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- #NYT ad “implicitly attacked those voicing concern about #BlackLivesMatter antisemitism by suggesting they were racists and white supremacists who were “pointing fingers, scapegoating, and using antisemitic dogwhistles” in order to undermine Black-led movements”
- “The command center, which is located in Chicago, will be staffed 16 hours a day but can be increased to 24 hours a day if needed”
- "Invoking President George Washington’s seminal letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, and Revolutionary era financier Haym Salomon, President Trump paid tribute to the role Jewish Americans have played in the United States since its earliest days"
- Facing increased anti-Semitism, American Jews get schooled in self-defense
- “Extensive damage has been inflicted upon protective thickets of trees planted around eleven communities in the Western Negev”
- Trump and Biden: Foreign policy, domestic policy, character, transparency
Author Archives: ArchitectGuy
EVENT StandWithUs sponsors screening of Shepherd, The Story of a Jewish Dog
JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival presents Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog Sponsored by StandWithUs Sun, March 8 | 2:45pm Century 12 Evanston/CineArts 6 1715 Maple Avenue, Evanston IL Based on the award-winning and bestselling Israeli novel, “The Jewish … Continue reading
Liberal Jewish seminaries that become woker-than-thou workshops risk losing their defining missions tomorrow – and will continue alienating Jews-in-the-pews today
JERUSALEM POST Are rabbinical schools becoming anti-Israel pulpits? by Gil Troy February 5, 2020 In 2011, when Rabbi Daniel Gordis highlighted “how lonely it can be for an unapologetically pro-Israel student at some of today’s rabbinical schools,” his Conservative and … Continue reading
Hey Sweden, spare us lectures about how the #hijab “empowers” women: “The Iranian authorities are employing the full machinery of the state to crush opposition to forced hijab, but with more than half the population against it, the tide is increasingly against them”
GATESTONE Sweden: Hijab is ‘Look of the Year’ by Judith Bergman February 1, 2020 …For years, women in Iran have been arrested and imprisoned for refusing to wear the mandatory headscarf and even for protesting its use…As women in Iran protested the … Continue reading
“Abbas confirmed that he refused to accept phone calls and letters from Trump before the announcement of the plan”
JERUSALEM POST Abbas: Palestinians will cut all ties with Israel, US by Khaled Abu Toameh February 1, 2020 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Saturday that he has decided to severe all relations with Israel and the US in … Continue reading
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Tagged Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, Palestinians
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“Let’s talk about the shysters, con men, and frauds surrounding the Democratic front-runner”
TABLET MAG Weekend at Bernie’s by James Kirchick January 31, 2020 …The problem with Bernie Sanders isn’t Bernie Sanders. It’s the way that the 78-year-old socialist, who has already suffered one heart attack on the campaign trail, is being used … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, Bernie Sanders, Democrats
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“When you read the Trump plan closely, you realize it is a mirror image of the Oslo Accords. Rather than Israel being required to prove its good will, the Palestinians are required to prove their commitment to peace”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) The Oslo blood libel is over by Caroline Glick January 31, 2020 When Israel embarked on the Oslo peace process it accepted Oslo’s foundational assumption that Israel is to blame for the Palestinian war … Continue reading
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Tagged Caroline Glick, Donald Trump, Oslo Accords, Palestinians
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“Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) retweeted Ashrawi, sharing the vicious lies with her nearly 1 million followers”
NEW YORK POST Rep. Rashida Tlaib still hasn’t apologized for pushing a blood libel against Jews by Aaron Kliegman January 29, 2020 An 8-year-old boy goes outside for shopping. On the way, he tragically slips and drowns in a pool … Continue reading
“Genius & Anxiety” a guided tour through the history of Western Diaspora — colorful, often provocative and always compelling”
JEWISH JOURNAL Influential Jews Share in ‘Genius & Anxiety’ by Jonathan Kirsch January 22, 2020 A certain buzz has attached itself to “Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947” (Scribner), by London-based author, journalist and broadcaster Norman Lebrecht, … Continue reading
Bret Stephens: “The purpose of a Palestinian state ought to be to deliver dramatically better prospects for the Palestinian people, not tokens of self-importance for their kleptocratic and repressive leaders”
CHICAGO TRIBUNE Every Time Palestinians Say ‘No,’ They Lose by Bret Stephens January 30, 2020 Regarding President Trump’s peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the instant conventional wisdom is that it’s a geopolitical nonstarter, a gift to Benjamin Netanyahu and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bret Stephens, Palestinians
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Guardian’s bigotry of low expectation sees Palestinians as nothing other than victim
CAMERA/UK MEDIA WATCH What does the Guardian think Palestinian leaders should do to advance peace? by Adam Levick January 30, 2020 …The Guardian’s silence in the op-ed [“The Guardian view on Trump’s ‘peace plan’: a con, not a deal“]on the … Continue reading
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