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- Australia: "Membership in all of Hamas, including its political wing, will now be barred, punishable by up to 25 years in prison"
- The Iran-ISIS Connection
- “Baranes is a repeated donor to Democratic candidates who has openly advocated against one of Trump’s signature policies, his efforts to limit refugee admissions”
- Son of Democrat Congressman Mel Levine: "Coming out as Republican worse than coming out gay"
- Israeli Air Force: “We are flying the #F-35 all over the Middle East" [VIDEO]
- "Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, world's largest kosher certification body, approves plant-based Impossible Burger" [VIDEO]
- Brooklyn: "At funerals, people no longer shoveling dirt on their loved one’s casket—no one, including the gravediggers, were allowed to touch the shovels"
- Iran hopes to stoke fear that its “breakout timing” is shrinking and thereby increase pressure on the Biden administration to reenter the #IranDeal before time runs out
Author Archives: ArchitectGuy
“The rise of anti-Semitism in the U.S. exposes the distressing fact that the American Jewish community lacks both a unified leadership and a singular voice with which it can respond appropriately”
MIRYAM INSTITUTE Awaiting ancient hatreds, anticipating new normals by Rozita Pnini March 29, 2020 Like a mutating virus, anti-Semitism continues to raise its ugly head in the United States. This virulent form of prejudice has infected the world for many … Continue reading
“Despite his very critical condition, Neumann’s family was holding out hope that he would emerge from his coma”
NEW YORK POST Monsey Hanukkah stabbing victim Josef Neumann dies three months after attack by Larry Celona and Kenneth Garger March 30, 2020 Josef Neumann, the most gravely wounded victim from a Hanukkah machete attack at a rabbi’s home in … Continue reading
Netflix series #Unorthodox doesn’t “accurately capture the soul of the Hasidic community”
FORWARD I left the Satmar Hasidic community. ‘Unorthodox’ is a grossly inaccurate depiction of that world. by Frieda Vizel March 31, 2020 …It’s okay to show the dark side of Hasidism, but the portrayal still needs to be human. The … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Brooklyn, Hasidic, Netflix, Orthodox, Shtissel
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“The sheer amount of interaction that religious Jews have with their communities made Orthodox Jewish communities Ground Zero for the coronavirus”
ELDER OF ZIYON Religious Jews are among the biggest victims of COVID-19 Sunday, March 29, 2020 Boro Park. Flatbush. Crown Heights. Forest Hills. Fresh Meadows. Every single New York neighborhood with a large religious Jewish population has the highest percentage … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish
Tagged Brooklyn, New Jersey, New York, New York City, Queens, Westchester
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“About 12% of Israel’s population are Haredim, often referred to as “ultra-orthodox,” an expression which they strongly dislike”
JEWISH PRESS The Haredi Disconnect by Vic Rosenthal March 31, 2020 …On the other hand, some things are true in general, and they are not good things for the future of the state of Israel. Haredi schools mostly teach secular … Continue reading
Former Senator Tom Coburn died Saturday: “He heroically opposed much of what goes on in D.C. — secrecy, pork-barrel spending, and corruption”
NATIONAL REVIEW Mr. Coburn Went to Washington and Left a Remarkable Example by John Fund March 29, 2020 Tom Coburn, the 72-year-old physician and former Oklahoma senator who passed away Saturday, battled the prostate cancer that felled him the same … Continue reading
“In what Freud might have analyzed as a classic case of the narcissistic wound run amok, the Never Netanyahus fell victim to a kind of collective insanity rooted in their own sense of virtuous entitlement”
TABLET MAG Bibi, King of Israel by Liel Leibovitz March 27, 2020 After 24 hours that would have filled several seasons of a great Netflix political drama, the once and future prime minister of the State of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Blue and White, Likud, Yuli Edelstein
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It’s decided: “Gantz to be defense minister under Netanyahu, Gabi Ashkenazi to serve as foreign minister”
JERUSALEM POST Blue and White splits as unity deal with Likud approaches by Gil Hoffman March 26, 2020 In a dramatic turn of events, the Blue and White Party, which served as the alternative to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in … Continue reading
“Coronavirus exposed a truth that global village fans have spent the past generation denying: Borders are important”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Israel and the demise of the global village by Caroline B. Glick March 27, 2020 In the face of the steeply rising number of coronavirus patients and the breakneck speed of political changes in Israel, few people … Continue reading
Still on Facebook, “a truly horrific painting clearly intended to reawaken age-old hostilities toward the Jewish people”
SNAPSHOTS, A CAMERA BLOG Italian Artist Posts Image of Jewish Ritual Murder on Facebook Page March 25, 2020 Giovanni Gasparro, a popular artist in Italy, has posted images of a painting of a Jewish ritual murder on his Facebook page. … Continue reading
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