If Shimon Peres and Benjamin Netanyahu sought to divert our attention from a subject about which they cannot be completely frank, Iran, to a subject they can, economics, then Brigadeer General (Ret.) Effi Eitam succeeded at riveting our attention on the hard truth that is before all Jews: Israel may soon be at war.
Eitam knows [...]
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In five years of marriage to Julie, I have learned some facts about retailing, among them:
* A store is only sometimes referred to as a “store.” A store often is called a “box.” A store also may be known as a “door.”
* People who work on the “floor” – meaning those who are selling in a “door” – wear black. This is not intended as a mass shiva, it only seems that way considering the state of the economy.
* Without proof of purchase, “no return” means no return. No matter what you say, it’s not coming back.
It is on this last point that retailers, Israel’s leaders and 93 percent of Israelis find themselves aligned.
Rick Perry, the Governor of Texas, likes to draw parallels between his own state and the State of Israel.
He is right, of course, the two have much in common and, under Rick’s leadership, they are making common cause. Large swaths of Texas and Israel are semi-arid and the two study solutions to this problem together, [...]
I think I can tell you some things about a member of Congress that will engender your respect, as they have mine.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen represents the 18th congressional district of Florida, drawn from parts of Miami-Dade County, including Coconut Grove where we lived.
She came to Miami from Castro’s Cuba as a child and became a naturalized [...]