Category Archives: Jewish

“Rabbis and liturgists are trying to find ways to honor personal loss and communal grief during Yizkor, the traditional memorial service”

JTA One year after Oct. 7, a Yom Kippur ritual of communal mourning takes on fresh meaning Andrew Silow-Carroll October 6, 2024 …Yom Kippur begins this year on Oct. 11, four days after the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 … Continue reading

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Oren: “Israel will retaliate against Iran and its venal proxies because defending our people from those who seek to massacre us is much of what our state is all about. Israel, at the risk of aggravating our allies, will survive”

CLARITY The View from Israel’s Universe Michael Oren October 5, 2024 …A truly proportionate response—hitting Tehran with the same 25,000 rockets and missives that Iran and its proxies have fired at us since October 7—would not, however, be acceptable to … Continue reading

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“Israel has never had a genocidal policy towards its Arab populations which have grown exponentially in Israel and in Judea and Samaria”

FRONT PAGE MAG Why Israel is Innocent of the Accusation of Genocide in Gaza. And where the moral responsibility for Palestinian suffering really lies. Jason D. Hill October 10, 2024 …Israel’s moral purpose in winning the war is to vanquish … Continue reading

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Heard from an imam at a Syrian mosque: “Thank Allah for the death of the oppressor Hassan Nasrallah”

GATESTONE Why Arabs Are Celebrating the Death of Hassan Nasrallah Bassam Tawil October 2, 2024 Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group in Lebanon who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on September 27, was often described … Continue reading

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Photo of Aziz Salha displaying his blood-soaked hands to mob was a defining image of the Second Intifada; IDF says he was targeted in Deir al-Balah

TIMES OF ISRAEL Palestinian infamous for 2000 lynching of soldiers in Ramallah killed in Gaza strike Emanuel Fabian October 3, 2024 The Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet said in a statement Thursday that they had killed Aziz Salha, … Continue reading

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“Indeed, ‘The Message’ may well be the most beautifully crafted blood libel ever published.”

WASHINGTON EXAMINER Israel: The racist protocols of Ta-Nehisi Coates David Harsanyi October 1, 2024 Ta-Nehisi Coates begins the Israeli-Palestinian section of his new book, The Message, with a visit to Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem. The excursion, taken on the last day … Continue reading

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Media lies have “helped incite hysteria and violent hatred against both Israel and diaspora Jews, and ramped up pressure on western governments to dump on Israel while giving Hamas an easy ride”

MELANIE PHILLIPS BLOG The Hamas Broadcasting Corporation September 30, 2024 …Now another very comprehensive report, “BBC coverage of the Israel-Hamas war”, has been published on the same issue. This one has been compiled and edited by the BBC’s former director … Continue reading

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Hersh Goldberg-Polin would have turned 24 this week

NBC CHICAGO Family of Hersh Goldberg-Polin remembers his legacy at start of Rosh Hashanah Regina Waldroup October 2, 2024 The family of slain Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin is remembering his legacy at the start of Rosh Hashanah, as the one-year … Continue reading

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“While acknowledging that Harris does not hate Israel, Trump emphasized that her failure to confront Iran’s aggressive actions, including its support for terrorist proxies, has emboldened the regime”

JPOST Harris may love Israel but she doesn’t hate Iran Shmuley Boteach September 24, 2024 Last week, at the IAC Conference in DC, former president Donald Trump made two comments that angered many American Jews. The first, let’s be clear, … Continue reading

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Patricia Heaton’s campaign is latest effort by non-Jews to employ Jewish ritual objects in a show of solidarity with Jews facing antisemitism

JTA Thousands of non-Jews order mezuzahs after a pro-Israel Christian puts one on her door in solidarity Jackie Hajdenberg September 25, 2024 A Jewish nonprofit that distributes mezuzahs has been deluged with thousands of requests after a Catholic sitcom actress … Continue reading

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