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Category Archives: Politics
“The Baltimore Police Department responded that no evidence had yet emerged to suggest that robbery was not the primary motive for the killing”
ALGEMEINER ‘Antisemitic Terrorists Murdered My Brother,’ Claims Sister of Israeli Shot Dead in Baltimore, as Police Say Motive Was Robbery by Staff May 5, 2021 The sister of an Israeli man who was shot dead in Baltimore on Sunday has … Continue reading
This beloved series explores themes related to intimacy, mental illness and searching for your soulmate
AISH Shtisel and Judaism: Three Themes in Season 3 by Ruchi Koval May 1, 2021 Season 3 is out, Shtisel fans, and if you’re anything like me, you devoured it just as quickly as you could. Shtisel, in case you’re … Continue reading
Bret Stephens: “Liberalism believes that truth tends to be many-shaded and complex. Anti-racism is a great simplifier. Good and evil. Black and white”
NEW YORK TIMES Race and the Coming Liberal Crackup by Bret Stephens April 26, 2021 …Morally and philosophically, liberalism believes in individual autonomy, which entails a concept of personal responsibility. The current model of anti-racism scoffs at this: It divides … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Lives Matter, Bret Stephens, critical race theory, Liberalism
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“Will Naftali Bennett give up his right-wing values and realize a one-time opportunity to become prime minister?”
ALGEMEINER The Naftali Bennett Riddle by Danielle Roth-Avneri April 30, 2021 One week before the deadline expires for Benjamin Netanyahu to either form a new government or return the mandate to President Rivlin, the prime minister appears to be at … Continue reading
Backlash over allegations that former Secretary of State John Kerry may have provided Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif inside information on Israeli military operations has sparked calls for investigation
JNS Former Israeli ambassadors say Kerry’s history of conflict with Israel lends weight to Iranian accusation by Dmitriy Shapiro April 29, 2021 John Kerry, who serves as U.S. special presidential envoy for climate in the Biden administration and was secretary … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Iran, Javad Zarif, John Kerry
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“University administrators do nothing or very little to address the pro-boycott activities of faculty, entire departments and student groups”
JNS Noting and confronting anti-Semitism among the ‘educated’ by Kenneth Levin April 27, 2021 A March 29 article in the online news magazine Tablet titled “Are Educated People More Anti-Semitic?” reported that a carefully crafted survey of Americans by authors Jay … Continue reading
“This problem, this abyss, this malaise at the heart of the republic’s democratic civilization, is something that we, the French people, must ponder and repair together”
TABLET MAG The Metaphysics of the Sarah Halimi Affair by Bernard-Henry Levy April 29, 2021 The killing of Sarah Halimi is much more than a snippet of local news. It is a major event. Let’s review what happened. We have … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, France, Kobili Traore, Paris, Sarah Halimi
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John Brennan–dispatcher of Predator drones and their Hellfire missiles–should understand that checkpoints are a non-violent even if unpleasant security measure”
CAMERA BLOG John Brennan, “Drone Warrior,” laments that the Jews use checkpoints by Gilead Ini April 28, 2021 …What motivated [John Brennan’s] confounding essay, which slams Israel’s checkpoints and security barrier but ignores the Palestinian violence that prompted them; that, … Continue reading
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