As the southern city nurses its wounded dignity and preps itself for another Australian Football League Grand Final between non-Victorian clubs (at least Melburnites still have the chutzpah to insist the Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles play it at the 'Gee), a word from the president of one of the clubs that helped bring about Victoria's 2006 Waterloo. Western Bulldogs' David Smorgon mused that the Doggies had a mixed year but that "water, as they say, finds its level."
WHILE we're figuring out exactly what he meant, let's focus on box king Richard Pratt and his controversial proposal that water rates be doubled to conserve dwindling supplies.
CONCERNING, especially in a week when our tradition reminds us of the importance of water as the repository of our sins. Just ask Moshe Bryski of Chabad in Conejo, a San Fernando Valley LA 'burb. The bochers' annual Tashlich expedition to a nearby lake to ritually cast out sins was reported on the news site of the Acorn, a local paper serving the city of Thousand Oaks.
ALWAYS in the thick of it, Chabad in Thailand came to the aid of Israeli backpackers during last week's coup. Hearing rumours of the impending army putsch, local Chabadnik Rabbi Nehemya Willhelm began warning Jews to stay off the streets. With Chabad's Bangkok HQ right on touristy Khao San Road, Israelis began arriving looking for a haven in case things got ugly, which thankfully they didn't.
WHILE we're figuring out exactly what he meant, let's focus on box king Richard Pratt and his controversial proposal that water rates be doubled to conserve dwindling supplies.
CONCERNING, especially in a week when our tradition reminds us of the importance of water as the repository of our sins. Just ask Moshe Bryski of Chabad in Conejo, a San Fernando Valley LA 'burb. The bochers' annual Tashlich expedition to a nearby lake to ritually cast out sins was reported on the news site of the Acorn, a local paper serving the city of Thousand Oaks.
ALWAYS in the thick of it, Chabad in Thailand came to the aid of Israeli backpackers during last week's coup. Hearing rumours of the impending army putsch, local Chabadnik Rabbi Nehemya Willhelm began warning Jews to stay off the streets. With Chabad's Bangkok HQ right on touristy Khao San Road, Israelis began arriving looking for a haven in case things got ugly, which thankfully they didn't.
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