Category Archives: Jewish

EVENT StandWithUs and JUF’s Israel Education Center invite you to a Campus Crash Course on Israel

Wondering about the Israel climate on college campuses today? Join us to have your questions answered! Through interactive workshops you’ll learn about the most pressing topics facing students today including legal rights, free speech, and the intersection of social justice … Continue reading

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Radical departure in State Department reporting of “Occupied Territories”

JEWISH PRESS State Dept. Drops ‘Occupied Territories’ from Judea, Samaria, Gaza & Golan Heights in Annual Report by Hana Levi Julian March 13, 2019 For the first time ever, the U.S. State Department dropped the term “occupied territories” from its … Continue reading

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“AIPAC has finally realized that they cannot ignore half-a-million people living in Judea and Samaria”

JERUSALEM POST AIPAC to host first settler leader at U.S. policy conference by Tovah Lazaroff March 11, 2019 In what settlers hold is a historic first and a sign of the settlement movement’s growing acceptance among US Jewry, AIPAC has … Continue reading

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“I don’t doubt that Alan Dershowitz, Mort Klein, and other prominent Jewish leaders believed they could influence #Qatar to stop funding terrorism and recognize Israel’s right to exist”

THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR Qatar’s Image Makeover Isn’t Kosher by Paul Miller March 1, 2019 Earlier this month in Washington, a conference on “Qatar: U.S. Ally or Global Menace?” was so secretive due to security concerns that the carefully selected attendees … Continue reading

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“What appears to have been a woefully misguided attempt at humor turned into a national embarrassment for the Southern California city of Newport Beach”

NEW YORK POST Anne Frank’s stepsister says teens in swastika photo apologized by Associated Press March 8, 2019 …On Thursday, the stepsister of Anne Frank visited privately with students who attended the party and described an emotional meeting in which … Continue reading

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“Anti-Semitism currently comes from four groups: the left, the Islamic world, neo-Nazis and, in the United States, radicalized African-Americans”

JNS How anti-Semitism became unleashed in the West by Melanie Phillips March 7, 2019 …Of these, the left are the most important, as they control the levers of our culture. And the left are currently both incubators and facilitators of … Continue reading

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“In recent weeks, signs are growing of an imminent explosion in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as the Israeli elections in April draw near”

JERUSALEM CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS Jordan and the Palestinian Authority Seek to Sabotage the Trump Peace Plan by Yoni Ben Menachem March 6, 2019 …Meanwhile, at the Gaza border and in the West Bank there are worrisome signs of escalation, … Continue reading

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Thomas Friedman and Ilhan Omar agree: We both don’t like AIPAC

JEWISH JOURNAL Thomas Friedman Gets AIPAC Wrong by David Suissa March 8, 2019 …Apparently, in [Thomas] Friedman’s fantasy world, there’s no end to Aipac’s power. If only Aipac had taken on Netanyahu, if only they had attacked his right-wing policies … Continue reading

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The late Yechiel Eckstein helped “change the 2,000-year history where Christians were our biggest enemies, to the point that they are today, I would say, our greatest friends”

JERUSALEM POST No Holds Barred: How Christians went from enemies to best friends by Shmuley Boteach March 4, 2019 …But with the rise of American Evangelicals, a new movement was born, one that went back to Scripture to establish the … Continue reading

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Rep. Zeldin Votes No on Democrats’ Spineless, Watered-Down anti-Semitism Resolution

REAL CLEAR POLITICS Democrats’ Troubling Silence on Omar’s Anti-Semitism by Charles Lipson March 7, 2019 …The left’s antipathy to Israel has long been obvious on college campuses. Now, it is being voiced in Congress, and not just by Rep. Omar. … Continue reading

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