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Rabbi David Wolpe tops Newsweek’s L.A.-heavy list of ‘most influential’ rabbis

Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple is officially the top rabbi in America, according to Newsweek and the Daily Beast. The sixth annual installment of the “Top 50 Rabbis” list, published on April 2, included rabbis who head religious movements, rabbis who lead political and community organizations, and rabbis known for their scholarship and teaching.

Drug abuse debate: Legalization, medication or therapy?

On a wall at Beit T\’Shuvah\’s sanctuary there are plaques with the names of those connected with Beit T\’Shuvah who have passed away. One of those names is that of Josh Lowenthal, a former resident who died on June 11, 1995

Rabbi Hier tops ‘Newsweek’ list of rabbis

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most influential American rabbi of them all? Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, according to a list published Monday in Newsweek. An article titled \”American Jews: The List — Choosing the Chosen,\” rates America\’s 50 most influential rabbis — with three of the top five working in Los Angeles (a total of 11 Angelenos are named).

Articles of Faith

At least 17 people were killed in riots that broke out after the May 1 Newsweek story asserting that American interrogators at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, tried to humiliate prisoners by flushing a Quran down the toilet.\n\nThe report infuriated Muslims throughout the world. In Afghanistan, an anti-American riot broke out that left some 17 people dead and more than 100 wounded.

Saudi Plan Marks Change

When Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser swept into Khartoum for an Arab summit less than three months after the Arab debacle in the 1967 Six-Day War, he was greeted like a hero.
Newsweek ran a cover story titled, \”Hail to the Conquered!\” The summit passed the notorious \”three no\’s\” defining future relations with Israel: No negotiations, no recognition and no peace.
In July the following year, Nasser took a young Yasser Arafat, traveling on an Egyptian passport under the name of Muhsin Amin, with him to Moscow on an arms shopping spree.

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