Monthly Archives: July 2014

Chicago Memorial service for Gilad, Naftali, and Eyal

JUF We invite you to join with the Chicago Jewish community, and with the entire people of Israel, in praying for Gilad, Naftali, and Eyal at a special memorial Wednesday, July 2 at Noon, Chicago Loop Synagogue, 16 S. Clark … Continue reading

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A Wedding and Three Funerals

NAOMI RAGEN BLOG July 1, 2014 I was at a wedding last night, a beautiful affair by the sea celebrating the longed-for marriage of our dear friends eldest son with his lovely bride.  The vows were said under a chuppah, just as … Continue reading

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There is no ‘cycle of violence’

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Gerald Steinberg July 1, 2014 Three Israeli teenagers – Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach – were kidnapped and murdered in cold blood on their way home from school, only because they were Israeli Jews. … Continue reading

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If We Want to Beat Al Qaeda, We Have to Stop Arming It

FRONT PAGE MAG by Daniel Greenfield June 30, 2014 Obama’s call for $500 million to arm and train Syrian Jihadist fighters couldn’t have possibly come at a more inappropriate time as Al Qaeda in Iraq menaces both countries. It wasn’t … Continue reading

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Kurd party leader to ‘Post’: US keeping us from independence

JERUSALEM POST by Ariel Ben Solomon July 1, 2014 The head of a Kurdish political party told The Jerusalem Post that he thanks Israel’s leaders for their support for an independent Kurdistan and that the US is keeping the Kurds … Continue reading

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Bias Against Israel: Hamas fires rockets but Obama urges Israel “restraint”

WEEKLY STANDARD by Noah Pollak June 30, 2014 Here is what bias against Israel looks like. Three Israeli teenagers are abducted by the terrorist group Hamas, and after a desperate weeks-long search for the boys, they are finally found—dead in … Continue reading

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