Sara Liss
By Sara Liss
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Israel News Motorcycle Minyan Seeks a Rabbi Who Was Born To Be Wild
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A newly formed minyan in this South Florida community is looking for a rabbi. Applicants must be enthusiastic about working outside a traditional synagogue setting — way outside. On the open road. The King David Bikers, a motorcycle minyan formed just six weeks ago, has already attracted more than a dozen…
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Israel News Blind Golf Pro Works Out Kinks on the Links
POMPANO BEACH, FLA.—Last month, Israeli golfer Zohar Sharon practiced hitting on the driving range at the Palm-Aire Country Club, using a club he’s never used before. Both the club’s golf pro and onlookers at the club were impressed by his 250-yard straight shots. Finally, an admiring spectator approached Sharon and asked him for tips on…
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Israel News Israeli Horseman Saddles Up for Summer Olympics
When Oded Shimoni competes at the Athens Olympics this summer, he could do more than win a medal. He could make history. Shimoni is the first Israeli to qualify for an Olympic equestrian event. He will compete in dressage, in which riders lead their horses through a series of prescribed movements; scores are based on…
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News ‘Passion’ Debate Risks Alienating Christian Allies
PALM BEACH, Fla. — Standing before a room full of Anti-Defamation League leaders at the Italian Renaissance-style Majestic Breakers hotel here, Rabbi Robert Levine appeared to be preaching to the converted as he tore into Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ.” But then Levine, the religious leader of Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Manhattan and…
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News Neo-Nazis’ Billboard Triggers Showdown in Florida
MIAMI, Fla. — The erection of a neo-Nazi billboard near Orlando has triggered a showdown between a local business owner and a group of self-described Jewish militants. At issue is a billboard on Florida’s Turnpike, which sports the phrase “WHO RULE$ AMERIKA?” and contact information for the National Alliance, a neo-Nazi group that the Anti-Defamation…
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