Most Clicked This Week
- "When I spoke to the prime minister, it was clear that Lauder’s intervention with Trump angered and distressed him"
- "We have enough crazies of our own who were born in the United States; we don’t need to import any more"
- Syria: "The U.S. should do everything in its power to ensure Israel’s success in its growing confrontation with #Iran, which serves U.S. interests, and those of our other Sunni Arab allies"
- The Middle East Masquerade Party
- "Israel’s confusing plethora of small parties actually keeps Ḥaredim and Israeli Arabs, in particular, from becoming too alienated"
- The Saudis Team Up With Israel
- “The visit of two anti-Israel members of Congress is an opportunity for them to see the real Israel, and perhaps learn a thing or two”
- Survey Finds 85% of European Jews Fear Bringing Children to Rosh Hashanah Services
Monthly Archives: June 2017
“The outrages at Mizzou, DePaul and Evergreen have their roots in the anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish bullying and harassment that has taken place in schools throughout the country” [VIDEO]
ALGEMEINER The College Witch Hunt Began With Jews by Dexter Van Zile June 21, 2017 …To see the wisdom of crowds in action, we only have to look at the closure of several dormitories at the University of Missouri, after … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
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“As anti-Israeli fervor intensifies in US colleges, researchers warn against losing the next generation”
JERUSALEM POST ‘Massive drop in US Jewish college students’ support for Israel’ by Danielle Ziri June 22, 2017 Support for Israel has dropped 27% among Jewish college students in the US since 2010, a study released by Brand Israel Group … Continue reading
“Driving on Shabbat, eating out, gay marriage and more: For more than half a century, the Conservative movement has been…just a movement that can’t say no”
FORWARD The Conservative Movement Will Inevitably Cave On Intermarriage by Daniel Gordis June 21, 2017 …No less saddening, though, was the fact that glaringly missing from Schonfeld’s column is any mention of the next dramatic change that obviously lies just … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Jews, Conservative Movement, Daniel Gordis, Intermarriage, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld
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Chicago theatre critic Hedy Weiss attacked for her “body-shaming” and racial insensitivity
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW Theater critic faces backlash over remarks on Chicago play by Bill Wyman June 20, 2017 Chicago Sun-Times theater critic Hedy Weiss—a 30-plus-year veteran of one of the country’s most vibrant theater communities—is under fire, and not for … Continue reading
Warmbier family “didn’t want to embarrass North Korea by explaining that he actually was Jewish” [VIDEO]
TIMES OF ISRAEL Otto Warmbier’s family kept his Jewishness under wraps while North Korea held him hostage by Eric Cortellessa June 22, 2017 The family of Otto Warmbier, the American college student who died on Monday, days after his release … Continue reading
“The entire notion of Ashkenazi Jews as “White people” is very new…and it is also completely detached from any historical context”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Jews: Identity matters. De-colonize, re-Indigenize, don’t call yourself – or “Wonder Woman” – White! by Micha Danzig June 20, 2017 Zionism is the belief that the Jewish people have a right to self-determination and sovereignty in their … Continue reading
“SFSU has not merely fostered and embraced anti-Jewish hostility — it has systematically supported…student groups that target, threaten, and intimidate Jewish students”
LA TIMES Lawsuit claims San Francisco State, university leaders, have history of cultivating campus environment hostile to Jews by Rosanna Xia June 19, 2017 Students and Jewish community members filed a lawsuit Monday against San Francisco State University and Cal … Continue reading
Yishai Fleisher: “You have to understand, there’s a war of narratives here”
REUTERS Settlement tours: a new frontline in Israel’s ideological conflict by Yuval Ben-David June 19, 2017 The heart of the old city of Hebron is divided, with Israeli military checkpoints, mechanical turnstiles and closed-circuit cameras controlling the movement of Palestinians in … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Breaking the Silence, Hebron, Im Tirtzu, Settlements, Yishai Fleisher
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#ZOA: “We were surprised to see #ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt now claim their collaboration with radical Islamists and Israel haters was unintentional”
ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA ZOA Criticizes ADL Signing Joint Letter with Israel Haters by Mort Klein June 15, 2017 …A year and a half ago, ZOA criticized the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for signing a joint letter together with virulent anti-Israel … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged ADL, Anti-Defamation League, Sharia, Sharia Law, Zionist Organization of America
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“Unfortunately, for large numbers of observers of the Israel-Arab conflict, this is where their understanding of the conflict ends: Israel occupies the West Bank, therefore Israel is bad and the Palestinians are the poor defenseless victims”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Why I support the Israeli occupation by Fred Maroun June 15, 2017 …Reality is that Arab leaders, including Palestinian leaders, have never offered a reasonable alternative to Israel’s occupation (I explained in Gatestone why the Arab League’s … Continue reading