Category Archives: Jewish

After 2023, surely no one will deny that Western civilisation is under threat from without and within

SPIKED ONLINE The unholy alliance between wokeism and barbarism Brendan O’Neill December 29, 2023 My favourite story about Spinoza concerns the time he lost his cool. A philosopher, a Jew and history’s finest defender of Enlightenment, Spinoza was normally a … Continue reading

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Flight crew complained that passengers who switched seats made them uncomfortable

FORWARD Passengers accuse JetBlue of antisemitism after Orthodox Jews ordered off plane Beth Harpaz January 2, 2024 Three Orthodox passengers were ordered off a New Year’s Eve red-eye flight from California to New York after they changed seats. “My inflight … Continue reading

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Sergeant First Class (res.) Joseph Gitarts wrote in a letter his parents received after his death: ‘I lived a good and interesting life, I wasn’t afraid of death; I made this choice myself and followed it through to the end; I fell with honor for the sake of my people, I have no regrets’

YNET ‘I gave it all, I have no regrets’: The letter a fallen IDF soldier left for his parents Adam Kutub December 26, 2023 “I could have chosen not to come here and hide. But that goes against everything I … Continue reading

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Soldiers who killed Israeli hostages to remain in Gaza

JPOST IDF takes no action against soldiers who killed Gaza hostages Yonah Jeremy Bob December 28, 2023 The IDF announced on Thursday that it will not take any current action against soldiers who mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages on December … Continue reading

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If UNRWA were not there, Hamas would have been forced to fill the vacuum and, for example, build hospitals and schools and find solutions to economic hardship, including unemployment and poverty

GATESTONE How UNWRA Grooms Terrorists Bassam Tawil December 26, 2023 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) was originally a small agency mandated to provide basic humanitarian relief for Palestinians, including a vote for renewal every three years. Seventy-three … Continue reading

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Alice Walker, author of “The Color Purple,” in the mid-2010s began promoting works by an antisemitic conspiracy theorist and authored an antisemitic poem of her own

JTA As ‘Color Purple’ adaptation hits theaters, Alice Walker’s antisemitism returns to spotlight Andrew Lapin December 23, 2023 …But even as the reputation of “The Color Purple” has soared over the decades, Walker’s own has become more muddled — specifically … Continue reading

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Tailoring, matchmaking, jogging: Israelis are finding quirky and unusual ways to pitch in to aid those affected by the events of October 7 and the ongoing battle in Gaza

ISRAEL 21C 12 unusual ways Israelis are volunteering during the war Abigail Klein Leichman December 27, 2023 The Hamas attacks on October 7 unleashed a tsunami of death and destruction on the Israeli people. But it also unleashed a tsunami … Continue reading

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Would College Students Donate to Support the Killing of Jews?

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Bradley Cooper and his cast shine in ‘Maestro,’ a film about the life of Leonard Bernstein

TABLET MAG The Schnoz Judith Miller December 17, 2023 …At its core, Maestro is a love story, not dissimilar in some respects to that of Cooper’s directorial debut, the 2018 remake of A Star Is Born. In both films, Cooper … Continue reading

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Between his mic drop moments and fiery rebuttals of skeptical interviewers, Eylon Levy is learning to master TikTok and confronting Hamas supporters on social media

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel’s newest, British-born international spokesperson is raising some eyebrows Avner Hofstein December 20, 2023 …When Levy was asked about his tweet calling participants in the anti-Israel protest movement in London “rape apologists,” Levy, 32, decided to shake … Continue reading

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