“Putin was supposed to be the Good Tsar. Instead he has closed the Jewish Agency. And now tens of thousands of Jews fear being trapped in Russia”

Posted on August 5, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

COMMON SENSE
A New Iron Curtain Descends on Russia’s Jews
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt
August 9, 2022

Vladimir Putin was supposed to be The Good Tsar—the Russian president who, his KGB past notwithstanding, was a friend of the Jews. In Putin’s Russia, we could be billionaires and presidential advisers. We could go to shul. We could come and go as we pleased. My in-laws, Chief Rabbi Pinchas and Rebbetzin Dara Goldschmidt, were evidence of that. From 1993 until this year, my father-in-law was the chief rabbi of Moscow; my mother-in-law founded a Jewish school there…Since [March], more Jews have emigrated from Russia to Israel than they have from Ukraine. READ MORE

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“I shake my head in frustration at why so many left-wing Jewish Democrats are willing to abandon Israel and continue to vote blindly for their grandparents’ Democratic Party without demanding that it marginalize its anti-Israel extremists”

Posted on August 5, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

GATESTONE
Is the Jewish Democratic Council Really Jewish – or Just Democrats?
Alan M. Dershowitz
August 3, 2022

As President Joe Biden was returning from his productive trip to the Middle East, the Jewish Democratic Council was holding a fundraiser on Martha’s Vineyard to support Democratic candidates in the 2022 midterm elections and to help elect a Democratic president in 2024. Former President Bill Clinton and former Senator Hillary Clinton were the guests of honor and speakers, thus suggesting that this organization purports to represent mainstream Jewish Democrats…At this so-called “Jewish” event, there was no discussion of Israel, or the existential threat it faces as Iran comes closer to constructing a nuclear arsenal. Nor was there any discussion of the increasing anti-Semitism within the so-called “progressive” wing of the Democratic Party…READ MORE

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Israelis or Palestinians: Who’s More Tolerant?

Posted on August 5, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

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“Ben and Jerry’s speak with a forked tongue”

Posted on August 5, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

NEW YORK POST
Israeli students accuse Ben & Jerry’s of occupying tribal land in Vermont
Carl Campanile
August 9, 2022

Israeli students claim that ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s is “illegally” occupying land in Vermont that once belonged to a Abenaki native American tribe and should practice what it preaches and immediately evacuate the properties. A cheeky letter sent to B&J — signed by more than 1,000 Israeli students and academics affiliated with Students for Justice in America — accuses B&J of of hypocrisy. “We have concluded that your company’s occupation of the Abenaki lands is illegal and we believe it is wholly inconsistent with the stated values that Ben & Jerry’s purports to maintain…” READ MORE

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“President Joe Biden entered office determined to abrogate Trump’s foreign policy initiatives. That the Abraham Accords are the sole survivor is a testament to their logic and strength”

Posted on August 5, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

WASHINGTON JEWISH WEEK
How the Abraham Accords Took a Different Path
Michael Rubin
August 3, 2022

…Greenblatt also describe the evolution and logic of the Bahrain conference that unveiled a $50 billion investment plan for the Palestinians. The plan aimed for Palestinian viability without uprooting anyone from homes, something Greenblatt recognized would lead to civil unrest. Pundits ridiculed it and Palestinians ultimately boycotted, but they miscalculated. Both Arab states and Israel were serious about moving forward with or without the Palestinians. Simply put, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Sudan got tired of waiting. Greenblatt estimates they could sow $70 billion in new trade and investment over the next decade.The peace dividend could increase by an order of magnitude if other countries join in. READ MORE

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“The attacks on pro-Israel Professor Hill were launched even though leftist thinking dictates he should enjoy triple-protected status because he checks three boxes on the all-important intersectional checklist: he’s black, gay, and an immigrant”

Posted on August 5, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

FRONT PAGE MAG
Persecuting a Pro-Israel Scholar
Matthew Vadum
August 11, 2022

A white DePaul University professor mocked her black Jamaican-born colleague Jason D. Hill, claiming he came from a “shit-hole” country after Hill wrote an op-ed expressing support for the state of Israel. The smear may be shocking to some but it’s just another day on an American university campus nowadays. To the academic Left, supporting Israel is arguably the worst thing anyone can do. Backing the Jewish state is an unforgivable sin in their eyes. To these people, saying anything good about Israel is a crime against humanity. They believe that perpetrators of such thought crimes need to be made examples of and punished with the utmost severity. READ MORE

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The race in Michigan between progressive Levin and moderate Stevens caught the attention of both AIPAC and J Street PACs. AIPAC called Stevens’s Tuesday victory “monumental” for US-Israel relationship

Posted on August 4, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Rep. Haley Stevens defeats Rep. Andy Levin in Michigan Dem. primary
Haley Cohen, Omri Nahmias
August 3, 2022

In a critical Michigan primary featuring two incumbent Democratic members of Congress facing off, Rep. Haley Stevens defeated Andy Levin on Tuesday night in a heated race between Jewish and pro-Israel groups. The race between the progressive Levin, 61, who is Jewish, and the moderate Stevens, 38 – one-time cordial allies both first elected to the House in 2018 – caught the attention of political action committees (PACs) of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and J Street. In Tuesday’s primary for the Detroit area’s 11th District, the AIPAC-PAC backed Stevens, while J Street PAC backed Levin. READ MORE

JTA Jewish political dynasty ends as Rep. Haley Stevens ousts Rep. Andy Levin in Michigan Democratic primary Stevens’ decisive win concluded a bank-busting primary that attracted more than $4 million in pro-Israel outside spending to a face-off between two incumbents in the Detroit suburbs.

JNS AIPAC-backed congressional candidate in Michigan loses primary to multi-millionaire Democrat winner Thanedar, who ran for office for the first time in 2018 in a failed bid to get the Democratic nomination for governor of Michigan, has concerned Jewish organizations regarding his positions on Israel.

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“Footage shared on social media shows 62-year-old Bassam al-Saadi, who has bounced in and out of Israeli prisons for at least two decades, being dragged on the ground by Israeli forces in Jenin. Israel fears this might trigger a reaction from Gaza”

Posted on August 4, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

HAARETZ
With Islamic Jihad Leader’s Arrest, Israel Stops West Bank Threat but Risks Another in Gaza
Amos Harel
August 2, 2022

Islamic Jihad returned to the headlines Tuesday when Bassam al-Saadi, the head of the organization in the Jenin area, was arrested in an operation by the Border Police’s undercover unit; there was a heavy exchange of fire. An aide to Saadi was also arrested in the raid, and a 17-year-old was killed. Sources in the West Bank said he was a member of an armed unit. The incident prompted extraordinary precautionary measures in Israeli communities near Gaza amid fears of a possible retaliation on Israel launched from the Strip, which is controlled by Hamas. READ MORE

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Lufthansa “regrets the circumstances surrounding the decision to exclude Jewish passengers from the flight”

Posted on August 3, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

EUROPEAN JEWISH PRESS
German airline Lufthansa to appoint anti-Semitism manager after an incident with Jewish passengers at Frankfurt airport
Yossi Lempkowicz
August 3, 2022

Lufthansa Airlines will hire an anti-Semitism manager and adopt the International Human Rights Commission’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism after an incident that garnered international attention, in which more than 100 identifiably Jewish individuals were barred from a flight on May 4, The Jewish Chronicle reported. The passengers, many of whom were traveling individually, had been en route from New York to Budapest, Hungary, with a stopover in Frankfurt, Germany. Upon landing in Frankfurt, the Jewish individuals were denied permission to continue onboard the plane as some, according to the airline, had not followed proper mask-wearing protocols. READ MORE

STANDWITHUS StandWithUs Thanks Lufthansa Airlines for Adopting IHRA Definition To effectively identify and combat anti-Jewish bigotry, a consistent definition of antisemitism is imperative. StandWithUs is thankful to Lufthansa for joining the hundreds of other institutions that have already taken the crucial step of adopting the IHRA Definition. 

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Germany and US capitulate: Californian Jamshid Sharmahd faces execution for a crime the regime itself has admitted he did not commit

Posted on July 29, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

TABLET MAG
Iran Is About to Murder Another Journalist
Mariam Memarsadeghi
August 1, 2022

As the Biden administration still chases after Iran’s regime for a deal to curb its nuclear program, a longtime resident of California and dissident journalist, Jamshid (Jimmy) Sharmahd, may be executed for a crime the regime itself has admitted he did not commit. According to his daughter Gazelle Sharmahd, the execution is imminent. Sharmahd has broadcast into Iran for many years about the human rights violations of Iran’s regime and the people’s struggle for freedom. In July 2020, while he was on a layover in Dubai, he was kidnapped by agents of Iran’s regime and taken to Tehran, where he has since been imprisoned and brought out before cameras for seven show trial hearings, including his last on July 26. READ MORE

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