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- “Long before the 20th century, ancient Jewish texts recognized what much of the modern West still refuses to accept: Not every enemy can be reasoned with”
- Col. Richard Kemp: The Amoral Revolution in Western Values, and its Impact on Israel
- "This willingness to facilitate integration without assimilation is what enables most Israeli Arabs to feel “comfortable” in Israel" [VIDEO]
- Jews who hate Jews at the New York Times: "The rhetoric of the likes of Ku Klux Klan and far-right anti-Semites is beautifully conveyed by the caricature published in one of the world’s most liberal newspapers"
- “Nothing says, “We protest racial injustice” like burning down the corner grocery or smashing windows to grab boxes of expensive Nikes”
- Matti Friedman: “To free its people, Israel negotiates with terrorists and releases murderers. Is that a strength or a weakness?”
- Will Samantha Power Be the First American UN Ambassador to Abandon Israel?
- For those of you who look to Middle East savant John Oliver for your Iran coverage
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“A bestselling and controversial book when first published in Lithuania, “Our People” has undermined many convenient truths that Lithuanians have told themselves about their nationalistic heroes”
JEWISH JOURNAL Lithuania’s Hidden Holocaust and the Writers Who Revealed It by Michael Berenbaum April 3, 2020 “Our People: Discovering Lithuania’s Hidden Holocaust” is a powerful, poignant and painful exploration of the murder by bullets of Lithuanian Jews by Lithuanian … Continue reading
Chag Sameach. A musical greeting from the Israel Philharmonic
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The Wuhan Virus pandemic “raises fundamental questions about how much economic interdependence nations want”
REAL CLEAR POLITICS How the Wuhan Virus Will Change the World Order by Charles Lipson April 8, 2020 …The WHO is probably beyond repair. China won’t give up its authority there, and the U.S. shouldn’t give China more weight by … Continue reading
Israel took a different approach to the coronavirus from the start because it’s a very different kind of society. Unlike the pampered West, Israel permanently lives in a state of potential emergency and existential threat.
JNS For Israel, recognizing another enemy is second nature by Melanie Phillips April 2, 2020 Among the world’s democracies fighting the coronavirus, Israel has so far been by far the most successful. With a population of about 8.6 million, it … Continue reading
Daniel Pearl’s killers: “The re-arrest of the four gives the government time to put together a legal appeal against their acquittal”
REUTERS Pakistan re-arrests four men acquitted in Daniel Pearl murder case by Syed Raza Hassan and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam April 3, 2020 Pakistani authorities on Friday ordered the detention of four men set to be released after being acquitted by … Continue reading
UK’s new Labor leader “immediately apologizes to Jews for anti-Semitism in ranks, vows to ‘tear out this poison’; his wife comes from a Jewish family, has relatives in Tel Aviv”
TIMES OF ISRAEL After Corbyn, UK Labour elects Keir Starmer, Zionist with Jewish wife, as leader by Staff and AFP April 4, 2020 Britain’s main opposition Labour party on Saturday said that Keir Starmer had been elected as its new … Continue reading
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“The second truth the pandemic has shown us is that no matter how bad things are in Israel, the plight of our neighbors is immeasurably worse”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Coronavirus lessons for the coalition talks by Caroline B. Glick April 3, 2020 …We are living through a grave crisis. And crises have a knack for clarifying fundamental truths. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed … Continue reading
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Zoom Seders: “In bold ruling, some Israeli religious authorities say use of technology permissible because it allows families to celebrate together during time of crisis”
TIMES OF ISRAEL 14 Sephardic Orthodox rabbis say Passover Seder can be held via videoconference by Nathan Jeffay March 25, 2020 In what may be one of the boldest rulings issued on technology in recent years, several Sephardic Orthodox rabbis … Continue reading
ArchitectGuy on Israel 