Category Archives: Jewish

“It has become clear that the Jewish Chronicle will not be able to survive the impact of the current coronavirus epidemic in its current form”

ALGEMEINER After Nearly 200 Years of Publication, Coronavirus Drives UK’s Main Jewish Newspaper Into Liquidation April 8, 2020 One of the world’s oldest Jewish newspapers announced that it was going into liquidation on Wednesday, with staff members learning on the … Continue reading

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California judge “called Plaintiff a ‘Jew Boy’ and made fun of his Jewish heritage loudly, in a demeaning and unwelcome manner”

JWEEKLY Lawsuit: judge called public defender ‘Jew boy,’ shoved him into Lake Shasta by Gabe Stutman April 7, 2020 A Jewish public defender in Humboldt County has filed a lawsuit alleging a judge verbally assaulted him during a camping trip, … Continue reading

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Schindler’s List inspired me to challenge extremism

CLARION PROJECT Jason Walter’s story: I was Radicalized Jason Walters self-radicalized and allied himself with the Dutch Jihadi group Hofstad Group, whose spiritual head Mohammed Bouyeri killed Dutch film producer and open critic of Islam Theo Van Gogh. Jason was … Continue reading

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“New York City punishes a councilman for stating a historical fact”

THE FEDERALIST Sorry You’re Offended, But ‘Palestine’ Does Not Exist by David Harsanyi April 2, 2020 In progressive America, an official elected in a predominantly Jewish district in the country’s largest city can be punished for asserting an indisputable historical … Continue reading

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“With families confined at home, country belts out Four Questions, traditionally sung by youngest member of household, asking ‘Why is this night different from every other night?”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Under Passover lockdown, thousands take to balconies to sing ‘Mah Nishtana’ by Staff April 8, 2020 Tens of thousands of Israelis, locked down by the government and separated from their families on Passover, came out to their … Continue reading

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“In the end, Israel was established not by Great Britain but by the Jews themselves. It was done against not only British opposition but an invasion from five Arab armies, including those of countries that owed their own existence to the plan executed by Churchill and Lawrence”

JEWISH REVIEW OF BOOKS Lawrence of Judea: T. E. Lawrence and the Deal of the Twentieth Century by Rick Richman Spring 2020 …But T.E. Lawrence [of Arabia] also supported Zionism. He and Chaim Weizmann were close friends, and they held … Continue reading

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“The sad truth, however, is that if announcements of Israeli scientists producing a coronavirus cure and/or vaccine along with, were made tomorrow, it would change no minds in the BDS movement”

JNS BDS co-founder: Israel should save us … and then die by Jonathan Tobin April 7, 2020 Advocates of Israel have always liked to joke that supporters of the BDS movement shouldn’t be selective about their efforts to convince the … Continue reading

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“A bestselling and controversial book when first published in Lithuania, “Our People” has undermined many convenient truths that Lithuanians have told themselves about their nationalistic heroes”

JEWISH JOURNAL Lithuania’s Hidden Holocaust and the Writers Who Revealed It by Michael Berenbaum April 3, 2020 “Our People: Discovering Lithuania’s Hidden Holocaust” is a powerful, poignant and painful exploration of the murder by bullets of Lithuanian Jews by Lithuanian … Continue reading

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UK’s new Labor leader “immediately apologizes to Jews for anti-Semitism in ranks, vows to ‘tear out this poison’; his wife comes from a Jewish family, has relatives in Tel Aviv”

TIMES OF ISRAEL After Corbyn, UK Labour elects Keir Starmer, Zionist with Jewish wife, as leader by Staff and AFP April 4, 2020 Britain’s main opposition Labour party on Saturday said that Keir Starmer had been elected as its new … Continue reading

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Zoom Seders: “In bold ruling, some Israeli religious authorities say use of technology permissible because it allows families to celebrate together during time of crisis”

TIMES OF ISRAEL 14 Sephardic Orthodox rabbis say Passover Seder can be held via videoconference by Nathan Jeffay March 25, 2020 In what may be one of the boldest rulings issued on technology in recent years, several Sephardic Orthodox rabbis … Continue reading

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