בס׳ד

"Where does it say that you have a contract with G-d to have an easy life?"

the Lubavitcher Rebbe



"Failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite."

Rabbi Nosson Scherman



14 Jan 2013

Absurd

The Justice Department dropped its charges against Internet activist Aaron Swartz on Monday, citing his death.
Swartz, who was facing computer hacking charges, hanged himself in his Brooklyn apartment on Friday. He was 26.
The filing is standard when the defendant in a case has died.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/276965-justice-department-drops-charges-against-internet-activist-swartz#ixzz2HzCLwsue

Anti-Semitism could destroy the history of French Jewry, the leader of France's Jewish communities said.
“Not long ago, the notion that resurgent anti-Semitism could endanger the presence of Jews in France would have been considered absurd,” Dr. Richard Prasquier, president of the Jewish CRIF umbrella group, said Sunday in Paris at the organization's annual national conference.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/01/14/3116776/french-jewish-leader-anti-semitism-threatens-jewish-presence-in-france

1 comment:

  1. The pattern, for those who open their eyes, is obvious: Pollard could not even visit his dying dad, even after more than a quarter of a century of imprisonment, this when a reprieve is long long overdue; That Rubashkin now sits in jail for practically nothing, a sentence of 27 years (God forbid), something a rapist would get a fifth of; and why they also threw the book at poor Aaron.

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