Category Archives: Israel & Middle East

Gordis: “Why are so many of us – rabbis, backpackers, politicians, with their recklessness during a pandemic – willing to endanger the extraordinary Jewish life we’ve built here?”

TIMES OF ISRAEL ‘We will guard and protect you’: Our forgotten promise to Israel by Daniel Gordis March 23, 2020 Twenty-something years ago, after a year’s sabbatical in Israel, when we had decided that we were going to stay and … Continue reading

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A way for Highland Parkers to pitch in

As all kinds of businesses across America struggle with our new normal (for now anyway) many of us are looking for ways to help. Here’s an idea for my community of Highland Parkers. The list below contains links to many … Continue reading

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“If not for the cruel, heartless actions of the Iranian regime, ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson would be alive and home with us today”

JERUSALEM POST American Robert Levinson, held by Iran, believed to be dead by Seth J. Frantzman March 26, 2020 Robert Levinson, an American illegally held by the Iranian regime, is believed to have died, his family wrote in a statement … Continue reading

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“Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz tells German daily “Bild” that it was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that shook him out of his complacency, urging him to “do something” to contain the epidemic”

JNS Austrian leader ‘thanks God’ for Netanyahu’s advice on coronavirus by Netta Bar March 22, 2020 Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday during an interview with the German newspaper Bild, saying it was the … Continue reading

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“Netanyahu called the decision to entrust the work of the committee to representatives of the Joint Arab List a “disgrace”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Arab List now heading committee that handles victims of terror by Zeev Klein , Gideon Allon , Daniel Siryoti , Danielle Roth-Avneri March 25, 2020 The Joint Arab List has been assigned the temporary … Continue reading

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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”

TABLET MAG America’s Largest Population of Holocaust Survivors Is Endangered by the Coronavirus as Crown Heights and Borough Park Shut Down by Armin Rosen March 24, 2020 …Closing a synagogue is no small matter—even in the darkest moments of World … Continue reading

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“A further glance at the signatories reveals that at least 20 are socialists, reflecting their parties’ frequent significant incitement against Israel and sympathy for the repressive, corrupt, anti-democratic, and murderous Palestinian leadership”

BEGIN-SADAT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES 50 European Political Has-Beens Oppose Trump’s Peace Plan by Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld March 23, 2020 Fifty former senior European politicians have published a letter against the Trump peace plan in the Guardian. Many signatories can … Continue reading

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“Employment Service says new applications slowing after ebbing of initial wave of layoffs in travel, service industries, but more expected as pandemic affects other industries”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel’s jobless rate surges to 16.5% as virus puts 500,000 out of work by Staff March 22, 2020 The unemployment rate in Israel has skyrocketed to 16.5 percent, with over 500,000 people losing their jobs since the … Continue reading

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Soros: “For defending themselves, the Jews are getting what they deserve”

AMERICAN THINKER Soros’ Anti-Israel Funding by Rachel Ehrenfeld March 22, 2020 George Soros seems to have developed a special dislike of the State of Israel. He has rewritten Middle Eastern history to better jibe with his idea of the “poignant … Continue reading

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Bibi: “I will leave office on the agreed date; there will be no shticks and tricks. Millions of Israelis are waiting for us”

JERUSALEM POST Netanyahu implores Gantz to join gov’t, vows to rotate as PM without tricks by Gil Hoffman March 22, 2020 Imploring Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party to join the Likud in a national unity government, Prime Minister Benjamin … Continue reading

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