Category Archives: Jewish

Hitler intermediary with Pope Pius XII convinced him to not protest the rounding up and mass genocide of Italy’s Jews

NEW YORK TIMES Deep in Vatican Archives, Scholar Discovers ‘Flabbergasting’ Secrets Jason Horowitz May 27, 2022 …Over the last few decades, Mr. Kertzer has turned the inquisitive tables on the church. Using the Vatican’s own archives, the soft-spoken Brown University … Continue reading

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Billoo declared to an audience of Muslims that they need to pay attention to the Jewish Federation and the “Zionist Synagogues” for their support of Israel and that “polite Zionists are not your friends”

ISLAMISM NEWS Minnesota Politicians Join with Sex Slavery Advocate Dexter Van Zile May 26, 2022 U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison are scheduled to attend a conference in Baltimore this weekend featuring talks by Islamists who … Continue reading

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A new book chronicles a mostly forgotten episode in Leonard Cohen’s long career

CITY JOURNAL The Dark Night of Leonard Cohen Katya Sedgwick June 2, 2022 …In Who By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai, journalist Matti Friedman zeroes in on a mostly forgotten chapter of Cohen’s career: his performances for Israeli Defense … Continue reading

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“Congressman Levin only turned down PAC money after ‘his hypocrisy was exposed,’ Stevens alleged”

JEWISH INSIDER Stevens and Levin trade barbs over AIPAC, PAC funding Marc Rod May 25, 2022 Reps. Haley Stevens (D-MI) and Andy Levin (D-MI) exchanged attacks over campaign funding and support from AIPAC and corporate PAC groups in their second primary … Continue reading

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“In keeping with the language and themes that feature in the UN’s ritual denunciations of Israel, the resolution portrays the Jewish state as an incorrigible colonizer”

ALGEMEINER ‘Ideology of Rage’ Comes to Congress Ben Cohen May 22, 2022 It is the sort of resolution one would expect to be tabled before the UN General Assembly or even Iran’s parliament, the Majlis, but not the US Congress. … Continue reading

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Muslim pushes 90 year-old Jew from his 17th floor apartment but police say not antisemitism. Nothing to see here.

ARUTZ SHEVA France: 90-year-old Jewish man pushed to his death in Lyon Elad Benari May 20, 2022 A dispute between neighbors in France ended with the death of a 90-year-old Jewish man, and police do not suspect an antisemitic motive, … Continue reading

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“Malley also announced new sanctions will be imposed on an “international smuggling and money-laundering network” that he said provides hundreds of millions of dollars to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force”

THE HILL Biden’s Iran envoy says return to nuclear deal ‘tenuous’ Laura Kelly May 25, 2022 President Biden’s lead negotiator on nuclear talks with Iran on Wednesday gave a dim outlook for prospects of a return to the deal, telling … Continue reading

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Chicago’s first large-scale active shooter drill involving police and fire departments intended to address shul-specific attacks and incidents

JNS CCL shul members and Kehilat Chovevei Tzion take part in public safety training exercise May 17, 2022 Concerned Citizens League Shul Members (CCLSM) staged a large-scale active shooter simulation at Kehilat Chovevei Tzion in Skokie recently, with the direction … Continue reading

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“Anti-Zionism, from its earliest beginnings, was a reassertion of privilege. It was an attempt to force the Jews back into “their place,” which history had supposedly assigned them”

JNS The Harvard Crimson’s hatred of Israel proves anti-Semitism is a privileged ideology Benjamin Kerstein May 8, 2022 …What it reveals is simple: Anti-Semitism is a privileged ideology. This is perfectly obvious when one considers the very nature of the Crimson and … Continue reading

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Thousands more from around the world have arrived in Israel this year in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis, which has increased interest in aliyah

JERUSALEM POST Largest number of olim in 2 decades have arrived this past year May 1, 2022 Some 38,000 new immigrants have arrived in Israel since Independence Day 2021, including thousands of families and young olim who came to build … Continue reading

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