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“Exploding the myth of #Moroccan tolerance”

GATESTONE The Jews of the North Africa under Muslim Rule by Ruthie Blum November 14, 2018 Exile in the Maghreb, co-authored by the great historian David G. Littman and Paul B. Fenton, is an ambitious tome contradicting the myth of … Continue reading

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United Hatzalah video viewed 22.5 million times in one week: “I don’t think any Jewish non-profit organization has received this much exposure in such a short time before”

JERUSALEM POST Israeli non-profit makes history: ‘Nas Daily’ features United Hatzalah by Staff November 14, 2018 On Wednesday, November 7th, popular Israeli-Arab blogger Nuseir Yassin launched a video that has become the most widely watched video about an Israeli non-profit … Continue reading

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“The media has a track record of tenaciously ignoring the anti-Semitism creeping into Democratic Party politics”

FREE BEACON Minnesota Dem Congresswomen-Elect: I Believe In, Support BDS Movement by Aryssa Damron November 12, 2018 Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar told Muslim Girl magazine that she “believes in and supports the BDS movement,” adding that she has fought to … Continue reading

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Are American Jews disenchanted with Israel? No.

COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS American Jews and Israel by Elliott Abrams November 9, 2018 Everyone knows that American Jews are becoming increasingly distant from and disenchanted with the State of Israel…And everyone knows why: Israel’s right-wing government and its policy of … Continue reading

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Lieberman resigns, last straw “apparently Netanyahu’s decision to agree to latest Egyptian-brokered cease-fire with Hamas”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Defense Minister Lieberman ‎resigns, urges early elections by Staff November 14, 2018 Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Lieberman ‎announced ‎Wednesday that he was resigning his position as defense minister and exiting the coalition. His resignation … Continue reading

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#LongIsland #Synagogue installing metal detector as well as double-door “mantrap” vestibule

JTA Here’s what it costs to put your synagogue under armed guard by Ben Sales November 13, 2018 After a mass shooting in a heavily Jewish area shocked the nation, Rabbi Yakov Saacks felt like his Long Island congregation was … Continue reading

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Another #ShuratHadin win: In precedent-setting decision, Jerusalem District Court rules that case on behalf of two Jewish American women held hostage by PLO terrorists in 1985 will be heard in Israel, despite the fact they’re not citizens

YNET Nation-State Law allows any Jew to sue terrorists in Israel by Yishai Porot November 8, 2018 A precedent-setting decision made by Jerusalem District Court Judge Moshe Drori based on the Nation-State Law means that any Jew from anywhere in the world … Continue reading

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Erekat “as usual, doing everything he can to avoid reality so Palestinians can continue to live in a fantasy world where their issues are still considered to be front and center on the world stage”

ELDER OF ZIYON Saeb Erekat says no Arab state will normalize relations with Israel, as Bahrain invites Israel’s Economy Minister to a conference November 9, 2018 PLO official and self-admitted liar Saeb Erekat reassured whoever is still listening to him that the Arab … Continue reading

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“Since fall of 2015, too many in the pro-Israel community have chosen to forget about the fight over the #IranDeal”

THE HILL Pro-Israel organizations should finally seek payback against Iran deal Dems by Jonathan Greenberg November 9, 2018 …And so it’s in everybody’s temporary interests for the fight over JCPOA [aka Iran Deal] to be a distant memory. For the … Continue reading

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Kristallnacht 80 years later: “Amid the worst pogrom to take place in Germany since the Middle Ages, most US Jewish communal leaders told their constituents to keep quiet”

TIMES OF ISRAEL How to explain the ‘timid’ reaction of American Jewish leaders to Kristallnacht? by Matt Lebovic November 10, 2018 …Most notably, the influential General Jewish Council insisted on maintaining radio silence following Kristallnacht. Comprised of leaders from the … Continue reading

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