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Criminals are Criminals

The Palestinians and their worldwide friends -- especially their friends -- try to paint Palestinian murder as a political struggle motivated by higher motives. Yet if there is anything that more than 3,000 years of moral thought must have taught mankind, it is that truly high motives cannot really drive such despicable activities.

Rephrase It!
by Yochonon Dovid

"Please excuse me for coming late to your shiur," Yossi said apologetically to R' Yitzchok. "My employers invited a representative from the National Insurance to speak to us workers about their rights. His talk took longer than I expected, which is the reason for my lateness. What he said was very important, but he succeeded in getting me all upset."

6 Iyar, page 5
Don't Play Games at Your Child's Expense

by Chaim Walder

Those involved in the area of emotional and mental problems are exposed to all kinds of disturbances and difficulties with which people must cope. Most problems may be completely resolved, or at least to a significant degree. But the most serious problem, according to all opinions, is manifested by a person who either does not recognize his problems or is unwilling to treat them under any circumstances.

Starving for Independence
by Nosson Zeev Grossman

Sometimes the news that does not make the front page says a great deal about the state of affairs in today's world. Take, for example, a story relegated to the foreign-news section of most newspapers about the declaration of independence in East Timor, a district of 800,000 souls that gained statehood a few months ago.


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