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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
- Joan Peters Caro, author of From Time Immemorial, has passed away in Chicago
- "Is it better for Israel to have the near-unanimous support of Jews (1.8 % of US) or the very substantial support of the 38 percent who are conservative?"
- US State Dept: Hamas’ control of Gaza is why we're reallocating $200m in aid
- Palestinian laws “used by the PA to punish Palestinians suspected of selling land and houses to Jews”
- Social psychologist Len Saxe says time is ripe for young Jews to make Birthright trip: "For this generation coming off the loneliness and emotional challenges of COVID, the hunger to engage with peers makes this a propitious moment to go to Israel"
- Paying Tehran’s Bills. Sanctions relief will only empower Iran
- "Thursday's Cape Canaveral explosion will delay any new satellite launches by at least two-and-a-half years, causing a major setback to Israel's space program"
Category Archives: Jewish
Brooklyn, August 1991: “Within hours of the boy’s death, 250 rioters descended on a Jewish religious school and set its van on fire. Mobs marched through the streets shouting “death to the Jews,” smashing car windows, and beating Jewish pedestrians”
FREE BEACON Anti-Police Policies and Antisemitism That Fueled Riots 30 Years Ago Are on the Rise Again by Alana Goodman August 19, 2021 Thirty years ago, antisemitic mobs plundered the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn for three days, chanting Nazi … Continue reading
Jew v Jew: “Larry David publicly snubbed former friend Alan Dershowitz because he represented Trump. But when politics becomes a religious culture war, it’s no laughing matter”
JNS Two Cranky Old Jews Symbolize Everything That’s Wrong With Our Political Culture by Jonathan Tobin August 22, 2021 Apparently, two elderly, wealthy Jewish men aren’t speaking to each other anymore. Who cares? In theory, no one ought to. But … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Larry David
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“Jews may have expected toleration in return for good citizenship, but no sooner did they prove their worth than they were blamed for stealing success from others”
SAPIR JOURNAL The Allure of Powerlessness by Ruth R. Wisse Summer 2021 Two jews in a wagon are traveling along a narrow country road when suddenly their horse rears to a stop. A boulder is blocking their path. The Jews … Continue reading
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“Anti-Zionist activist and writer Peter Beinart recently revealed that he’d spoken privately to Ben and Jerry’s executives and encouraged their efforts on boycott decision”
FREE BEACON Former Ben and Jerry’s Employee Says Anti-Israel Activist Spoke to Board Ahead of Boycott Decision by Alana Goodman August 11, 2021 A former longtime Ben & Jerry’s employee said the company’s decision to boycott Israel was based on … Continue reading
“A caricature of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken published by the state-owned Xinhua news agency, which serves as the Chinese regime’s mouthpiece, has been slammed for its explicit use of antisemitic stereotypes”
ALGEMEINER Chinese Regime’s Mouthpiece Slammed for ‘Despicable’ Antisemitic Caricature of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken by Staff August 13, 2021 …A report about a meeting in Kuwait between Blinken and World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, Antony Blinken, China
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“While the law does not mention Jews, the Holocaust or World War II, it ensures that an administrative decision rendered more than 30 years ago could no longer be challenged”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Will Polish anti-restitution law permanently harm ties with Israel, Jewish community? by Dmitriy Shapiro, JNS and ILH Staff August 18, 2021 Despite international pressure to veto the bill, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a … Continue reading
“UNRWA has been under fire for incitement in teaching material at its schools and in employee social media posts”
JERUSALEM POST UNRWA to probe 10 staff members for anti-Israel hate speech by Tovah Lazaroff August 6, 2021 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) pledged to investigate 10 of its staff members for anti-Israel hate … Continue reading
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Tagged UN Watch, United Nations Refugee and Works Agency, UNRWA
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Artem Dolgopyat won Israel a Gold Medal, and in the process rekindled a long-simmering Israeli debate about what it means to be a Jew
DANIEL GORDIS SUBSTACK Might a gold medal not be his only legacy? August 9, 2021 Lev Paschov certainly never imagined that he would be buried twice. An Israeli soldier who had immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union through … Continue reading
Michael Oren: “The Arab revolts of the 1920s and ’30s demonstrated that Arab opposition to the Jewish presence in Palestine began well before the founding of Israel and was directed at all Jews, even the non-Zionist ultra-Orthodox”
TABLET MAG The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem by Michael Oren August 4, 2021 Israeli television’s latest hit, The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem, is melodramatic, plodding, predictable, and, by American standards at least, culturally inappropriate. It is also ahistorical and politically … Continue reading
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