Category Archives: Jewish

ADL attack on Kavanaugh nomination “latest instance of how Jonathan Greenblatt has turned the venerable anti-Semitism watchdog into a partisan outfit”

JNS Whatever happened to the ADL? by Jonathan Tobin July 13, 2018 When Jonathan Greenblatt replaced Abe Foxman as national director of the Anti-Defamation League in 2015, the shift from a career Jewish professional to a veteran Democratic Party operative … Continue reading

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EVENT StandWithUs Chicago First Ever Campus Crash Course

StandWithUs Chicago Campus Crash Course Sunday August 5, 2018, 10am – 1 pm North Shore Congregation Israel 1185 Sheridan Road, Glencoe, IL This an opportunity to strengthen your knowledge of Israel, develop the skills and confidence you seek when discussing … Continue reading

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“No longer taboo, harsh approbation of the Jewish state is now common among up and coming progressives running for office, putting liberal Zionists in turmoil”

JTA Jewish Democrats contend with a wave of progressives who criticize Israel by Charles Dunst July 10, 2018 …The [Bernie] Sanders effect According to a Pew Research Center survey, the percentage of Democrats saying they sympathize more with Israel than … Continue reading

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“David Brog, head of the Maccabee Task Force, says a savvy action plan, lots of money and a focus on empowering (almost) all pro-Israel students are gradually ‘taking back the quad'”

TIMES OF ISRAEL How Sheldon Adelson just might be turning the tide against BDS on US campuses by David Horovitz July 8, 2018 In the academic year that just ended, Sheldon Adelson’s Maccabee Task Force, set up to battle anti-Israel … Continue reading

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EVENT “When the Smoke Clears” from Jerusalem U to be screened locally for Tisha B’Av

THE JEWISH VOICE New Documentary Highlights Plight of Wounded IDF Veterans as PTSD Day is Observed June 27, 2018 Following the international launch of the film When The Smoke Clears: A Story of Brotherhood, Resilience and Hope on Israel’s Memorial … Continue reading

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“The Palestinian national movement denies Israel’s legitimacy, and Israel in turn denies the Palestinians’ national sovereignty. A new book insists on accommodating both”

NATIONAL REVIEW Both Sides Now: A Review of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor by Brian Stewart July 7, 2018 …Yossi Klein Halevi is the author of the new book Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor. In it, he offers a heartfelt … Continue reading

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Claude Lanzmann, “Shoah” filmmaker “died Thursday at 92, railed against the ‘Polish lobby’ undercutting his groundbreaking Holocaust work that tarnished the narrative of Polish victimhood”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Long before Israel, Claude Lanzmann stirred Poland’s wrath by Marissa Newman July 5, 2018 Claude Lanzmann was mostly amused by the “truckloads of calumny” unloaded across the front pages of the livid Polish press after the 1985 … Continue reading

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#JewishVoiceForPeace has “gone academic with its first book, deceptively titled On Anti-Semitism”

THE TOWER “The Jewish Voice for Palestine”: A Review of JVP’s “On Anti-Semitism” by A.J. Caschetta July 5, 2018 …The book’s subtitle, Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice, is as misleading as its title. The JVP isn’t really interested in … Continue reading

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“Critics say the joint Polish-Israeli agreement downplays the role of many Poles who willingly cooperated with the Nazis”

ARUTZ SHEVA Bennett: Joint statement with Poland a disgrace by Shlomo Pyutrikovsky July 7, 2018 Education Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday referred to the joint statement by the prime minister and Polish prime minister about the Polish role the Holocaust…Bennett noted, “The … Continue reading

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BDS activist Ariel Gold: “I am in the Tel Aviv airport getting deported”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Israel denies entry to Jewish-American boycott ‎activist by Shimon Yaish, News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff July 2, 2018 Israel on Monday denied entry to a Jewish-American ‎activist for advocating the boycott of the … Continue reading

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