Category Archives: Politics

“Bernie Sanders is not quite Jewish. He’s Jew-ish — a non-practicing, anti-Israel, kinda, sorta Hebrew”

NEW YORK POST If you’re Jewish, don’t vote for Bernie Sanders by Andrea Peyser April 10, 2016 …Sanders was the only presidential candidate, Democrat or Republican, to skip the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s Policy Conference in Washington, DC, last … Continue reading

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“In recent years American Jews have let go of both ancient communal memory and recent political memory. No wonder they’re now letting go of Israel”

MOSAIC How American Jews Have Detached Themselves from Jewish Memory by Daniel Gordis April 11, 2016 Elliott Abrams is clearly correct in asserting both that American Jews are moving away from support of Israel and that this tectonic shift is … Continue reading

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“From Abbas’s standpoint, this is his way of both thwarting his rivals in Hamas and securing his Fatah party’s hold on the Palestinian Authority once he is gone”

REUTERS With new decree, Palestinian leader tightens grip by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ali Sawafta April 11, 2016 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has quietly established a constitutional court that analysts say concentrates more power in his hands and may allow him … Continue reading

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Will he be on Hillary’s foreign policy team ?

PJ MEDIA Clinton Campaign Panel Includes Controversial Muslim Leader Who Fingered Israel for 9/11 Attacks by Patrick Poole April 10, 2016 A highly controversial Muslim leader appeared on a panel with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Los Angeles last … Continue reading

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Obama: Destroying the black community for fun and profit

FRONT PAGE MAG Everything is racist, Everything must be controlled by Daniel Greenfield April 8, 2016 There are two ways to look at the problems of the black community. Either there’s something wrong within the community. Or America is racist. The … Continue reading

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One more schedule change from ArchitectGuy

In my ongoing quest for balance between life and this project, I’m cutting back one more day, this time losing the Monday AM edition (which I currently spend part of each Sunday preparing).  Going forward, I’ll be emailing three issues per week: … Continue reading

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At Rabbi Brant Rosen’s Chicago synagogue, it’s OK for “non-Zionist” Jews to abandon the messy cause of Israel

TIMES OF ISRAEL Why Millennials flock to Chicago’s non-Zionist synagogue by Amy K. Rosenthal April 8, 2016 Anna Goldberger, a social worker in her 30s with dark hair and dark intelligent eyes, is looking for a community of Jewish people … Continue reading

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Yet another UN project funding organizations which demonize the Jewish state

NGO MONITOR UN OCHA Coordinates Anti-Israel Demonization April 7, 2016 Abusing its mandate of neutrality and impartiality, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA-oPt) is responsible for coordinating a highly political and biased NGO network in … Continue reading

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“J Street, in fact, no longer holds an annual conference. Having attended last year’s J Street big event, I can tell you that the tumbleweeds rolling in the halls spoke to its attendance numbers” [VIDEO]

AMERICAN SPECTATOR Donald Trump Brings out the Worst in J Street by Paul Miller April 7, 2016 Most Americans perceive Donald Trump as a talking car-crash. You don’t like what you hear or see, but you’re unable to look away. … Continue reading

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Royce on #IranDeal : “Congress should make clear that until the Iranian regime drops its illicit missile program and funding of terrorism, it won’t receive another dime of sanctions relief”

WASHINGTON POST The United States must not aid and abet Iranian money laundering by Ed Royce April 5, 2016 Iran has yet to see the economic growth it wants from President Obama’s nuclear deal, and it’s demanding additional concessions — … Continue reading

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