Category Archives: Jewish

Next up on Netflix, “this Swiss movie seems to deride both Judaism and women in equal measure”

HEY ALMA Netflix’s ‘The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch’ is a Misogynistic Dumpster Fire by Lior Zaltzman November 5, 2019 The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch, Switzerland’s submission to the Academy awards and the Jewiest movie to hit Netflix in a long … Continue reading

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A cautionary tale: Jews and Arabs lived together under a single administration in Mandatory Palestine for 28 years and it was a catastrophe.

JERUSALEM POST The Delusional One-State Solution by Matthew Mainen November 4, 2019 As widespread protests plunge Lebanon into political crisis mode once again, we are reminded that multi-ethnic democracies in the Middle East aren’t exactly a model of good governance. … Continue reading

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Chicago area Jews and Jewish facilities surveilled by Iranian regime; indictment doesn’t identify targets

TIMES OF ISRAEL 2 Iranians accused of spying on Jewish, Israeli targets in US plead guilty by Staff November 6, 2019 Two Iranians who were charged with collecting information on Israeli and Jewish targets in the US and on opponents … Continue reading

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“The BDS movement was established in part by major Palestinian terrorist organizations as a “non-military” way to eradicate Israel”

REUTERS Israel’s top court upholds deportation of Human Rights Watch official November 5, 2019 Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a government decision not to renew the work visa of a Human Rights Watch official and he will have to … Continue reading

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“The New Israel Fund is seeking to create an alternative to Federations by allowing donors to give money to exactly the kind of groups that mainstream philanthropies want no part of”

JNS New Israel Fund’s war on Jewish life by Jonathan S. Tobin November 4, 2019 According to the Forward, the rationale for the New Israel Fund’s push to create an alternative philanthropic system can be explained by what a Philadelphia psychologist named … Continue reading

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Joe Lieberman: “Bipartisan American support for Israel is not collapsing, but it’s changing and there are parts of the American political spectrum where support for Israel is dearly diminishing”

JERUSALEM POST Joe Lieberman: I see storm clouds gathering on US support for Israel by Rossella Tercatin November 2, 2019 With Democratic presidential hopefuls including Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders threatening to withhold American aid to Israel, former … Continue reading

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PA government declares Palestinians “fell victim to the greed of colonialism, expansion and ethnic cleansing” as a result of the Balfour Declaration”

JERUSALEM POST Palestinians call on Britain to apologize for Balfour Declaration by Khaled Abu Toameh November 2, 2019 Palestinians on Saturday marked the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration by calling on Britain to apologize for the 1917 pledge supporting the … Continue reading

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Biden’s “denunciation of threats to cut Israel aid was great, but it’s far from clear that the fading establishment champion can best his party’s increasingly dominant left wing”

JNS Can Joe Biden save the day for pro-Israel Democrats? by Jonathan S. Tobin November 1, 2019 After a week in which attacks on Israel by Democratic presidential candidates dominated discussion at the J Street conference, Joe Biden finally gave … Continue reading

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Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe was gifted the musical menorah by Arthur Miller’s parents, following her marriage to the playwright and conversion to Judaism

JEWISH NEWS Marilyn Monroe’s menorah expected to fetch £100K at auction by Francine Wolfisz October 31, 2019 Marilyn Monroe’s personal menorah, which features a wind-up mechanism playing Israel’s national anthem, is expected to fetch up to $150,000 (£115,000) when it … Continue reading

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The Islam Nation of Palestine won’t be what they’re telling us

QUILLETTE Palestine Misunderstood by Petra Marquardt-Bigman October 31, 2019 …A Pew survey from 2013 of almost 40,000 Muslims in 39 countries found that Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza were often among the Muslim populations with the most extreme … Continue reading

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