 Vladimir Herzberg was a candidate in 18-th Knesset on the Likud Party Election.
1999, Herzberg, Olmert, Sharon and Sheetrit were candidates for the Chairmanship of the Likud Party.
Vladimir Herzberg was also 3 times a candidate in Knesset Israel, 2 times a candidate of post Beersheba Mayor and 2 times a candidate of the position President of the WJC (10.06.07 and 26.01.09).
Vladimir Herzberg, Dr. of Science, Heat and Nuclear Physics, 62, Grandfather of Granddaughter 2,5 years age and Grandson
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 Four people declared themselves as a candiate for the position of WJC President and one for Chairman of the Governong Board
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 Vladimir Herzberg, Russian-Israeli academic declares candidacy in WJC elections, says overhaul needed Yaakov Lappin. Published:06.03.07, 15:02 / Israel Jewish Scene The World Jewish Congress (WJC) needs a drastic overhaul, beginning with the ejection of wealthy businessmen from the organization, according to Vladimir Herzberg, the latest candidate to announce his participation in elections for the WJC's presidency.
Herzberg, a former scientist in Russia, and a researcher in economics at Ben Gurion University, certainly stands out among the candidates vying for leadership at the WJC. In the past, he has unsuccessfully tried to capture a number of senior position
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 Mendel Kaplan has setting the stage for a four-person contest that will be decided June 10NEW YORK (JTA) -- South African steel magnate Mendel Kaplan has officially entered the race for the interim presidency of the World Jewish Congress, setting the stage for a four-person contest that will be decided June 10.
The outcome will end weeks of speculation over who will succeed the longtime
president, Edgar Bronfman, who is stepping down following years of turmoil within the organization.
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 Ronnie Wood is reportedly set to marry his 20-year-old lover.
The 61-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist - who sparked huge controversy last year after leaving his wife of 23 years to be with Ekaterina Ivanova - has told friends he has found "a new lease of life" since dating the Russian waitress. Before he can marry Ekaterina, Ronnie must divorce estranged wife Jo and he is determined to protect his £60 million fortune. A friend of Jo's said: "She is devastated and now knows there is no turning back in their marriage. "Ronnie wants the divorce to be over as soon as possible so he can marry Kat. "Jo always believed this was just a silly fling that would soon blow over.
She worked really hard to remain on good terms with Ronnie. But instead of sorting things out he wants to fight out any claims in court." ... Read more » |
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The crew of the American cargo ship briefly seized last week by Somali pirates arrived back in the United States early Thursday morning.
 The 19-man crew from the Maersk Alabama arrived at 1 a.m. on a chartered flight at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Family members and representatives from the shipping company Maersk greeted the plane, standing on the tarmac, cheering and waving American flags.
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 The story below is satirical fiction. Any resemblance to the truth is coincidental. Even elected Israeli leaders are to be considered innocent until proven guilty. Unfortunately, however, this story could be about practically any Israeli minister. As an item in the Los Angeles Times website recently noted: “Every prime minister in the last 15 years has been investigated for corruptio
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Skype founders want company back.
 Technology and internet startups often seem to come out of nowhere with meteoric success only to be snapped up by larger companies looking to make a profit from new technology. This is the circle of life online and in the technology world.
Back in 2005, eBay purchased Skype for about $1.7 billion with then CEO Meg Whitman saying that eBay believed Skype would find an audience with eBay buyers and sellers. This failed to happen and current eBay CEO John Donahoe has said that Skype has no synergies with eBay reports eWeek. Donahoe said that eBay would do what was right for Skype and eBay -- many analysts took that statement as an indication that eBay may be interested in selling Skype. While eBay hasn’t officially stated that it is t ... Read more » |
 During the visit of Tony Blair in the Knesset, he met yesterday afternoon with the former Foreign Minister of Israel Tzipi Livni
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 The socialite has been dating The Hills star for several months, following her November split from rocker Benji Madden.
She was forced to deny recent reports suggesting the reality TV hunk had popped the question on a dinner date. But Hilton insists she will wed Reinhardt one day, telling E! Online, "He's going to be my husband." She adds, "We're best friends. It's not like we just met. We've known each other over the past year. I was in a relationship before and we reconnected. I'm really in love and really happy." |
  SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – New England Patriots star Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen reportedly were married again on Saturday. Al Dia, a Costa Rican newspaper, reported Sunday that 50 guests attended the wedding in Santa Teresa, a beachside town.
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A major charitable foundation in Los Angeles has said that jailed Wall Street money manager Bernard Madoff swindled it out of US$18 million. The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles reported that the foundation invested the money from a common investment pool with Madoff starting in 2004. Foundation president Marvin Schotland told AP that the loss represented less than 3 per cent of the group's total assets, which totaled about US$ 670 million at the end of 2008. The group is one of Los Angeles' 10 largest foundations. |
is in jail pending sentencing for stealing billions of dollars from investors in what could be the biggest scam in Wall Street history. Foundation spokeswoman Lynn Fireside says the foundation would be able to recover at least US$ 500,000 of the lost money after Madoff's assets are liquidated.|
Paris Hilton has been left stunned and "scared" after she was allegedly abused by a DJ's bodyguard in Miami, Florida in the early hours of Friday. The socialite was at the posh Fontainebleau hotel nightclub with her new boyfriend Doug Reinhardt when she approached the DJ to request a song to dance to. But the music mixer, who was playing a techno set, refused and a bodyguard stepped in, reportedly pushing Hilton away. Reinhardt leaped to her defence and lambasted the heavyweight guard for putting his hands on Hilton, sparking a brawl between the two men. Police were called to the scene, but the fight had been broken up ... Read more » |
Christopher BollynFRAUDSTER'S PARTNERS ARE TIED TO SENIOR ISRAELI CRIMINALS AND ISRAEL'S NOTORIOUS MONEY-LAUNDERING BANK IN NEW YORK - SO, WHERE DID THE MONEY GO? Where did the Madoff money go? Said to be as much as $50 billion, the key question about this huge scam remains unanswered. After examining 7,000 boxes containing the documents of Bernard Madoff's "investment" company, a U.S. bankruptcy court meeting revealed that there was "no evidence" that any of the money had been re-invested in 13 years, the BBC reported on February 21, 2009:
 
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A Brazilian Archbishop Archbishop Dadeus Grings of Porto Alegre in Rio Grande de Sul said in a magazine interview: “The Jews talk about six million people killed. But how many Catholics were victims of the Holocaust? There were 22 million in all…the biggest victims were the gypsies because they were exterminated. And [the Jews] don’t mention this.” Veteran Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal said in 1984 that the gypsies were murdered in a proportion similar to Jews. The archbishop’s comments mean further embarrassment for the Catholic church following Pope Benedict XVI’s rehabilitation of Holocaust denier Bishop Richard Williams. |
has accused Jews of exaggerating their suffering during the Holocaust.|
NATO has said that an Iranian diplomat had met with a representative of the Western military alliance for the first time in 30 years. Few details of the meeting were immediately available, but a NATO spokesperson
 Thursday told the news service ‘Voice of America’ that it had happened in Brussels last week. The French news agency AFP reported that an Iranian diplomat met with the senior NATO official Martin Erdmann  for "an informal contact" about Afghanistan. Earlier on Thursday, Iran confirmed it would attend a UN-sponsored conference on neighboring Afghanistan next week. Iran's Foreign Ministry said it has not yet decided who Tehran's representative would be. The United States will be represented by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who proposed to the
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A cyber spy network based mainly in China hacked into classified documents from government and private organizations in 103 countries, including the computers of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan exiles, Canadian researchers said Saturday.
The work of the Information Warfare Monitor initially focused on allegations of Chinese cyber espionage against the Tibetan community in exile, and eventually led to a much wider network of compromised machines, the Internet-based research group said.
"We uncovered real-time evidence of malware that had penetrated Tibetan computer systems, extracting sensitive documents from the private office of the Dalai Lama," investigator Greg Walton said.
The research group said that while it's analysis points to China as the main source of the network,
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 NEW YORK - Natasha Richardson died from bleeding in her skull caused by the fall she took on a ski slope, an autopsy found Thursday.
The medical examiner ruled her death an accident, and doctors said she might have survived had she received immediate treatment. However, nearly four hours elapsed between her lethal fall at her admission to a hospital The Tony-winning actress suffered from an epidural hematoma, which causes bleeding between the skull and the brain's covering, said Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner's office. Such bleeding is often caused by a skull fracture, and it can quickly produce a blood clot that puts pressure on the brain. That pressure can force the ... Read more » |
 Rap star Kanye West was charged on Wednesday with battery, theft and vandalism in connection with a September 11, 2008 scuffle with paparazzi at Los Angeles International Airport.
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 With the country sinking deeper into recession, the Federal Reserve launched a bold $1.2 trillion effort Wednesday to lower rates on mortgages and other consumer debt, spur spending and revive the economy.
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 MONTREAL – British actress Natasha Richardson is in critical condition in a Montreal hospital after being severely injured in a skiing accident in Quebec, according to published reports.
People.com and IrishCentral.com reported that the Tony award-winning actress and wife of Liam Neeson suffered a head injury Monday and is in a Montreal hospital. People.com said Richardson was initially taken to a hospital near the luxury Mont Tremblant ski resort in Quebec, and was later transferred to the Montreal hospital. ... Read more » |
 Israel used Operation Cast Lead to help perfect the "Iron Dome" rocket interception system, defense officials said Monday.
Israeli weapons-development teams were posted outside Gaza to track the hundreds of rockets fired by terrorists during the three-week offensive against Hamas.
The data will be used to assist in the construction of the system, which is currently under development, the officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the system's details remain classified. The Iron Dome, designed to protect Israeli towns from rocket fire, is set to be operational in 2010. Rockets fired by terror groups like Hamas and Hizbullah ... Read more » |
 Police look into several potential suspects in the $2-million heist as the socialite cooperates with investigators.
LAPD investigators believe the $2-million jewelry heist at Paris Hilton's Mulholland Estates mansion last month was probably done by someone familiar with the home's layout and who knew how to access the socialite's collection of rings, watches and necklaces.
Detectives are investigating a number of potential suspects based on information gathered from the scene and interviews with Hilton, who is coopera ... Read more » |
 In the near future the dollar will be replaced by a new currency, Amero, which will become a unit of account between the NAFTA countries (USA, Canada, Mexico). Об этом говорится в блоге независимого американского журналиста Хела Тернера. This is stated in my blog an independent American journalist Hela Turner.
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Mukasey remained at the hospital overnight for observation but a Justice Department spokesman said Mukasey had strong vital signs and was "in good spirits" after the incident, which occurred at an annual Federalist Society gathering. President Bush spoke with Mukasey by telephone just before 7 this morning, according to a statement issued by White House spokeswoman Dana Perino. The statement said Mukasey "sounded well" and "is getting excellent care." A person who attended the black-tie dinner at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel in Woodley Park said Mukasey was visibly shaking and perhaps slurring his words before he fell to the floor. Video footage showed a tuxedo-clad Mukasey, 67 ... Read more » |
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey collapsed last evening while delivering a speech to a prominent legal group and was rushed to George Washington University Hospital. |
Penny Pritzker, who chaired the finance team for Mr Obama's presidential campaign, could be commerce secretary. And Bill Clinton has reportedly agreed to vetting of his affairs ahead of his wife becoming secretary of state. Mr Obama's transition team has confirmed a number of other key advisers and top administration posts, while sources have been discussing the unconfirmed appointments. Hillary Clinton, Mr Obama's defeated rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, is reported to be considering the secretary of state job, sources have said. According to Reuters, former President Clinton has offered to allow an ethics review of future business and charitable activities to eliminate any conflict of interest if his wife accepts the se ... Read more » |
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano is tipped to be homeland security chief, Democratic sources said.
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We were first introduced to "Parenji" in Febuary of 2008, when the couple announced their union and became seemingly inseparable. They sported matching rings, engraved with their respective love's ini ... Read more » |
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A Democratic source said a conditional offer for the post of attorney general had been made to former Clinton administration official Eric Holder, making him the automatic front-runner for the nation's top law enforcement position. In keeping with his decision to maintain a low profile during the transition period before he takes office on January 20, Obama spent most of the day in private meetings at a federal office building near his home in Chicago. ... Read more » |
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Jerry Yang has showed the world he has a strong stomach. But he'll need something else to pull Yahoo! out of its slump.
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Dinosaur Securities analyst David Garrity even thinks it’s possible that China’s search leader, Baidu.com Inc., or Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba.com Inc. might bid for Yahoo. Alibaba.com is 40 percent owned by Yahoo. In what most analysts regard as a long shot, there was even some chatter that longtime Microsoft rival Apple Inc. and its CEO, Steve Jobs, might come to Yahoo’s rescue.
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Other analysts still think Yahoo might try to line up a white knight rather than fall into Microsoft’s clutches. Analysts mentioned several other potential suitors, including News Corp. and InterActiveCorp.|
Dear Mr. President, congratulations! Not only have you inherited a global economic crisis unmatched since the Great Depression but you have also inherited an increasingly tumultuous and more radicalized Middle East.
Experts use words like "unilateral" and "preemptive" to describe America's foreign po ... Read more » |
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The X Factor supremo and his girlfriend of six years ended their relationship six weeks ago. But according to American magazine Life & Style Cowell gave Seymour $5m in cash, in addition to a $4.6m mansion in Beverly Hills as a parting gift.
Terri now owns the luxury Los Angeles apartment that Cowell, who is worth Ј130million, bought for her when she moved out of their shared home this summer.
It features four bedrooms, three bathrooms and an impressive view. 'Simon thinks the world of Terri, and that isn't going to change. He also understands her reason for ending it,' a source told the magazine. Seymour wanted to marry and start a family, whereas Cowell recently said: 'I don't want to mar ... Read more » |
Simon Cowell gave ex-girlfriend Terri Seymour a $9.6million (Ј6m) 'goodbye gift' as part of their split, it has been revealed.|
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The United States and the other four permanent members of the United Nations Security Council have spoken with one voice against Iran's nuclear program and have backed sanctions designed to persuade the Islamic Republic to abandon the process. However, French President Sarkozy expressed worry that Sen. Obama might open direct dialogue with Iran "without preconditions."
President Sarkozy this week told an annual conference of French ambassadors that Iran's nuclear inte ... Read more » |
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama's stand on Iran is "utterly immature," French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Israel, according to the Hebrew-language daily Haaretz. Sarkozy has clearly stated that Iran's nuclear sites could be bombed if Tehran develops a nuclear weapon, but he has expressed fears that Sen. Obama, if elected President, would oppose such a move.|
France under Sarkozy has worked to improve relations with the United States and Sarkozy has made an effort , unlike former French President Jacques ... Read more » |
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 A federal judge has appointed a temporary receiver for a kosher meatpacking company in Iowa after a bank said that the company had defaulted on a $35 million loan and that it had written $1.4 million in bad checks.The loan foreclosure against the company, Agriprocessors Inc., was the latest in a cascade of troubles that have come after nearly 400 illegal immigrant workers were arrested in a raid in May at its plant in Postville, Iowa. On Thursday, Sholom Rubashkin, the former ... Read more » |
 It's the ultimate leftist fantasy. After being elected president of the United States on Tuesday, Barack Obama places the Palestinian-Israeli conflict at the top of his agenda. A senior presidential envoy, say, Vice President Joe Biden, is dispatched to the region and does not leave until both sides' leaders sign an agreement to divide the land and to form a Palestinian state. Obama breaks loose from the Jewish lobby's terror and gives Israel an ultimatum: No more financial aid or political support until Israel dismantles all its settlements and roadblocks, and withdraws to the agreed-upon borders. Israel then returns to its 1967 borders, an independent Palestine consolidates its control next door and the right wing is forced to admit it was wrong. The rightist fantasy would have John McCain elected. He then places the an ... Read more » |
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Former cabinet minister and Likud MK Benny Begin will soon announce his return to politics and to the Likud Party, and his intention to run in the party primary for the next Knesset list.
Begin, who dropped out of politics and public life in 1999, agreed in talks with Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu over recent weeks to return to the party, after having apparently been promised a ministerial appointment if Netanyahu should win the upcoming elections. The decisive meeting between the two was held late Saturday at the home of close  Netanyahu associate Reuven Rivlin, also a Likud MK, in Jerusalem. During the meeting, Netanyahu and Begin ironed out the details surrounding the latter's return to the party. As required by law, Begin tendered his resignation from the Geological Survey of Isr
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Following Barack-o-vision, searches soared on all kinds of familial terms. Queries on "barack obama's father" and "barack obama sr." both surged. Related terms on " ... Read more » |
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More disturbing, exactly which McCain do they want to elect? The “maverick” who voted with Bush 90 percent of the time? The “deregulator” responsible for virtually no oversight on Wall Street, and charter member of the Keating ... Read more » |
In Monday’s editorial opinion, the Journal-World endorsed John McCain for president citing Barack Obama as a dangerous choice: “The danger of Obama’s plan of change becomes even more disturbing.” Republicans have had control of the American government for six out of the last eight years. We are now in two wars, in debt to everyone, unemployment rising, unbelievable gas prices, Wall Street and the banking system going Chapter 11 while the economy swirls down the toilet. What mossy rock has the J-W editorial board been living under for the past eight years as they cry out for “four more years!”|
Authorities didn't identify the body of a young black boy found in the SUV Monday. But police Cmdr. Wayne Gulliford said the license plate on the SUV found Monday matched the one sought in an Amber Alert issued after the singer's mother and brother were found shot to death at home Friday. Julian King, 7, hasn't been since the killings. He lives in the home where the shootings took place. His his Oscar-winning aunt offered $100,000 Sunday for information leading to his safe return. Julian is the son of Jennifer Hudson's sister, Julia Hudson. The Amber Alert listed ... Read more » |
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The yen, which is trading at around Y93 against the greenback, lurched higher today, despite the afternoon warning statement from the G7 and direct comments by the Japanese Finance Minister that currency traders said amounted to “the clearest possible” signs the Japanese Government was poised to intervene in the markets. Analysts interpreted a rare currency volatility warning by the G7 as a sign that Japan and others may step in to foreign exchange markets and artificially force down the Japanese currency if the yen breaches the Y90 level against the US dollar. Japanese government sources told The Times
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Members of the Group of Seven (G7) nations may be considering a joint market intervention to prevent a further surge in the yen as the Japanese currency’s sharp rise threatens the world’s second biggest economy and other Asian economies. |
Anne Pressly, 26, was found by her mother last Monday, just 30 minutes before she was due to be on air as a presenter of KATV in Little Rock, Arkansas, the home town of Bill Clinton. She had been beaten around the head, neck and face and had been unable to communicate with her family or police. Ms Pressly died at a hospital in Little Rock on Saturday night, a spokeswoman for the hospital confirmed. In a statement released by the hospital, Ms Pressly's parents, Guy and Patti Cannady, asked for privacy as they grieved.
It was our hope, as was yours, that Anne would overcome the injuries inflicted upon her in the brutal attack at her home," the statement read.
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A television anchorwoman who had a cameo role in the new George Bush film W. died in hospital on the weekend after being severely beaten at her home in the US.
 Kadima leader Tzipi Livni on Sunday evening announced that her efforts to build a coalition government were unsuccessful, and recommended that early general elections be held. Livni made the announcement at a press conference held at the president's residence in Jerusalem, Beit Hanassdi, where she arrived at 5:30 p.m. to meet with President Shimon Peres. During the meeting, Peres praised Livni for her "sticking to her principles" in the process of attempting to put together a coalition. Though Peres is likely to accept her preference, by law he could also decide to appoint another MK whom he believe ... Read more » |
 Kadima chairwoman arrives at Presidential Residence in Jerusalem, informs Peres she will not be able to assemble new government despite last ditch effort It's official: Israel is heading towards a nationwide election. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni informed President Shimon Peres on Sunday that she will not be able to assemble a new government, and the latter must therefore call for general elections. Prior to Livni's arrival at the Presidential Residence in Jerusalem, another effort was made to schedule a meeting between the Kadima chairwoman and Shas Chairman Eli Yishai, in order to enable the last-minute construction of a coalition. However both sides were dismissive of the possible success of such negotiations, and a top Livni aide said, "No one would speak to us." Yishai's
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Just to relieve himself of that $150 million before the polls open, Obama will have to spend $12.5 million a day.
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Having hauled in a record $208,333 every hour of every day last month --
 The number of foreclosure notices dipped from a record high in August, but was still up 21% from last year. The housing crisis still has a choke hold on America: In September, 81,312 homes were lost to foreclosure, according to a report released Thursday.
RealtyTrac, an online marketer of foreclosed properties, said that 851,000 homes have been repossessed by lenders since August 2007. In September, 265,968 troubled borrowers received foreclosure filings - such as default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions. That's a decline of 12% from the record high number of filings in August, but 21% more than in September 2007. All told 765,558 foreclosure filings were made on U.S. properties in the third quarter of this year - up 3% ... Read more » |
