Gal Luft is executive director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security.

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He escaped from Stalag Luft 3 POW camp in Poland and was rounded up by the Russian forces when hostilities ceased.

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"During the 1973 Arab oil embargo Brazil was importing almost 80 percent of its fuel supply, " notes Mr. Luft, director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security.

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"They are leading the public astray and are causing a great negative influence on the young generation, " says Rabbi Efraim Luft, head of an ultra-orthodox organisation in Israel called the Committee for Jewish Music.

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Sitting in the dining room of his small flat in the orthodox town of Bnei Brak, close to Tel Aviv, Rabbi Luft explains his preference for traditional, even sombre, Jewish tunes like Kol Nidrei.

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What Rabbi Luft objects to so vehemently is not just contemporary, western music - rock, rap or pop - but the use of modern instruments and beats in the tunes of orthodox singers like Lipa Schmeltzer.

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Supported by leading Haredi rabbis, Rabbi Luft has drawn up a black-list of musicians and bands - music that he says that is not kosher and cannot be played at ultra-orthodox weddings or public events because of its decadent nature.

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He notes that, as Dr. Luft has observed, ethanol derived from sugar has transformed Brazil's energy security situation - and could, with the help of our new CAFTA and other, friendly Latin American and Caribbean partners, help transform ours.

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