admin | March 22, 2012
Every new year brings a bombardment of “New Year, New You” commercials, advertisements and deals. For a low, low price, you too can change your mind, body and spirit and have the life you’ve longed for.
Whether or not you actually believe the hype is, of course, up to you.
Yes, it is brave and noble to [...]
admin | March 22, 2012
Just after I introduced myself as his hospice chaplain, Charlie recounted the day he heard the news of the diagnosis. He was an active, 60-year-old retired salesman, married 35 years to Belle.
“It was a worst case scenario,” he reported, “The cancer had spread everywhere.” His doctors gave him six months. He and Belle were [...]
admin | March 22, 2012
My eight year old son, right before going to sleep, says he wants to go on a trip to Lima, Peru — the place I was born in and grew up before coming to Los Angeles — so he can see me as a little kid.
What can I say? There is something so charming about [...]
admin | March 22, 2012
In the past two years, Gen Y has been exposed to the harsh realities of the current economic climate. The truth surrounding the job market is that not all new graduates are guaranteed their dream jobs; this can be further illustrated by the Huffington Post’s series The (Un)employment Chronicles: Voices Of The Degreed And Jobless. [...]
admin | March 22, 2012
Mice that ran on a treadmill a few times a week for five months fended off premature aging in nearly every organ of their bodies, according to a study published on February 21, 2011 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It’s one of the strongest pieces of evidence ever produced showing the [...]
admin | March 22, 2012
Netanyahu was invited to address the joint session of congress by Speaker of the House John Boehner, a staunch supporter of Israel.
Washington – In an exclusive VIN News interview, a source with close ties to Washington who asked to remain anonymous, claims that President Obama’s speech last week calling for Israel to return to its [...]
admin | March 22, 2012
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New York – I am a lawyer for spies and whistleblowers. One of my most unusual clients obtained an electronic tracking device for Osama Bin Laden’s travelling entourage, but for eight years the Bush administration refused to capture Bin Laden when they could. Within 1000 days of Obama giving the order, Bin Laden was [...]
admin | March 22, 2012
A Pakistani paramilitary soldier prepares to fire on targets from within a bankerat a forward base during a military operation against militants in Pakistan's Khurram tribal region, Saturday, July 9 Herve Leger, 2011. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair)
Washington – President Barack Obama’s chief of staff confirmed that the U.S. is suspending $800 million in military aid to [...]
admin | March 22, 2012
The Kinas Hashluchjim on Nov 27 2011 Photos by Baruch Ezagui
New York, NY – When attending the annual conference of Chabad emissaries in New York, I am frequently tempted to contrast it with similar conventions whose attendees are mandated with securing the Jewish future. Particularly the Jewish Federations’ General Assembly comes to mind as it [...]
admin | March 22, 2012
Israeli policemen gather at a site where a Palestinian man crashed a car into a crowed of people and stabbed few others near a nightclub in Tel Aviv, early Monday, Aug. 29, 2011. Israeli police say few Israelis have been wounded in a Palestinian militant attack near a Tel Aviv nightclub. The attacker, a 19-year-old [...]