Category Archives: Jewish

In the role he would be best remembered for, Topol played Tevye on and off through 2009

NEW YORK POST Chaim Topol, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ actor, dead at 87 David Russell March 9, 2023 Chaim Topol, the Academy Award-nominated actor who notably portrayed Tevye in the 1971 film “Fiddler on the Roof,” died at 87 years … Continue reading

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“Wikipedia’s Intentional Distortion of the History of the Holocaust” (another reminder that Wikipedia articles are not always reliably accurate)

JTA Wikipedia’s ‘Supreme Court’ tackles alleged conspiracy to distort articles on Holocaust Asaf Elia-Shalev February 28, 2023 When a pair of professors earlier this month published a paper accusing a group of Wikipedia editors from Poland of revising articles to … Continue reading

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Why did the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations violate the purpose of its leadership mission by refusing to give podiums to Israeli leaders at the forefront of promoting the judicial, anti-terror and other reforms?

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Cancel culture comes to the Conference of Presidents Morton A. Klein March 1, 2023 …It is painful for me to report that the Conference of President’s directors violated the leadership mission’s purpose, by refusing … Continue reading

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U.S. support for demonstrations in Tel Aviv isn’t about the future of Israel’s judiciary. It’s about handcuffing Israel while Iran gets the bomb.

TABLET MAG Biden Sets Israel on Fire Lee Smith March 2, 2023 Is the current Israeli government truly on the verge of an authoritarian turn? No, of course not. The mass protests and over-the-top rhetoric from Israel’s domestic opposition, Joe … Continue reading

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Has Biden ever called on Palestinians to compensate Israeli victims?

JNS US expects Israel to ensure ‘full accountability’ for Huwara riot February 28, 2023 The U.S. administration said on Monday that it expects Israel to prosecute those who participated in the Huwara riot following the murder of two Israeli siblings … Continue reading

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Gonzalez’s call for justice heard before US Supreme Court, in case alleging that Google is liable for algorithmic amplification of terrorist content on YouTube

NEW YORK POST How Israeli fight against online terrorism led to SCOTUS Section 230 case Michael Starr February 24, 2023 …In 2015, the so-called knife intifada erupted in Israel. As the name of the yearlong wave of violence suggests, the … Continue reading

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Montgomery County, MD: “He has also seen Jewish and Israeli students verbally attacked and ridiculed for being Jewish”

ALGEMEINER Firsthand Account: Antisemitism Comes to Classrooms in the Suburbs Shawn A. Muchnick and Morgan P. Muchnick February 27, 2023 As a high school student and parent within the Montgomery County public school (MCPS) system in Maryland — one of … Continue reading

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Just as in Top Gun:Maverick: “To accomplish their mission, the pilots needed to take their planes dangerously beyond the maximum distance specified by the manufacturer. But the mission was a complete success, and all the pilots returned home safely”

MOSAIC The Whys and Wherefores of Hollywood’s Israel Distortions Rick Richman February 23, 2023 …[Samuel] Goldman does not discuss Top Gun: Maverick—a truly great movie that presented an Israeli story without mentioning Israel—but Hollywood could have presented its American hero while … Continue reading

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“Louis Farrakhan and Kanye West have actually been publicly connected for years, with West referring to him as “sensei” in one of his songs”

FRONT PAGE MAG Anti-Semitism is First and Utmost a Danger to America and its Values. Heed our warnings. Adam Milstein March 1, 2023 In recent years, the threat against American Jews, and consequently the American people, has been mounting. Per … Continue reading

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Many Muslims see Israel as a leader in the battle against tyranny and jihad.

JNS Three Muslims and a settler Yishai Fleisher February 14, 2023 …At no point did she seem to mind that I was a Jew, an Israeli and a “settler” who works in Hebron. All that mattered was that I was … Continue reading

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