Dr. Shalom Paul: Head of Bible Studies, Hebrew University and Head of Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation. Speaking at the Everett Institute, 92nd Street Y in New York City, 23 March 2003. According to Mesopotamian law, if a man takes a
Flight is 1:30 going, a bit more coming back to New York; Continental Airlines serves food, American doesn’t. American Airlines has become a nightmare to fly and its evening Bermuda flights are consistently late. Right side has view on landing
Last night, from centerstage at Broadway’s Winter Garden Theater, home of the show “Mama Mia,” Karen Heilig accepted Ivan Ciment’s proposal of marriage. Playing on the show’s signature song “Dancing Queen,” Ciment asked Heilig to be his “Real Life Queen.”
I keep looking at the programs people are asked to go on and they look rather meaningless. A few days of sightseeing and walking tours and bringing packages of toothbrushes and toothpaste to soldiers. Somehow I think we could do
Flight from Miami is just over 1 hour; there are several a day and they are running full. Hotels are about 10 minutes by taxi costing about $20; taxis here are priced very high. Hyatt upgraded me to their concierge
Welcome to 2003. Predictions made for 2002 were better than usual. I said that Saddam would be gone by now, but you can tell that the Saudis are getting off the fence and even Iraqis are resigned to his coming
I just returned from a visit to London and the annual Limmud conference. It was a great networking and educational opportunity and you’d be surprised at who shows up to these things. The cream of the crop of the next
Thank you for coming today; I hope to make this hour fascinating for you while we explore what the next generation of leadership in the Middle East, specifically in the Arab World, is thinking about these days. Last year I
I had a late night 2 hour telephone conversation this week with a British fellow who has lived in Saudi Arabia for about 20 years, married a local, converted to Islam, and now works in the region in the area
SYNOPSIS: Freedom for Security should be viewed more broadly than in terms of an exchange involving civil liberties. In today’s society, the tradeoff of the overarching value of Convenience for Security is the most relevant yardstick involving what we popularly
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