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...best estate-planning advice Harry Leiser ever got came from his rabbi. "He had seen too many families fight over estates after the death of the parents," says Leiser, 56, a New London, Conn., commercial--real estate owner. "He suggested two things: treat each child equally, and don't rule from the grave...
Estate planners would applaud Leiser and his rabbi. "Too many people think of estate planning in terms of preserving their assets," says estate attorney Les Kotzer of Toronto. "They should instead be focused on preserving the family." Like many other estate attorneys, Kotzer, co-author of The Family Fight: Planning to Avoid It, has seen his share of family squabbles because of something parents did--or didn't--do in their will...
...election on the basis of evidence submitted by the Shin Bet security service, which accused them of calling for violent attacks on the Israelis. At the same time, they approved the candidacy of the former leader of Kach, the banned anti-Arab movement founded by the late Rabbi Meir Kahane. Israel's Supreme Court overruled the ban on the two Arab politicians, but Arab leaders aren't impressed. "This Zionist mentality does not recognize our presence in the country," says Sheik Raed Salah, the leader of the Islamic Movement's radical wing. Salah and his deputy were interrogated...
...town of Anatevka is full of such archetypal characters: the meddling matchmaker, the rich, unsavory butcher and the wise Rabbi. They deliver wisdom, laughs and song throughout Fiddler...
...debaters included Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, as well as Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a syndicated radio talk show host, Hasan Abdel Rahman, the chief Palestinian negotiator in the U.S., and Hussein Ibish, the communications director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee...