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- Italian historian Carlo Vecce set out to debunk rumors of Leonardo da Vinci’s foreign origins, but a newly discovered document changed his mind
- Harvard has adopted race-conscious hiring policies, potentially in violation of civil rights law.
- What six years of ‘reset’ have wrought
- Dore Gold resigns: "The role of director-general of the foreign ministry was a professional and personal peak in all the years that I served on the diplomatic front"
- "On its face, Trump’s announcement that he is pulling US forces out of Syria seems like an unfriendly act toward Israel. But it isn’t"
- "Health Ministry to file police complaint against passenger who flew United from Newark to Israel knowing he’d tested positive, didn’t notify crew"
- Hamas holds conference to plan for which Jews they will murder once Israel is destroyed; entrapping others to prevent a “brain-drain”
- Could Obama be ready to stop blaming Israel ?
Category Archives: Jewish
“Many Dutch parents who aren’t religious give their children Jewish-sounding names because they perceive the bible as part of Dutch heritage and are drawn to the short, decisive sounds of Hebrew names”
KVELLER Why Are Jewish Names so Popular in The Netherlands? by Cnaan Liphshiz September 24, 2021 As he lists the names of his many grandchildren, Joop van Ooijen recites what sounds like a roll call at a typical Israeli classroom. … Continue reading
Democrat-sponsored bill “would make it US policy to view “the West Bank, including east Jerusalem, and Gaza, are occupied territories”
JERUSALEM POST Congressman files two-states act that restricts Israeli use of US arms by Tovah Lazaroff September 23, 2021 A bill that affirms a two-state resolution at the pre-1967 lines and restricts Israeli use of arms, was filed to Congress … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
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Two thirds of polled Jewish students “experienced or were familiar with antisemitic incidents that occurred over the past 120 days”
ALGEMEINER Survey: Half of ‘Openly Jewish’ College Students Have Tried to Hide Identity on Campus by Dion J. Pierre September 20, 2021 A poll released Monday found that half of “openly Jewish” college students have at times attempted to conceal … Continue reading
“A 700-page Polish novel is all the rage in Israel, but can it heal the rift between Poles and Jews?”
TABLET MAG A Polish Christian Writes the Great Jewish Novel by Shalom Goldman September 23, 2021 Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in literature, published The Books of Jacob in 2014. The novel follows the messianic religious … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Catholics, Catholocism, Poland
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How a group of Jewish physicists helped the United States beat Nazi Germany in the race for nuclear weapons
MOSAIC The Jewish Nucleus of the Second World War’s Atomic Drama by Alex Gordon September 17, 2021 …Starting in 1943, the anti-fascist Bohr took part in the Manhattan nuclear project that led to the deaths of 120,000 people in Hiroshima … Continue reading
The Biden administration is still working to finalize the Israel-Sudan agreement
AXIOS Blinken to host event marking Abraham Accords anniversary by Barak Ravid September 14, 2021 Secretary of State Tony Blinken will hold a virtual meeting on Friday with his counterparts from Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco to … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Abraham Accords, Abraham Accords Peace Institute, Jared Kushner
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“Germany, still scarred by the Holocaust, has seen a rise in anti-Semitic violence in recent years”
REUTERS German police arrest four over synagogue attack plan September 16, 2021 Police averted a possible Islamist attack on a synagogue in western Germany and arrested four people including a 16-year-old Syrian youth in connection with the threat, the regional … Continue reading
Review of ‘People Love Dead Jews’ by Dara Horn
COMMENTARY Horn of Plenty by Elliott Abrams September 2021 …. Her take on the rebuilding of abandoned synagogues and houses and rubbished cemeteries in places where Jews no longer live gives the sense of her argument: “There is a tourist … Continue reading
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“Latest release in AJC’s “About the Jews” video series, “Is Israel Only for Jews?”challenges the common Arab notion that Israelis are all Jewish or that Arabs in the Jewish state are oppressed”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Arabic-language video challenges anti-Israel views by ILH Staff September 15, 2021 A new Arabic-language video about diversity and coexistence in Israel, produced as part of the American Jewish Committee’s “An al-Yahud” (About the Jews) series, … Continue reading
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Hebrew Hammer’ Ryan Braun retires from MLB after illustrious 14-year career
JTA Ryan Braun, former MVP and the all-time Jewish home run hitter, retires from Major League Baseball by Jacob Gurvis September 14, 2021 Ryan Braun, the Milwaukee Brewers outfielder who slugged more home runs than any Jewish player in baseball … Continue reading
ArchitectGuy on Israel 