Monthly Archives: July 2015

In Winehouse doc ‘Amy,’ celebrity is the villain

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Jake Coyle July 2, 2015 Portrait of the Jewish jazz sensation reveals her swift demise, offering a close-up of a toxic celebrity culture Asif Kapadia’s Amy Winehouse documentary “Amy” is a slow, tragic zoom out. It … Continue reading

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United Church of Christ Anti-Israel Extremism:​ ​A study in discrimination, hypocrisy and irrelevance

AMERICAN THINKER by Peggy Shapiro July 1, 2015 On June 30, 2015, the General Synod of the United Church of Christ voted to single out Israel for an economic and propaganda war.  Ignoring the violent state of affairs in an … Continue reading

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Will Israel Save America?

TABLET MAG by David P. Goldman July 2, 2015 Without a sense of exceptionalism, a country of chosen people cannot prosper Biblical Israel was America’s inspiration. Its successor, the State of Israel, yet may be America’s salvation, though usually the … Continue reading

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Hillary Gump

PJ MEDIA by Victor Davis Hanson June 28, 2015 The fictional and cinema hero Forrest Gump somehow always managed to turn up at historic moments in the latter twentieth century. But whereas Forrest usually had a positive role to play … Continue reading

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Israeli hurt in drive-by shooting succumbs to wounds

During Ramadan each year, attacks on Jews always escalate. Apparently it’s part of the celebration. YNET by Roi Yanovsky June 30, 2015 Malachi Moshe Rosenfeld, 25, who was seriously wounded at a drive-by shooting attack near Shilo on Monday night, succumbed to … Continue reading

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Nicholas Winton Is Dead at 106; Saved Children from the Holocaust

NEW YORK TIMES By Robert D. McFadden July 1, 2015 Nicholas Winton, a Briton who said nothing for a half-century about his role in organizing the escape of 669 mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War … Continue reading

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Obama Won’t Enforce Anti-BDS Provision Language in Trade Bill he just Signed

JEWISH PRESS by Lori Lowenthal Marcus July 1, 2015 The Obama administration has clearly stated it will not enforce the anti-boycott language of the Trade Bill it signed, which extends protection to the disputed territories. This week the United States … Continue reading

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Orthodox Jewish groups brace for consequences of gay-marriage ruling

JTA by Ron Kampeas July 1, 20125 The name that keeps coming up when Orthodox Jewish groups consider the consequences of last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision extending same-sex marriage rights to all states has little to do with Jews … Continue reading

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Desmond Tutu: Once a hero, now forlorn anti-Israel loser

THE COMMENTATOR by Professor Michael Curtis June 28, 2015 Desmond Tutu was once a hero in the eyes of freedom fighters around the world. But talk about a tragic flaw: he’s now best known for having fallen in with the … Continue reading

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UK: Belfast Pastor Faces Prison for “Grossly Offending” Islam

When was the last time you heard of a Muslim group being prosecuted for vilifying Jews or Israelis ? This happens countless times each day. The hypocrisy is stunning. GATESTONE by Soeren Kern June 28, 2015 An evangelical Christian pastor in … Continue reading

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