Category Archives: Jewish

Rashida Tlaib: Antisemite and “Progressive” Democrat

NY POST Tlaib’s anti-Israel slander shows just how far Democrats have strayed Editorial Board September 22, 2022 Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s latest anti-Israel slur highlights yet again just how far Democrats have strayed. Once upon a time, they wouldn’t have tolerated … Continue reading

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Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt” is a “brilliant depiction of a Viennese family lost to the Holocaust and a personal reckoning for an author trying to live without links to the past”

JNS Mourning a failed escape from history for assimilated Jews Jonathan S Tobin October 3, 2022 …“Leopoldstadt,” which premiered in London in 2020 before its initial run was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic, finally had its long-postponed Broadway opening … Continue reading

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The Israeli-American alliance rests on traditional geopolitical considerations but also, as Walter Russell Mead’s new book shows, on much more than that

AMERICAN PURPOSE As American as Apple Pie Michael Mandelbaum September 30, 2022 …By these standards, the model American ally is the state of Israel. It has supported American initiatives, and opposed the adversaries of the United States, since its founding … Continue reading

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Zelensky: “I am stating the facts. My conversations with the Israeli leadership have done nothing to help Ukraine”

ALGEMEINER Zelensky Says He Is Shocked by Israel’s Failure to Give Ukraine Weapons Reuters September 25, 2022 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was “in shock” at Israel’s failure to give Kyiv anti-missile systems to help counter Russian attacks, according … Continue reading

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Kol Nidrei, one of the most awe-inspiring and misunderstood parts of Jewish liturgy, dramatizes the power of repentance

AISH Three Ways to Make Yom Kippur Meaningful Slovie Jungreis-Wolff September 28, 2022 Yom Kippur is a day unlike any other. The energy of the day is the power of teshuvah – returning to become the person you were created … Continue reading

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“In the message, Putin noted that while it was important for Russian Jews to remain close to their customs, he emphasized they had a duty to contribute to Russia”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Putin tells Russian Jews he expects ‘hefty contribution’ in New Year’s message September 25, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Russian Jews to make a “hefty contribution” to the country’s multiethnic identity Sunday, in a Rosh … Continue reading

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“The fact that Abbas and entourage don’t even bother to rein in or denounce the terrorists is apparently seen by many Palestinians as a green light to continue the attacks”

GATESTONE Israel’s ‘Peace Partner’ Is Slaughtering Israelis Khaled Abu Toameh September 26, 2022 In the past few months, there has been a rise in the number of terrorist attacks against Israelis carried out by gunmen belonging to, or associated with, … Continue reading

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#SarahIdan Miss Iraq: I posted a selfie with Miss Israel. Here’s what happened.

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“The leadership of New York’s West End Synagogue is too committed to the ever-changing progressive party line to suffer a radical feminist like me”

TABLET MAG Disinvited Phyllis Chesler September 14, 2022 As we know, a virulent, often vicious and increasingly intolerant “cancel culture” has permeated our campuses and much of the media—but it has also infested some of our synagogues. I now have … Continue reading

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The US and the #Holocaust: “Public opinion was not in charge of US immigration policy; President Roosevelt was”

TIMES OF ISRAEL PBS Holocaust documentary perpetuates well-worn myths to glorify FDR, says historian Matt Lebovic September 18, 2022 Early in his new film “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” documentarian Ken Burns claims the United States admitted more Jewish refugees … Continue reading

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