Category Archives: Politics

“With the advent of “intersectionality,” Jewish students must pass an Israel litmus test to prove their commitment to social justice”

ALGEMEINER BDS and ‘Intersectionality’ — a Match Made in Hell by Ziva Dahl March 16, 2016 Have you heard of “intersectionality,” the latest strategy of Israel-haters who, like Alice in Lewis Carroll’s classic, reside in a “looking-glass world,” where clocks … Continue reading

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Ways of the left: If you don’t like what somebody has to say, don’t listen respectfully, just shut them down. And come up with a catchy name too.

JEWISH PRESS Leftwing Jewish Groups Unite to Block Trump’s AIPAC Speech by JNi Media March 17, 2016 A group called “Come Together Against Hate” has formed, apparently, for the sole purpose of preventing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from appearing … Continue reading

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Good news in Israel

IMRA Some things that make me optimistic about Israel by Dr Aaron Lerner March 16, 2016 Last week I wrote “Excerpts from my worry list” and someone quipped that they hope I would share my second list as well. And there … Continue reading

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“Throughout Jewish history, Jewish continuity and survival have been rooted in Torat Yisrael, Eretz Yisrael and Am Yisrael”

JERUSALEM POST The tragic state of American Jewry by Caroline Glick March 14,2016 …Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, and with the rise of secularism in the US generally and among American Jewry in particular, Zionism … Continue reading

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Senator Kirk’s challenge in the upcoming election

PJ MEDIA The Top Five Most Vulnerable GOP Senate Seats by Richard Baehr March 15, 2016 …Kirk will almost certainly square off with Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, who is expected to easily win [and she did] the Democratic primary in Illinois … Continue reading

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“Trump is crude and politically clueless, but no more so than the Clintons, Sanders — or Obama”

NATIONAL REVIEW Time to Calm Down about Trump by Victor David Hanson March 15, 2016 Donald J. Trump thus far has not shown that he has the level-headedness to be president. He has no political ideology and could just as … Continue reading

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#FantasticLies: What percentage of people today know the Duke Lacrosse rape case was a hoax ? [VIDEO]

WASHINGTON EXAMINER Ten years after Duke Lacrosse rape hoax, media has learned nothing by Ashe Schow March 14, 2016 It’s now been 10 years since members of the Duke University lacrosse team hired two strippers for a party and were … Continue reading

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With win over Nancy Rotering, Brad Schneider to challenge incumbent Congressman Bob Dold

HP PATCH Brad Schneider Defeats Nancy Rotering in 10th District U.S. Congress Democratic Primary by Tim Moran March 15, 2016 Former Illinois 10th District U.S. Congressman Brad Schneider, D-Deerfield will have a chance to take on incumbent Bob Dold yet … Continue reading

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HP School District 112 Referendum Goes Down: ‘No’ votes out-pace ‘Yes’ votes by more than a 2-to-1 margin

HP PATCH District 112 Voters Reject Referendum by Tim Moran March 15, 2016 Voters in North Shore School District 112 overwhelmingly [2-1 margin] voted down a bond issue that would have called for a reconfiguration of the school system and … Continue reading

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“Sanders isn’t alone in trying to rehabilitate an ideology that is so frequently driven to murder and oppression in order to “liberate” the world from the shackles of capitalism that it is quite obviously a feature of the system and not a bug”

COMMENTARY Making Communism Great Again by Noah Rothman March 11, 2016 Writing in COMMENTARY, the columnist Ben Domenech recently identified a curious phenomenon. American political actors on the left, he observed, are engaged in a morally hazardous effort to rehabilitate socialism. … Continue reading

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