Rabbi adin steinsaltz biography of barack obama

  • Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz was one of the most prolific and preeminent rabbis of our generation.
  • “Barack Obama is a true friend of the State of Israel, and has been since the beginning of his public life,” Peres and the award committee said.
  • Translating the Talmud into modern Hebrew and English has been his life's work.

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    An Especially Good View: Watching History Happen | Jewish Book Council

    Peter Osnos must be a delight­ful din­ner guest. He’s worked with many celebri­ties, includ­ing sev­er­al pres­i­dents of the Unit­ed States. He tells beguil­ing, behind-the-scenes sto­ries from the worlds of jour­nal­ism and book pub­lish­ing. And he pos­sess­es a qui­et mod­esty, and a dis­arm­ing frank­ness as a racon­teur, which are imme­di­ate­ly appealing.

    His mem­oir An Espe­cial­ly Good View begins dur­ing World War II in India, where he was born. His par­ents, Pol­ish Jews, escaped War­saw by way of Roma­nia, Turkey, and Iraq, and set­tled in Bom­bay until they were able to enter the Unit­ed States in 1944. ung Peter grew up on the Upper West Side of Man­hat­tan and then stud­ied at Bran­deis and the Colum­bia School of Journalism.

    In col­lege, he had admired the inde­pen­dent jour­nal­ist I.F. Stone, whose week­ly newslet­ter was very influ­en­tial in the 1960s. As fate would

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    Obama to receive special award in Israel

    President Obama will be getting a special award when he visits Israel next month.

    Obama will receive the Presidential Medal of Distinction, the office of Israeli President Shimon Peres announced Monday.

    The first sitting U.S. president to receive the award is being honored for making "a unique and significant contribution to strengthening the State of Israel and the security of its citizens," said the announcement.

    Obama is expected to be in Israel on March 20, part of a Middle East trip that also includes the West Bank and Jordan.

    Last year Obama awarded Peres the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.

    CNN reports on Obama's honor:

    "He'll receive the award at a dinner at Peres' residence in Jerusalem, slated to be attended by senior figures from Israeli public life and the Obama administration. The award is given to 'private' individuals and organizations that have made 'outstanding contribut