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It is unacceptable that while non-Jewish students get protection from microaggressions, Jewish students don’t merit protection from macroaggressions, especially when those aggressions have nothing to do with academic freedom

JEWISH JOURNAL Princeton Case Shows That When Jews Get Attacked, It Suddenly Becomes “Academic Freedom” Lori Lowenthal Marcus August 30, 2023 “Wokeness” and cancel culture operate in reverse when it comes to the Jews. For all other minorities, the Woke … Continue reading

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“One year from now – Israel will be the first country to have partial laser protection”

JERUSALEM POST Israel to have partial laser defenses by next year Yonah Jeremy Bob August 27, 2023 Israel will have partial laser defenses by this time next year, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems chairman Yuval Steinitz told Army Radio on Sunday.”One … Continue reading

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What the viral sensation behind ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ can learn from Robbie Robertson, writer of “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”

TABLET MAG The Night They Drove Oliver Anthony Down David Meir Grossman August 24, 2023 …On Aug. 7, a YouTube channel called “radiowv” uploaded a song by a guy nobody had ever heard of named Oliver Anthony with the pointed … Continue reading

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“Her group’s success in “breaking a billionaire’s soul” whet her appetite, and the next targets, she insisted, must be everyone associated with Kohelet—intellectuals and donors”

JNS Israel’s #MeToo Stalinists celebrate their victory Caroline Glick August 20, 2023 Campaigners against Israel’s Netanyahu government scored a notable victory on Aug. 4. After a six-month demonization, defamation and harassment campaign against the Kohelet Policy Forum and its chief … Continue reading

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“The message currently being sent to Americans that Israeli democracy will be destroyed unless the protesters get their way is a falsehood”

JEWISH PRESS Want to Support Israeli Democracy? Then RESPECT Democratic Elections Jonathan Tobin August 22, 2023 …As the political warfare inside Israel has escalated since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition won a clear majority in last November’s election to the … Continue reading

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When Biden was elected in 2020, many hoped and some predicted that his would be an administration far friendlier to Israel than Obama’s. It’s not turning out that way.

COMMENTARY The Biden Turn Against Israel and the mishandling of the problem of anti-Semitism by Michael R. Pompeo and Elan S. Carr September 2023 …More than halfway through the 46th president’s term, the facts are these: At almost every turn, … Continue reading

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Earlier this week, Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for a return to the policy of targeted killings

I24NEWS Gaza terrorist groups fear resumption of targeted killings by Israel August 23, 2023 After two terror attacks that caused the death of three Israelis in recent days, Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza are on heightened alert, fearing that the … Continue reading

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FDD: The Jewish state faces intensifying threats and internal divisions

FDD Israel’s Long, Hot Summer Clifford D. May August 17, 2023 …Analysts at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) believe the Biden administration is working to conclude a wider deal, and that it is doing so secretly, bypassing Congress … Continue reading

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What the latest outburst of anti-Haredi misinformation on a United flight tells us about progressive notions of identity and power

TABLET MAG Admit It: You Hate Religious Jews Liel Leibovitz August 22, 2023 Late last week, a 29-year-old Israeli reporter boarded a United Airlines flight from New York to Tel Aviv. A short while later, she tweeted a photo of … Continue reading

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“I believe the fact that Israelis developed a system that can protect the German population from ballistic missiles is a very important milestone”

JNS 78 years after the Shoah, Israel’s air defense system to protect Germany Yaakov Lappin August 18, 2023 Thursday’s dramatic announcement by the Israeli Defense Ministry that the United States gave the green light for the sale of Israeli’s Arrow … Continue reading

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