Category Archives: Jewish

“He is a committed Jew and pro-Israel advocate, and is smart as a whip. He is an extremely successful prosecutor”

JNS Iraq war veteran, grandson of Holocaust survivors Elan Carr tapped as anti-Semitism envoy by Jackson Richman February 4, 2019 After a 21-month-long vacancy awaiting the appointment of the U.S. State Department’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, the … Continue reading

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The late Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein founded the IFCJ in 1983 to “help build bridges between Christians and Jews, and as a source of support for Israel and Jews around the world”

JNS Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, stalwart promoter of ties between Jews and Christians, dies at 67 by Jackson Richman February 6, 2019 Israeli American Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, whose life goal was to promote a dialogue between Jews and Christians, died on … Continue reading

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Representative Omar: Have you ever called out Jordan for establishing Islam as the religion of the state?

FREE BEACON Singling Out the Jewish State by Aaron Kliegman January 31, 2019 There are 43 countries with official state religions and another 40 that give one religion preferential treatment over other faiths. Of the former group, 27 countries enshrine … Continue reading

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“With ground support from a big tent of vitriolic groups, it was Human Rights Watch that pressured Airbnb into boycotting Israel”

WASHINGTON EXAMINER Why has Human Rights Watch become an anti-Israel activist group? by Jonathan Schanzer and David May February 4, 2019 When Airbnb, the online lodging service, announced in November that it would ban Israeli listings in the disputed West … Continue reading

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For reporting on Henry Ford’s antisemitism, Dearborn mayor fires an editor

GATESTONE Double Standard for Historical Revisionism by Alan M. Dershowitz February 6, 2019 Imagine if an American city continued to celebrate a prominent businessman who had published newspapers and books advocating overt racism and racial discrimination against Black people. Imagine … Continue reading

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#SOTU “was one pro-Jewish speech”

COMMENTARY The State of the Union is Pro-Jewish by Abe Greenwald February 6, 2019 …Trump talked about a great many other things, but it’s remarkable the extent to which his speech acknowledged, celebrated, and urged on America’s doing right by … Continue reading

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“Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein says that views on Israeli sovereignty are changing and the idea of a Palestinian state is looking more and more like a pipe dream”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) ‘The next Knesset will apply Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria’ by Ariel Kahana February 1, 2019 …“The 21st Knesset will be the one to start applying Israeli sovereignty in Judea and Samaria,” he … Continue reading

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“Israel’s principal supporters in the US today are the evangelical Christians, whereas the Jewish community is utterly disunited and betraying its loyalty and obligations to the Jewish state”

JERUSALEM POST American Jewish leaders: Where are you? by Isi Leibler January 31, 2019 .. American Jews are free to support or oppose Trump, but they should do so as American citizens, not as Jews. If there is a case … Continue reading

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Prager U asks: What Do People Know About the Holocaust?

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“There’s a particularly sweet spot in the enormous technology deal Israel has just pulled off”

JERUSALEM POST Ireland’s obsessional hatred of Israel by Melanie Phillips February 1, 2019 …Over the next five years, the tech giant Intel will invest a whopping $11 billion in a new semiconductor fabrication plant in Israel. The investment will be … Continue reading

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