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- Bret Stephens: "What can’t be emphasized enough, especially among those who think of themselves as pro-Palestinian: If you want a Palestinian state to exist and succeed, you must also want Hamas to be humiliated and defeated"
- As Israel and Turkey attempt to rebuild long-strained ties, joint statement says ‘rehabilitation of relations can contribute to regional stability’
Category Archives: Jewish
“The controversial comedian walks a tightrope between ridiculing West and seeming to justify his anti-Jewish remarks”
JTA Dave Chappelle focuses ‘SNL’ monologue on ‘the Jews’ and Kanye West’s antisemitism controversy Andrew Silow-Carroll November 13, 2022 Hosting “Saturday Night Live” for the first time since he faced widespread criticism about jokes ridiculing transgender people, comedian Dave Chappelle … Continue reading
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Tagged antisemitism, Dave Chappelle, Jerry Seinfeld, Kanye West
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“Privileged” whites and those labeled as “white adjacent” must accept a future where they will face ‘progressive bigotry’ until there’s complete racial parity in all areas of life”
CAMERA BLOG Woke Antisemitism: How a progressive ideology harms Jews Adam Levick November 16, 2022 The American linguist and political commentator John McWhorter coined the term “Woke Racism” to refer to the latest wave of elite, radical, ‘anti-racist’ campaigners who … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, Northwestern University
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Clean Speech Illinois
CLEAN SPEECH ILLINOIS 2022 Our communities are torn apart by division and strife. The way we speak is both the problem and the solution. Clean Speech Illinois is a community-wide education and awareness campaign to unite us in the practice … Continue reading
“If you haven’t been paying much attention to the #ADL lately and still imagine it as a paragon of the good fight against antisemitism, here’s a sizzle reel of #JonathanGreenblatt’s years in office”
TABLET MAG No More ADL: When it comes to Jews, the organization now does more harm than good Liel Leibovitz November 7, 2022 Pop quiz: Which of these two individuals do you find more problematic? Kyrie Irving, a kooky basketball … Continue reading
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Tagged ADL, Anti-Defamation League, antisemitism, Jonathan Greenblatt
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“Sometimes, such as in the Al Sharpton-incited 1991 Crown Heights pogrom that killed Yankel Rosenbaum, this antisemitism bursts out into the open and has lethal consequences”
NEWSWEEK It’s Time to Talk About Antisemitism in the Black Community David Marcus November 4, 2022 There is no more dangerous third rail in American politics and journalism than antisemitism in the black community. It is an issue that has … Continue reading
“The next time the Palestinians wring their hands about Israeli elections, the international community might remind them that it is Palestinian terrorism that drives the Israeli ballot-box results”
GATESTONE Palestinians Vote For Terrorists, Then Claim Israelis Are ‘Extremists’ Bassam Tawil November 7, 2022 Even before the final results of the latest Israeli general elections were announced, Palestinian leaders and officials were quoted as expressing deep concern and fear that the … Continue reading
Spielberg’s star-studded autobiography is its acclaimed director’s genesis story “full of references Diaspora Jews will love”
TIMES OF ISRAEL Spielberg’s very Jewish memoir film ‘The Fabelmans’ is one of the best of his career Jordan Hoffman November 10, 2022 …“The Fabelmans,” in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on November 11, followed by the rest … Continue reading
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Tagged Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg, The
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“For nearly half a century #ThomasFriedman has publicly attacked every Israeli government, whether it was right-wing, left-wing or somewhere in between”
JNS Thomas Friedman, an equal-opportunity Israel-basher Stephen M. Flatow November 6, 2022 Longtime New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman warned this week that, as a result of the Nov. 1 Israeli election, “the Israel we knew is gone” and the … Continue reading
“With all the ballots tallied following Israel’s national election on Tuesday, Netanyahu will control not just the largest party in the Knesset, but is poised to return to power leading a 64-strong majority bloc of his religious and right-wing allies in the 120-member Knesset”
JERUSALEM POST Israel voted for Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir. Let them govern Editorial Board November 3, 2022 Israel went to the polls on Tuesday and in rather uncharacteristic fashion rendered a clear decision: Benjamin Netanyahu. No hung jury this time, no tie, … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud, Yair Lapid
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“The prospect of not only a victory for Netanyahu and Likud, but the formation of a government with a prominent role for the Religious Zionist Party and one of its controversial leaders, Itamar Ben-Gvir, is enough to set the hair of Democrats and the foreign-policy establishment on fire’
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Biden shouldn’t try to ‘save’ Israeli democracy Jonathan S. Tobin November 3, 2022 …But the rise of Smotrich and Ben-Gvir is a natural consequence of the failure of the current government to adequately address … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Joe Biden, Likud
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