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#BretStephens: “In the humorless world of Woke, the satire is never funny and the statute of limitations never expires, even when it comes to hamantaschen”.

NEW YORK TIMES Woke Me When It’s Over by Bret Stephens February 22, 2021 In 2015, Bon Appétit ran an article by the food writer Dawn Perry about hamantaschen, the triangular cookies that are a tradition during the Jewish festival of … Continue reading

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“A Holocaust survivor tells a fellow shopper she only eats that jam because company’s owners saved her family from the Nazis, but secretive French family isn’t commenting”

FORWARD Is Bonne Maman the anti-Nazi jam? The internet wants to think so by Gabe Friedman and Philissa Cramer February 18, 2021 The heartwarming story has been hard to miss: A law professor is shopping at his local grocery store … Continue reading

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“For a people who have been subject to centuries of extraordinary persecution grounded in raw-Jew-hatred, many have no doubt that the extra attention and criticism heaped on Israel is grounded in antisemitism”

JEWISH JOURNAL Jews, Beware of Double Standards for Political Points by Micha Danzig February 17, 2021 For the approximately 90% of the Jews in the world who support and love the state of Israel, it is no mystery that Israel, the Jewish people’s … Continue reading

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#BrookeGoldstein #EndJewHatred: Stand up against systemic Jew-hatred in academia

We demand a world without Jew hatred and anti-Jewish discrimination. We are a civil rights movement dedicated to ensuring Jewish liberation from centuries of persecution, and achieving justice for the Jewish people through peaceful direct action. End Jew Hatred

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“Limbaugh popularized conservatism with wicked and sometimes abusive humor. Is abhorrence of his worst comments more important than support for Israel? Or is this really about partisanship?”

JNS The Jewish debate about Rush Limbaugh by Jonathan Tobin February 18, 2021 In this most partisan moment in living memory, everything— including and perhaps most especially—the deaths of famous people, are perceived through a political lens and provide fodder … Continue reading

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Bibi: “Joe Biden is my personal friend for 40 years,” believes Biden will advance further peace agreements between Israel and Arab and Muslim states

JERUSALEM POST Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with President Joe Biden by Lahav Harkov February 18, 2021 US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone on Wednesday, nearly a month after Biden entered office. Netanyahu … Continue reading

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“It could even bring Iran closer to the State of Israel. It just shows how sport can unite and break down barriers”

I24NEWS Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei expected in Israel for Grand Slam in Tel Aviv February 14, 2021 Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei, who fled his country after speaking out against the regime more than a year ago, is due to land … Continue reading

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“So, before Israel gets further lectures on what needs to be done, perhaps we should take stock of what’s transpired — and why”

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL The ‘If only Israel syndrome’ by David Harris Febrary 9, 2021 “If Only Israel (IOI) syndrome,” a term I began using several years ago, is the misguided notion, peddled in the name of Israel’s “best interests” … Continue reading

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“President Joe Biden has made a flurry of phone calls to American allies around the world. There has been one notable omission”

NBC NEWS Biden hasn’t called Israel’s Netanyahu yet, raising fears of a frosty four years to come by Raf Sanchez February 11, 2021 In his first three weeks in office, President Joe Biden has made a flurry of phone calls to American allies … Continue reading

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#Antisemitic violence and threats originate across political spectrum: “white supremacists, extreme anti-Zionists and marginal black nationalist groups alike”

ALGEMEINER Jews ‘Taking Ownership of Their Own Security’ Is Key to Countering Antisemitic Threat in US, Top Community Official Argues by Ben Cohen February 11, 2021 Over the space of less than three years, the challenge of securing Jewish communities … Continue reading

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