Category Archives: Jewish

Upper West Side Rabbi Kalmanofsky therefore decreed that the standard prayer for the State of Israel, a staple of synagogue Shabbat services, no longer be recited

COMMENTARY Jewish Hysterics and Israel’s New Government Elliott Abrams February 2023 What explains the hysterical reaction, not least among some American Jews, to the victory of Israel’s new coalition government in the elections held there in November 2022? To ask … Continue reading

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Book of Names, with the names of 4.8 million Holocaust victims, to be inaugurated at UN, underscoring individual identities of the victims

ARUTZ SHEVA Holocaust ‘Book of Names’ to be unveiled at the UN Renee Ghert-Zand, JTA January 24, 2023 …To mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, Yad Vashem is inaugurating its Book of Names — a monumental installation containing … Continue reading

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Motorola among other companies targeted by ESG movement for supporting Israel

NEW YORK POST Woke ‘ESG’ investors guilty of anti-Semitism as they target Israel Richard Goldberg January 24, 2023 Israel boycotters have a new home for waging economic war against the world’s only Jewish state: environmental, social and governance ratings. Federal and … Continue reading

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Gerald Steinberg: “In 30 years as head of Human Rights Watch, Ken Roth has consistently singled out Israel uniquely for demonization and delegitimization, using numerous false and distorted claims”

JNS Harvard reverses course: Ken Roth to receive fellowship January 19, 2023 The Harvard Kennedy School reversed itself on Thursday and decided to offer a fellowship to Kenneth Roth. Roth was reportedly offered the position by Carr Center for Public … Continue reading

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One side of the 133 AD coin includes a depiction of a date palm with the name “Shimon” in ancient Hebrew, an apparent reference to Shimon Bar Kokhba, the leader of the eponymous revolt

ALGEMEINER Archeologists Find Ancient Hebrew Coin Dated to Jewish Rebellion Against Rome: ‘Year Two of the Freedom of Israel’ January 18, 2023 An ancient Hebrew coin minted during a Jewish rebellion against Roman rule in Judea has been found during … Continue reading

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ADL poll: 18% of Americans are ‘uncomfortable spending time with a pro-Israel person’

ARUTZ SHEVA US Anti-Semitism: Numbers expressing prejudice doubled since 2019 January 12, 2023 A new survey released on Thursday by ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) found widespread belief in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and tropes, with twenty percent of respondents admitting to … Continue reading

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Phillips: Classical liberalism – the basis of Western modernity – holds that all citizens must adhere to the overarching core of the culture, such as democracy, sexual equality and one law for all

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) The religious culture war comes to Israel Melanie Phillips January 1, 2023 At the root of the convulsions over Israel’s new government lies the secular world’s hatred and terror of religion. Put to one … Continue reading

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The left’s hysterical talk about civil war is caused by the fear that their decades-old power grab is being undone

JNS Democracy must be restored to Israel Caroline Glick January 12, 2023 “For years now, Israel has seemed to me like a man sleepwalking toward a cliff. Now we’ve fallen from it.” So proclaimed author Hillel Halkin in a hysterical … Continue reading

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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the overwhelming majority of Arab citizens from over a dozen nations responded that they would oppose the recognition of Israel

JPOST 84% of Arabs oppose their country’s diplomatic recognition of Israel Sam Halpern January 5, 2023 An average of 84% of Arabs opposes diplomatic recognition of Israel by their countries, according to results from the soon-to-be-released 2022 Arab Opinion Index … Continue reading

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The Times articles coincided with a surge in violent antisemitic attacks “targeting the visibly Jewish in New York City — the ones targeted by the New York Times”

CAMERA BLOG Antisemitism and The New York Times Ricki Hollander January 6, 2023 The New York Times seems to be on a journalistic crusade to discredit New York’s Orthodox Jewish communities, particularly Hasidic ones. The centerpiece of the NYT campaign … Continue reading

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