Category Archives: Jewish

“Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Tuesday called the US Justice Ministry’s decision to investigate Abu Akleh’s death “a serious mistake,” adding that Israel would not cooperate with it”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) FBI investigation of IDF ‘undermines the Pentagon’s own conclusions’ Yaakov Lappin November 17, 2022 A decision by the FBI to investigate the Israel Defense Forces over the May 11 death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu … Continue reading

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“For decades, left-wingers have been falsely claiming that Israel’s governments didn’t want peace and that the decisions of Israel’s voters should be either ignored or overridden by American governments that took up the cause of “saving Israel from itself.””

JNS Don’t apologize for Ben-Gvir or anything else about Israel Jonathan Tobin November 11, 2022 …As the leader of the Conservative movement of Judaism in Israel put it in Haaretz, having Smotrich and Ben-Gvir around the cabinet table won’t just impact life … Continue reading

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Trump: “You do have people in this country that happen to be Jewish that are not doing the right thing for Israel”

I24news Trump criticizes American Jews over U.S. midterm voting November 14, 2022 Former U.S. President Donald Trump slammed American Jews for “not doing the right thing for Israel” in last week’s midterms during his speech to the Zionist Organization of America … Continue reading

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“The controversial comedian walks a tightrope between ridiculing West and seeming to justify his anti-Jewish remarks”

JTA Dave Chappelle focuses ‘SNL’ monologue on ‘the Jews’ and Kanye West’s antisemitism controversy Andrew Silow-Carroll November 13, 2022 Hosting “Saturday Night Live” for the first time since he faced widespread criticism about jokes ridiculing transgender people, comedian Dave Chappelle … Continue reading

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“Privileged” whites and those labeled as “white adjacent” must accept a future where they will face ‘progressive bigotry’ until there’s complete racial parity in all areas of life”

CAMERA BLOG Woke Antisemitism: How a progressive ideology harms Jews Adam Levick November 16, 2022 The American linguist and political commentator John McWhorter coined the term “Woke Racism” to refer to the latest wave of elite, radical, ‘anti-racist’ campaigners who … Continue reading

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Clean Speech Illinois

CLEAN SPEECH ILLINOIS 2022 Our communities are torn apart by division and strife. The way we speak is both the problem and the solution. Clean Speech Illinois is a community-wide education and awareness campaign to unite us in the practice … Continue reading

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“If you haven’t been paying much attention to the #ADL lately and still imagine it as a paragon of the good fight against antisemitism, here’s a sizzle reel of #JonathanGreenblatt’s years in office”

TABLET MAG No More ADL: When it comes to Jews, the organization now does more harm than good Liel Leibovitz November 7, 2022 Pop quiz: Which of these two individuals do you find more problematic? Kyrie Irving, a kooky basketball … Continue reading

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“Sometimes, such as in the Al Sharpton-incited 1991 Crown Heights pogrom that killed Yankel Rosenbaum, this antisemitism bursts out into the open and has lethal consequences”

NEWSWEEK It’s Time to Talk About Antisemitism in the Black Community David Marcus November 4, 2022 There is no more dangerous third rail in American politics and journalism than antisemitism in the black community. It is an issue that has … Continue reading

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“The next time the Palestinians wring their hands about Israeli elections, the international community might remind them that it is Palestinian terrorism that drives the Israeli ballot-box results”

GATESTONE Palestinians Vote For Terrorists, Then Claim Israelis Are ‘Extremists’ Bassam Tawil November 7, 2022 Even before the final results of the latest Israeli general elections were announced, Palestinian leaders and officials were quoted as expressing deep concern and fear that the … Continue reading

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Spielberg’s star-studded autobiography is its acclaimed director’s genesis story “full of references Diaspora Jews will love”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Spielberg’s very Jewish memoir film ‘The Fabelmans’ is one of the best of his career Jordan Hoffman November 10, 2022 …“The Fabelmans,” in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on November 11, followed by the rest … Continue reading

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