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Dozoretz told her ski buddy in Aspen--Rich's ex-wife Denise--who then called Avner Azulay, the head of Rich's foundation in Israel. Azulay sent an e-mail to Rich's Washington lawyer, Jack Quinn, who had been lobbying Clinton in the first place. Denise Rich, the e-mail said, "thinks [Clinton] sounded very positive but that 'we have to keep praying...
Some of the institutions that wrote letters, from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn., to Sha'are Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, had no idea what they would be used for. Avner Azoulay, a former Mossad operative who runs the Rich Foundation in Tel Aviv, had asked them to write appreciations for a book about the foundation. "I didn't ask the writers' permission to include their letters in the petition to the President. Why should I? I use these letters in many other cases to show the work we are doing," Azoulay told TIME. Other Rich supporters had financial links...
Tired of swing, ballroom, and your general club-style gettin' it down? Get ready to wow your partner at the next formal with a new way of cutting the rug: Israeli folk dancing. Learn the basics of circle and couple dancing with instructor Ken Avner, who welcomes people with all levels of ability. Beginners receive instruction during the first hour. Congregation Kehillath Israel, 384 Harvard St., Brookline...
...asserting their presence. Two weeks ago, hundreds of children from the hilltop settlements around Karnei Shomron marched down the road past Arab villages, chanting Israeli slogans and carrying signs heralding 20 years of settlement. To the Jewish settlers, such actions are not provocative but legitimate. Says Settlement Secretary Avner Vered: "These are religious people who believe they have the right to live all over Israel. When more Jews come here, nobody will be able to tell us to go away...
Such hype is also the problem with Vengeance. Its author, George Jonas, a Canadian writer and radio producer, satisfied himself that the Israeli's story could be believed, though he is less sure that the supposed secret agent, code-named "Avner," was, as he claimed, leader of the mission. In his foreword, Jonas acknowledges that much of the tale rests on the unverified claims of one man and concedes that the book uses "reconstructed" dialogue. None of these caveats is suggested in the title page's promise of "the true story...