Shalom, 'Lumpy' (Leave it to Beaver)

The Kosher Gourmet by Emily Ho : A bright and cheerful salad to herald the warmer months ahead

April 24, 2013

Steven Emerson: Boston Bomber Exposes Islamist Secret

Morgan Housel Admit it: No one has any idea what's going on
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Kerri-Ann Jennings, M.S., R.D.: How to easily get more Omega-3s in your diet

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April 22, 2013

Ken Dilanian: Counterterrorism's future is unclear

US man departing country arrested on terror charges
Barbara Williams: An unorthodox but growing treatment in a 9-year-old's battle against cancer

P.J. Skerrett, M.D.: How to recognize a good whole grain product

Jewz in the Newz by Nate Bloom: Teen actor Jonah Bobo in New Flick: Hunky James Wolk on Mad Men; Erich Segal's Daughter Writes Prize-Winning Jewish Novel


Jewish World Review Jan. 6, 2004 / 26 Teves, 5765

If bureaucracy and BS could fill an empty stomach, the UN could feed the world

By Jack Kelly


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http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | "The U.S. military has arrived and is clearly establishing its presence everywhere in Banda Aceh," said the Jan. 2nd situation report by Dutch diplomats in tsunami-ravaged Indonesia. "They have completely taken over the military hospital, which was a mess until yesterday but now is completely up and running. They brought big stocks of medicines, materials for the operations rooms, teams of doctors, water and food...


"U.S. helicopters fly to places which haven't been reached for the whole week and drop food... No talking but action. European countries are until now invisible on the ground."


"U.S. Navy flying aid missions, Bundeswehr still looking things over," said the headline Jan. 3rd in the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel (the Mirror). "While advance teams of the Bundeswehr (German army) are still camping in three tents at the Banda Aceh airport, Americans, Australians and New Zealanders have already flown tons of aid packages into disaster areas." At least the Germans were on the scene. On Jan 3rd, Canada's Disaster Assistance Response Team was still in Canada.


Apparently unaware of the irony, the Canadian Broadcasting Company reported that "the (Canadian) military created DART in 1996 because of its experience in Rwanda two years earlier, when international relief organizations arrived too late to save thousands of people from a cholera epidemic. That convinced the federal government it needed to be able to respond more quickly." Maybe next tsunami.


While Americans, Australians and Kiwis were feeding the hungry and treating the sick and injured, the United Nations was setting up headquarters in a five star hotel, planning conferences, and claiming credit for the work of others.

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"In Aceh today 50 trucks of relief supplies are arriving," UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland said at a news conference New Year's Day. "Tomorrow, we will have eight full airplanes arriving."


A foreign service officer (and blogger) working on disaster relief told colleagues in the U.S. Agency for International Development what Egeland had said. "Their heads nearly exploded," said the Diplomad, who obtained the Dutch sitrep quoted above.


"The UN is taking credit for things that hard-working, street savvy USAID folks have done. It was USAID working with their amazing network of local contacts who scrounged up trucks, drivers and fuel; organized the convoy and sent it off to deliver critical supplies.


"A UN air-freight handling centre in Aceh? Bull! It's the Aussies and the Yanks who are running the air ops into Aceh. We have people working and sleeping on the tarmac, surrounded by bugs, mud, stench and death, who every day bring in U.S. and Aussie C-130s and the U.S. choppers...We have no fancy aid workers' retreat... People are dying and what's the first thing the UN wants to do? Set up a camp for relief workers, one that would be 'fully self contained, with kitchen, food, lodging, everything."


On Jan. 4th, another UN assessment team arrived in Aceh, the Diplomad reported. It's purpose is to coordinate the activities of the other assessment teams, and to "coordinate all military assistance because the military do not have experience in disaster relief."


What chutzpah. As of Jan. 4th, the UN had yet to feed a single refugee. "Nobody wants to be 'coordinated' by the UN," the Diplomad said. "The local UN reps are getting desperate. "They've flown in more UN big shots to lecture us all on the need to work together, i.e., let the UN take credit. With (UN Secretary General) Kofi (Annan) about to arrive for a big conference, the UNocrats are scrambling to show something, anything, as a UN accomplishment."


Early last month, Democratic party foreign policy big shots held an "intervention" with Annan in the Manhattan apartment of Richard Holbrooke, who had been UN ambassador during the Clinton administration. They backed Kofi and the UN, but were concerned that the oil for food scandal, and the coverup of sexual harassment by one of Annan's top aides were tarnishing the UN's image.


The advice these worthies gave Annan was, essentially, to put more lipstick on the pig. Better public relations, more meetings with officials in Washington.


If bureaucracy and BS could fill an empty stomach, the UN could feed the world. To the chattering classes, what matters is not the good deed, but who gets credit for it.

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