Who Can You Call for Information about Services for Older Adults? Digest Winograd To Blame Olmert • Kosher Meals on Wheels • Housekeeping Assistance • Transportation Services • Personal Care Help London/JTA The Winograd Committee's final report will likely blame Ehud Olmert for the Second Lebanon War's final 60 hours. London's Sunday Times reported Sunday that the report, to be pub- lished in the next few weeks, will focus on Olmert's decision to continue fight- ing after the United Nations brokered a cease-fire with Hezbollah in August 2006. The report will say Olmert caused the 33 deaths that occurred in the final 60 hours of the war. The London Times quoted one source as saying, "Olmert, aware that a cease-fire agreement was under way, ordered the army to carry out an impossible operation to wind up a failed war against Hezbollah with a big showdown." The Winograd Committee was established to examine the prepared- ness of the army and the government for the war against Hezbollah in the summer of 2006. Sources told the Times that the conclusions will likely cause a political crisis when they are released. — • Coping with the Loss of a Loved One • In-home Support • Memory Skills The Agencies of the Jewish Federation k-JJ ELDE • LIN Connecting People & Services (248) 592-2240 A joint program of Jewish Apartments and Services, The Jewish Community Center, Jewish Family Service, Jewish Home & Aging Services, and JVS Make Life Better ... Contribute to the 2007 Hospice Hero Fund Gaza A 'Lost Cause' The Annapolis peace Jerusalem/JTA parley will focus on the West Bank since Gaza "is already a lost cause," an Israeli minister said. Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter during a tour of Moshav Nativ Ha'asara, located on the border with Gaza, said Sunday that Israel must deal with Hamas in order to stop Kassam rockets from raining on Israel's southern border. Dichter also blamed Egypt's neg- ligence in patrolling the border for Hamas' ability to continue to smuggle arms into Gaza. He added that military operations in Gaza are unavoidable. "Hamas has become a terrorist army, armed and structured exactly like a full-fledged military forcer he said. "I suggest a three-tiered course of action: operations against the ongoing rocket fire, operations against Hamas' growing power and operations against its ability to act:' — JEWISHOSPICE & CHAPLAINCY NETWORK HOSPICE HEROES MAKE LIFE BETTER Barbara Greenberg says she needed to spend her Barbara Greenberg is one of the Hospice Heroes who retirement in a meaningful way, so she volunteers for the Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network. 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On Saturday, Kouchner began a tour of Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Planning For A Nuclear Iran The U.S. and Israel are London/JTA preparing secret plans to deal with a nuclear Iran. London's Sunday Telegraph reported Nov. 18 that the United States is updat- ing deterrence policies for a future nuclear-armed Iran. Both the United States and Israel are sticking publicly to their threats not to allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons, but they may have no choice since Iran has improved its ability to hide its nuclear facilities, the Telegraph reported. The report comes on the heels of confirmation by the International Atomic Energy Agency, a U.N. nuclear watchdog, that Iran has 3,000 working centrifuges for uranium enrichment in the central city of Natanz. At a security cabinet meeting a week ago, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told officials to draw up plans for dealing with a nuclear Iran, the paper reported. Iran claims it is developing nuclear capability for civilian energy use only, but the United States and Israel say there is overwhelming intelligence that it is pursuing a weapons program. — Traditional Bar Mitzvah Some 90 percent of Jerusalein/JTA Israeli boys celebrating their bar mitz- vah will have a traditional ceremony, a poll found. Seventy-nine percent of secular parents interviewed said they would have the traditional rite, compared to 100 percent of those who identified as religiously observant. Sixty-five percent of respondents overall would hold the ceremony at an Orthodox synagogue and 26 percent at the Western Wall. The poll interviewed 500 Hebrew- speaking, Jewish respondents. When questioned about a bat mitzvah, 33 percent of the respondents said some sort of spiritual context should be included, while 28 percent said they would hold a party in a social hall. Thirty percent said "there is no need to make a big deal of it" —