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  • Finding a 60-year-old treasure [pictures of prewar Jewish life in Poland]

    04/15/2007 1:16:46 PM PDT · by Heatseeker · 37 replies · 1,896+ views
    Ynet (Yedioth Ahronoth) ^ | 4/15/07 | Nira Rousso
    Finding a 60-year-old treasure This is the incredible story of a collection of 178 family pictures, which were hidden in the walls of a house in Poland just before the Holocaust, only to be found some 60 years later and be returned to their rightful owners A month ago, on the evening of his mother's death, Pini Beeri received a phone call from a stranger. "I have something that will interest you," said the stranger, who identified himself as Zvi Lander. "Can we meet?" Beeri apologized that he could not, his mother was on her deathbed. Indeed, she died six...
  • Globe Column Against Preventive War Drags Butter Home on a Rope

    03/01/2007 5:23:14 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 11 replies · 511+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    Ever heard of the Wise Men of Chelm? They are the well-intentioned but foolish residents of an imaginary Jewish village, and the object of humor that stretches back 500 years. Here's one story. One of the "wise men" is sent to a neighboring village to bring back a horse. On the way home the horse wanders off and is lost. "Schlemiel!" remonstrate the townspeople with him. "Don't you know you have to lead the horse back on a rope?" A week later the same man is sent off to bring back a slab of butter. Learning from his mistake...