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1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-Greek island antiquities damaged by quake. 3-Western weather turns wild. 4-Israeli, Palestinian leaders to meet. 5-Sewage flood in northern Gaza kills 4. 6-London to send satellite into space. 7-This Week with Rabbi Eckstein. 8-The Top 50 Rabbis in America.

EARTHQUAKES

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)

Update time = Wed Mar 28 12:00 AM EDT

MAR 27,07
MAP 2.6 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.6 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.1 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.0 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 4.8 FIJI REGION
MAP 4.6 HONDURAS
MAP 2.5 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 3.1 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 2.7 GULF OF ALASKA
MAP 3.5 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.7 POTOSI, BOLIVIA
MAP 2.5 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 2.7 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.8 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

MAR 26,07
MAP 3.2 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 3.8 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 2.9 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.3 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 5.1 TARAPACA, CHILE
MAP 2.8 NORTHERN YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA
MAP 3.8 MONA PASSAGE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MAP 4.8 NEAR ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 3.6 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 5.5 MOLUCCA SEA
MAP 2.7 OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.6 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 2.7 NEVADA
MAP 4.3 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 5.1 MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
MAP 5.2 SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAP 5.4 VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 5.2 VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 4.7 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.9 SOUTHEASTERN IRAN
MAP 4.8 MARIANA ISLANDS REGION
MAP 4.7 NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 3.3 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 4.6 GUAM REGION
MAP 3.3 VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION
MAP 3.5 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 5.1 NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU

Greek island antiquities damaged by quake Mon Mar 26, 4:00 PM ET

ATHENS (AFP) - The archaeological museum of the Greek Ionian Sea island of Cephalonia was closed on Monday after a weekend of seismic activity damaged the building and smashed items, the culture ministry said. An undersea tremor measuring 5.9 points on the open-ended Richter scale on Sunday toppled a number of exhibits at Argostoli Museum, smashing three of them, the ministry said without offering further details.The museum building itself sustained minor damage, with cracks appearing in its walls.The ministry said the museum, which displays antiquities from Prehistoric to Roman times and includes a valuable Mycenaean collection, will remain closed until the seismic activity is over.

A number of aftershocks up to 5.1 points Richter were recorded on Monday.There were reports on Sunday of minor damage to homes and limited rock slides on roads, but no injuries.Government engineers have been dispatched to Cephalonia to inspect schools and other public buildings in addition to the island's roads, many of which are built along steep cliffs.The Argostoli Museum was entirely destroyed in a 1953 earthquake that devastated the island.Greece is the most seismically active country in Europe, accounting for half the number of earthquakes recorded on the continent.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Western weather turns wild Mark Avery, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Tue Mar 27, 5:14 AM ET

West

The West will get a taste of just about all the seasons today: thunderstorms will be possible in the Intermountain West, mountainous areas of the Rockies and Sierra Nevada Mountains will get snow, rain will fall over many valley areas, winds crank up all across the region, and a high fire danger (with a red flag warning) is up in southern New Mexico (which is expected to remain precipitation-free). Winter storm, heavy snow, and high wind warnings are posted across many areas of the West today. Snow and wind will be likely from the High Plains of Montana southward into the New Mexico Rockies on Wednesday and Thursday. The West Coast, including the Pacific Northwest, dries out before another round of rain hits Washington Friday through the weekend. Temperatures will be below average today generally west of the Continental Divide, with the Interior West having highs below seasonal averages on Wednesday. Temperatures moderate near the West Coast on Thursday, with the Interior West staying cool before temperatures warm back above seasonal averages over the weekend.

South

The heavy rain that has been plaguing West and Central Texas will move eastward today, bringing the chance of rain and thunderstorms into East Texas, eastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana today. The area of rain will ride around the ridge parked over the Southeast, moving into the Tennessee Valley to Virginia and the Carolinas on Wednesday and Thursday. Under the ridge in Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia, more record highs will be possible through the end of the week. Another chance of rain, with some severe storms possible, will develop over the Plains on Wednesday and move slowly eastward through the weekend. Highs will be above near or average across most of the South through the weekend, except in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Texas where temperatures will cool on Thursday and Friday with some below average highs possible then.

Midwest

Showers and thunderstorms will move into portions of the Mississippi Valley and near the Great Lakes today, with a few pockets of heavy rain possible. Near the Ohio River, a few record highs will be threatened again before some slightly cooler (and not near record warm) temperatures return region-wide. Those slightly cooler but still above temperatures will be felt across portions of the Upper Midwest today after several records were shattered yesterday in portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. A chance of severe thunderstorms moves into the Plains on Wednesday with thunderstorm chances moving slightly to the east on Thursday, generally along I-35 from Minneapolis to Wichita. Thunderstorm chances creep slowly to the east through the weekend, reaching the Mississippi Valley on Friday and Saturday, then the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley on Sunday. Despite the arrival of cooler temperatures, highs will still be well above average through the weekend.

Northeast

Showers will continue to move off the coast of the Northeast today, with drier weather arriving on Wednesday. Washington will flirt with a record high today before an area of high pressure wedges down the East Coast on Thursday, bringing a reinforcement of cooler air to the region. Showers with a few thunderstorms will be possible in the Mid-Atlantic Wednesday and Thursday. Sunny and seasonal weather will return to the region on Friday, with rain returning to western Pennsylvania and New York on Sunday.

LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).

ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

Israeli, Palestinian leaders to meet By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer MAR 27,07

JERUSALEM - Israeli and Palestinian leaders have agreed to meet every two weeks to discuss day-to-day issues, in a quickening diplomatic pace that eventually could spur talks on a final peace settlement, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced Tuesday. After shuttling between the two sides for the past three days, Rice also said that her envoy will try to set benchmarks for implementing a cease-fire, including the halting of rocket fire from Gaza, and for improving the flow of Palestinian travelers and goods through Israeli crossings.The secretary said doors had been opened during her visit to the region and that she was laying the ground work for future peace talks.

She said she believed it was still possible for a peace deal to be reached during President Bush's term and that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas showed flexibility.They achieved something, which is the very regularized meetings between the two of them, in which they will not just talk about their day-to-day issues, but also about a political horizon, Rice said, speaking at a news conference in Jerusalem.But a senior Israeli government official said that for now, Olmert will only talk to Abbas about security and humanitarian issues, as well as a general political horizon, which was not further defined by Rice or Israeli officials. Olmert will not discuss specifics, such as the borders of a future Palestinian state, said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity.Olmert could start addressing final status issues once there is no more rocket fire from Gaza and Hamas-allied militants release an Israeli soldier they captured nine months ago, added the official.

Rice called on Arab states to hold contacts with Israel, and said peacemaking was made more complex by Hamas' presence in the government with Abbas. Israel, the United States and the European Union count Hamas as a terror group.She called on Arab states to hold contacts with Israel, and called a dormant 2002 Arab peace proposal a welcome example of such new thinking.

Rice, whose visit was timed before a critical Arab League summit later this week in Saudi Arabia, wants Arab states to reissue the broad 2002 land-for-peace offer to Israel, and be willing to negotiate with the Jewish state. Some version of the plan is expected to be part of the upcoming summit in Riyadh.Applause at the end of the road will be welcome, but help now in moving down that road is far more important, Rice told reporters.

She arrived in the region Saturday for her fourth visit in four months. Rice has defined modest initial goals as she tries to push Israeli and Palestinian leaders closer to resuming peace talks and recruit help from Arab states, and said Tuesday she is delighted with the results so far.I don't think four visits in four months is going to solve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Rice said, but she said she has made a start toward developing a common agenda that could be the basis for substantive peace talks.I think we've achieved what we set out to achieve, Rice told reporters, adding that the two leaders surprised her by agreeing to hold more regular and fulsome discussions.Abbas aide Saeb Erekat said Rice had managed to keep the door open between us and Israel.Notwithstanding the Israeli position on limiting discussions to humanitarian and security issues, Erekat said Rice envisioned that talks would be broader.

Today the secretary succeeded in maintaining the channel of political communication between President Abbas and Prime Minister Olmert, Erekat said.It was not clear when Olmert and Abbas might meet, although Palestinian officials had said U.S. diplomats proposed a date in mid-April. Rice said the initial talks between the two leaders will be on practical questions, not the so-called final status issues defining peace and security between Israel and an independent Palestine. But she did not rule out formal negotiations those hard questions before Bush leaves office in less than two years.

The most difficult issues dividing Israel and the Palestinians include the borders of an eventual Palestinian state, the fate of disputed Jerusalem and the rights of Palestinians and their descendants who left land when Israel was formed in 1948. The new Palestinian government, a coalition between the Islamist Hamas group and the more moderate Fatah, was inaugurated last week. Rice said a path to cooperation with the new government exists, but that it must first renounce terrorism. Abbas has called the deal the best he could get from the politically formidable militants, and a necessary step to end deadly internal Palestinian violence.

Olmert, who once had called Abbas a partner for peace, had said the deal meant he would limit talks with the Palestinian leader to humanitarian or similar immediate concerns. He initially ruled out more detailed discussions or negotiations. Olmert's reconsideration of that initial stance was a small step, since Olmert held several sessions with Abbas before the Hamas deal, but a sign of fresh and surprising traction toward peace talks despite the complication posed by Hamas. U.S. and Israeli negotiators haggled behind closed doors for several hours Monday night, apparently stuck over the scope of talks Olmert would permit with Abbas. Rice held two sessions apiece with Abbas and Olmert, including a lengthy evening meeting with Olmert in her Jerusalem hotel on Monday. The agreement for new meetings with Abbas apparently came then. On Monday, Olmert said he wouldn't hesitate to take part in a regional summit. Palestinian officials cautiously endorsed the idea. Any such meeting — especially if Saudi and Israeli officials were to publicly meet — would be a huge symbolic breakthrough. Saudis and Israelis are believed to have held private meetings in the last year. Rice said Monday it is premature to talk about any specific kind of meeting, but another U.S. official said the idea of a large group meeting is one proposal among several under discussion. Nothing has been scheduled.

Sewage flood in northern Gaza kills 4 By IBRAHIM BARZAK, Associated Press Writer MAR 27,07

UMM NASER, Gaza Strip - An earth embankment around a cesspool collapsed Tuesday, spewing a river of sewage and mud that killed four people and forced residents to flee from this village in the northern Gaza Strip, officials said. A local official blamed shoddy infrastructure in Umm Naser, a town of 3,000. A 70-year-old woman, two small children and a teenager died in the sudden flood, and 25 people were injured, said Dr. Muawiya Hassanin of the Palestinian Health Ministry. Many of the village's houses were submerged or seriously damaged.Fadel Kawash, head of the Palestinian Water Authority, said the level of sewage in the pool had increased over the past few days, creeping up the earth embankments around the pool until one collapsed, causing the sewage to pour toward the village.Ziad Abu Farya, head of the village council, described the scene as our tsunami.Rescue crews and gunmen from the militant Muslim group Hamas rushed to the area to search for people feared buried under the slide of sewage and mud. Most residents fled or were evacuated. Three children left on a cart pulled by a donkey, heading toward the nearby town of Beit Lahiya.Angry residents drove reporters out of the area and mobbed government officials who arrived at the scene. When Interior Minister Hani Kawasmeh arrived to survey the damage, his bodyguards fired in the air to disperse the crowd.

We lost everything. Everything was covered by the flood. It's a disaster, said Amina Afif, 65, whose small shack was destroyed.The Water Authority's Kawash said Gaza's poor infrastructure was to blame for the accident.Several major sewage treatment projects funded by foreign donors, including one near Umm Naser, were frozen after Hamas won elections last year. The U.S. and EU consider Hamas a terrorist group.We had a project to treat sewage in north Gaza, it was worked on for two years, Kawash said. We built a pressure pipe line and pumping station, he added. But it was stopped after ... troubles began.Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum blamed the sanctions against Palestinians, including Gaza and the West Bank for the condition of Gaza's infrastructure.The Israeli army offered humanitarian assistance to help clean up the spill. There was no word on whether the offer had been accepted.

DANIEL 12:4
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

SIGNS IN THE SUN,MOON,STARS

LUKE 21:25,11
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

London to send satellite into space Mon Mar 26, 2:38 PM ET

LONDON (AFP) - London is planning to invest in sending a satellite into space to cut out the need for mobile phone masts and possibly monitor motorists from space, local authorities confirmed Monday. The British capital is set to spend 12 million pounds (24 million dollars, 18 million euros) on the satellite project after the London Development Agency (LDA) board voted overwhelmingly in favour of giving backing to Inmarsat.The southeast and eastern England regional bodies are also putting in 12 million pounds.Inmarsat, the firm behind the scheme already has several satellites in orbit.

We are keen to get involved in this from the beginning, said a spokesman from the LDA, which is responsible for developing London's economy.It is important to stay at the forefront of new technology, he added.But Bob Blackman, economic development spokesman for the Conservatives on the London Assembly, said: This is an utter waste of taxpayers' money.The satellite, due to be launched in 2011, would have the capacity to handle mobile and Internet communications -- but worryingly for motorists around the country, could be used to monitor drivers from space he said.
Inner London is already surrounded by a ring of security cameras checking whether motorists driving in have paid the eight-pound (15.80-dollar, 11.80-euro) levy.The launch, on a European Space Agency rocket, is being earmarked for French Guiana.

This Week with Rabbi Eckstein
March 23, 2007

Dear Friend of The Fellowship,

Last week, I discussed the threats facing Israel from Hamas and Hezbollah, and the fear expressed by some Israelis that these two terrorist groups are using this period of relative calm to regroup and rearm for even greater attacks.The possibility is all too real. Hezbollah and Hamas—and Iran, the Israel-hating country that funds these terrorists—are firmly committed to destroying the Jewish state, and seem willing to do anything to further their evil aims. But, while they pose the most immediate threat and the greatest danger to Israel's safety, they are by no means her only enemies.Israel's enemies have gathered against her in other arenas as well. Worldwide, anti-Semitism is on the rise. Harsh and unfair criticism of Israel has become acceptable and even fashionable on college campuses, within mainline church groups allied with radical Palestinians, and in some left-wing political circles. Issuing anti-Israel resolutions seems to be a priority activity of the United Nations.

Indeed, when I think of Israel today, I think of the biblical words, All the nations surrounded me…they surrounded me like bees (Psalm 118:10-12). Both literally and figuratively, Israel is an embattled country, surrounded by hostile forces that would like nothing more than to see her—in the chilling words of the Iranian president—wiped off the map.Facing this situation, people like you who love Israel often ask me how they can help. Fortunately, there is much you can do. We are launching an effort to get Israel's friends to add their names to a petition that we will forward to President Bush and other world leaders. This strongly-worded petition urges all people who love peace, freedom, and democracy to stand in strong solidarity with Israel. We think this petition sends a critical message—and we know you will too.

On Monday, March 26, we will begin running a powerful, new 60 second TV spot on FOX News Channel to help launch a grass roots, word-of-mouth movement to invite people to sign this petition. Since we know your love for Israel, we want you to be able to see it before it airs. I urge you to click here to view the new ad and sign the petition today
http://www.ifcj.org/site/PageServer?pagename=swarmingbees&s_subsrc=E7CGBR

—then please help us build a groundswell of support for Israel by forwarding the link to this petition to friends and family. After you have reviewed this ad, I also ask you to please consider helping us with a contribution to purchase additional spots. As of today, we have enough money to air this second spot for one-week. We would like to expand this urgently needed awareness building campaign significantly. With help from you and other generous donors, we believe it is possible to create word-of-mouth movement that could mobilize hundreds of thousands, even more than a million people who would join this petition and send a powerful message of solidarity with Israel at a time when she needs it most.

The Bible speaks of the watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem—watchmen that will never be silent day or night. On behalf of The Fellowship and Israelis and Jewish people everywhere, my deepest thanks for watching over Israel with your prayers and support.

With prayers for shalom, peace,
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
President International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.

The Top 50 Rabbis in America
In their spare time, three good friends got together over a labor of love: ranking the country's rabbis.

April 2, 2007 issue - Last fall, Sony Pictures CEO and Chairman Michael Lynton got together with his good friends and fellow power brokers Gary Ginsberg, of Newscorp., and Jay Sanderson, of JTN Productions and started working on a list of the 50 most influential rabbis in America. They had a scoring system: Are the rabbis known nationally/internationally? (20 points.) Do they have a media presence? (10 points.) Are they leaders within their communities? (10 points.) Are they considered leaders in Judaism or their movements? (10 points.) Size of their constituency? (10 points.) Do they have political/social influence? (20 points.) Have they made an impact on Judaism in their career? (10 points.) Have they made a greater impact? (10 points.) This system, though helpful, is far from scientific; the men revised and rejiggered their list for months, and all three concede that the result is subjective. Here, then, published for the first time, the top 50 rabbis in America:

1. Marvin Hier (Orthodox)
Hier is one phone call away from almost every world leader, journalist and Hollywood studio head. He is the dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Museum of Tolerance and Moriah Films.
2. Yehuda Krinsky (Lubavitch)
Krinsky has truly built a shul on every corner and brought the Chabad movement mainstream prominence. He is the leader of Chabad and its CEO.
3. Uri D. Herscher (Reform)
Herscher has built arguably America’s most culturally relevant Jewish institution and his passion has already touched hundreds of thousands of Jews and non-Jews of all ages. He is the founding president and CEO of the Skirball Cultural Center.
4. Yehuda Berg (Orthodox)
Berg has made wearing the red string a popular phenomena in America and around the world and turned on everyone from Madonna to club-hopping young Jews to the power of the Kabbalah. He is an author and spiritual adviser at the Kabbalah Centre.
5. Harold Kushner (Conservative)
Kushner has written nine inspirational books including the international best seller that helped millions grapple with "When Bad Things Happen to Good People." He is one of America’s truly gifted speakers and teachers.
6. David Ellenson (Reform)
Ellenson is a trailblazer committed to bringing this generation’s Reform Jewish rabbis and teachers closer to traditional Judaism. He is the president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
7. Robert Wexler (Conservative)
Wexler has re-envisioned Jewish education and created the largest Jewish continuing-education program in America while building a premier rabbinical school and liberal arts college. He is the president of the University of Judaism.
8. Irwin Kula (Conservative)
Kula is committed to “taking Jewish public” and reshaping America’s spiritual landscape. He is the copresident of CLAL, a public television host and the author of "Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life."
9. Shmuley Boteach (Orthodox)
Boteach has been called “the most famous rabbi in America” and his 17 books, TLC television series and celebrity friends help make that case. His book "Kosher Sex " introduced this Hasidic rabbi as a cultural phenomena.
10. M. Bruce Lustig (Reform)
Each year on Yom Kippur, Lustig has an audience that even the president of the United States would envy. He is the rabbi of Washington Hebrew Congregation, the largest congregation in Washington, D.C.
11.Peter J. Rubinstein (Reform)
Rubinstein is the spiritual leader of New York’s Central Synagogue.
12. Eric Yoffie (Reform)
Yoffie is the president of the Union of Reform Judaism.
13. Harold M. Schulweis (Conservative)
Schulweis is considered the leading Conservative rabbi of his generation.
14. Saul J. Berman (Orthodox)
Berman is considered one of the most forward thinking Jewish scholars of his generation.
15. Zalman Teitelbaum (Hasidim)
Teitelbaum is the new leader of the Satmar Hasidic community in Williamsburg.
16. David Saperstein (Reform)
Saperstein is the director of the Religious Action Center and a leading Washington lobbyist.
17. J. Rolando Matalon (Conservative)
Matalon is the spiritual leader of Congregation B’nai Jeshurun.
18. David Wolpe (Conservative)
Wolpe is now considered one of the most dynamic pulpit rabbis in America (also an author).
19. Sharon Kleinbaum (Reform)
Kleinbaum is the senior rabbi of the world’s largest synagogue for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Jews.
20. Dan Ehrenkrantz (Reconstructionist)
Ehrenkrantz is the president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
21. Joseph Telushkin (Orthodox)
Telushkin is a best-selling author and speaker.
22. Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (Renewal)
Schacter-Shalomi founded the Jewish renewal movement in America.
23. David M. Posner (Reform)
Posner is the spiritual leader for New York’s Temple Emanuel, the largest congregation in America.
24. Ephraim Buchwald (Orthodox)
Buchwald is the founder of the National Jewish Outreach Program.
25. Avraham Weiss (Orthodox)
Weiss is known as the Orthodox’s leading activist and leader of the Modern Orthodox community.
26. Irving Greenberg (Orthodox)
Greenberg is the president of Jewish Life Network/Steinhardt Foundation and the founder of CLAL.
27. Kerry M. Olitzky (Reform)
Olitzky is one of the leading rabbinical advocates for outreach to interfaith and unaffiliated families in America.
28. Michael Lerner (Reform)
Lerner is the editor of Tikkun and a leading progressive political activist.
29. Abraham Cooper (Orthodox)
Cooper is the associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
30. Elliot Dorff (Conservative)
Dorff is the leader of the top lawmaking body in Conservative Judaism.
31. Marc Gellman (Reform)
Gellman is an author and television personality.
32. Rachel B. Cowan (Reform)
Cowan is the director of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
33. Marc Schneier (Orthodox)
Schneier is the president and founder of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and Chairman of the World Jewish Congress.
34. Janet Marder (Reform)
Marder is the first woman to ever head the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
35. Arthur Waskow (Renewal)
Controversial activist, author and founder of the Shalom Center.
36. Nachum Braverman (Orthodox)
Braverman is Aish Hatorah’s leading American leader.
37. Bradley Hirschfield (Orthodox)
Hirschfeld is the copresident of CLAL and an outspoken proponent of interfaith dialogue.
38. Hayim Herring (Conservative)
Herring is executive director of STAR (Synagogues: Transformation and Renewal).
39. Daniel Lapin (Orthodox)
Lapin is a radio host, conservative commentator and cochair of the American Alliance of Jews and Christians.
40. Lawrence A. Hoffman (Reform)
Hoffman is the Reform movement’s leader in spirituality and prayer.
41. Sidney Schwarz (Reconstructionist)
Schwarz is the founder and President of panim: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values.
42. Naomi Levy (Conservative)
Levy is a popular author and a leading woman in the Conservative movement.
43. Lawrence Kushner (Reform)
Kushner is a leading teacher, writer and the innovator behind the Havurah movement.
44. Norman Lamm (Orthodox)
Lamm is the chancellor of Yeshiva University.
45. Nosson Scherman (Orthodox)
Scherman is the general editor for ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications, one of the largest publishers and sellers of Jewish books in the world.
46. Stephen Pearce (Reform)
Pearce is the leader of San Francisco’s largest congregation with 2,700 families.
47. Harold Loss (Reform)
Loss is the leader of the largest synagogue in the Midwest (Detroit, 3,200 families).
48. Toba Spitzer (Reconstructionist)
Spitzer became the first openly lesbian rabbi to head a national Rabbinic Association in March 2007.
49. Michael Paley (Conservative)
Paley is the scholar in residence and director of the Jewish Resource Center of the UJA-Federation of New York.
50. Mordecai Finley (Reform)
Finley is the founder and Co-CEO of Ohr HaTorah, an innovative and progressive synagogue.
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