OPINION & COMMENT

The Media is Manipulated

The fall of Baghdad was a relief for the news media as well as the people of Iraq. The chief news executive of CNN has written publicly that there were "many . . . gut-wrenching tales from Iraqis about the decades of torment. At last, these stories can be told freely." For the past dozen years, he wrote, CNN has refrained from reporting these events because "doing so would have jeopardized the lives of Iraqis, particularly those on our Baghdad staff."

Torah Weakens a Person
by R' Yerachmiel Kram

Rashi explains that the essence of the holiness which the Torah is referring to here is the obligation to separate oneself from licentiousness and sin. Distancing oneself from immorality is considered holiness. Rashi even provides several elucidating proofs.

The Real Damage from the Anti-Religious Government
by M. Shotland

What Does bin-Laden's Handwriting Say About Him?
by Yoseph Engel