The Supreme Court rules that Maine cannot exclude religious schools from a program that gives private school funding to parents in areas without public schools

Posted on June 17, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JEWISH INSIDER
Supreme Court strikes down restrictions on public funding of religious schools
Marc Rod
June 22, 2022

The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday against restrictions excluding religious schools from programs that allow public funding of private schools, the latest in a series of victories for religious schooling advocates at the high court in recent years. Carson v. Makin hinged on a Maine law that provided families in rural areas without local public schools with funding to attend private schools or nearby public schools, but excluded “sectarian” schools. The court struck down this restriction in a 6-3 decision authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, with the court’s three liberals dissenting…Rabbi Abba Cohen, Agudath Israel’s vice president for government affairs, said in a statement that the ruling should allow other states with provisions in their state constitutions blocking aid to religious organizations to “effectively feel free to now enact programs that encourage or provide assistance to religious schools on an equal basis with other nonpublic schools.” READ MORE

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“None of the questions will be answered because none will be asked because the committee’s role is not inquiry but confirmation of a useful narrative”

Posted on June 17, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
What the January 6 Committee Might Have Been
June 16, 2022

A real investigation would have ignited argumentation, cross-examination, and disagreements— the sort of give-and-take for which congressional committees are famous. In contrast, the January 6 show trial features no dissenting views. Its subtext was right out of the Soviet minister of Internal Affairs Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria’s credo: “Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime”. <Its slick Hollywood-produced optics demonstrate that the committee has no interest in inconvenient facts. Why did a Capitol officer lethally shoot a petite unarmed woman entering a Capitol window? And why was the officer’s identity and, indeed all information about his record, withheld from the public? READ MORE

REAL CLEAR POLITICS Charles Lipson: November 3, January 6, and Mounting Threats to Democracy So far, the House committee investigating Jan. 6 has presented no evidence that Trump was directly connected to the mob’s invasion of the Capitol Building. That failure is important. But what they have shown is also important. Their witnesses have made it clear that the angry crowd, assembled on the National Mall at Trump’s invitation, was incited by the president’s rousing speech and proceeded to march to the Capitol, as he implored them to do.

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Al Jazeera says the photo for the first time shows the type of ammunition used to kill Palestinian correspondent

Posted on June 16, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Al Jazeera obtains photo of bullet that killed Abu Akleh, funeral misconduct revealed
June 17, 2022

An image of the bullet used to kill Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has been obtained by the network following an investigation, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday. The photograph for the first time shows the type of ammunition used to kill the longtime Palestinian correspondent in the West Bank last month, the network said. Al Jazeera reported that the bullet, extracted from her head, has a green tip. A Palestinian official told the network the government will keep the bullet for further investigation. Police acted with misconduct when beating the pallbearers at the funeral for Abu Akleh, who was killed days earlier during an IDF operation in the West Bank city of Jenin. READ MORE

AL JAZEERA Al Jazeera obtains image of bullet that killed its journalist The green-tipped bullet was analysed using 3D models and, according to experts, it was 5.56mm calibre – the same used by Israeli forces. The round was designed and manufactured in the United States, experts said.

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“The Mapping Project, a Boston-area pro-Palestinian pro-BDS activist collective targeting Israel, is using its map to draw literal links between dozens of area Jewish groups, universities, foundations, police departments and other organizations”

Posted on June 10, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JTA
Boston Jews say a pro-Palestinian group’s map of local ‘Zionist leaders and powerhouse NGOs’ is a guide to antisemitism
Andrew Lapin
April 8, 2022

A Jewish arts group. A Jewish high school. A Jewish newspaper. A synagogue network. A major Jewish philanthropy that directs funds to mental health, homelessness prevention and refugee resettlement initiatives. These are a few of the locations on a dense interactive map of “Zionist leaders and powerhouse NGOs” in Massachusetts created by an activist group that says it aims to expose “local institutional support for the colonization of Palestine” and reveal how support for Zionist causes is a nexus point for various “other harms” in society, ranging from gentrification to the prison-industrial complex to ableism. READ MORE

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#UNHumanRightsCouncil has a mandate not just to compile alleged human-rights abuses but to concoct a body of so-called evidence to buttress broader antisemitic efforts to label racist the very notion of a Jewish state”

Posted on June 10, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

NEW YORK POST
The UN continues Israel-bashing after Biden promised to stop it
Richard Goldberg
June 15, 2022

When the Biden administration last year reversed its predecessor’s decision to abandon the UN Human Rights Council, Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged his team would use diplomatic engagement to stop its focus on delegitimizing Israel. That promise remains unfulfilled — and the administration stands on the verge of complicity in UN-sponsored anti-Semitism. If US diplomats can’t put an end to the council’s anti-Semitic circus in Geneva this month, Congress should put an end to US participation in the council. After Hamas terrorists rained down thousands of rockets on Israeli civilians last year, forcing the democratically elected Israeli government to respond militarily to defend its citizens, the Human Rights Council voted to establish a commission of inquiry into Israel. READ MORE

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“While a new survey shows strong American support for Israel, the younger generation is far more hostile”

Posted on June 10, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
Israel and the US: Danger just around the corner
Shuki Friedman
June 13, 2022

A strong U.S. relationship with Israel depends on broad support for the Jewish state among American citizens. At first glance, a survey published a few days ago by the Pew Research Center shows that American support for Israel is adequate and has even increased slightly. A closer look, however, reveals a far less rosy future. Support for Israel among the younger generation of Americans is declining and support for the Palestinians is on the rise. To maintain the existentially necessary strategic backing of the United States, Israel must address the challenge of this eroding support among young Americans before they become tomorrow’s leaders and turn their backs on the Jewish state. READ MORE

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“New employees hired by Ben & Jerry’s are required to watch four video lectures featuring activists discussing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as part of their orientation”

Posted on June 10, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

DAILY WIRE
New Ben & Jerry’s Employees Forced To Watch Anti-Israel Videos
Hank Berrien
Jun 14, 2022

Ben & Jerry’s, which has demonstrated its hostility to the state of Israel in the past, has reportedly required new employees to watch video lectures featuring Palestinian activists lying about the Jewish state. “The videos are part of what the ice cream company dubbed “Scooper Series: Social Mission,” Jewish Insider reported. “If you look at the recent escalation that took place in May of 2021, it started over discriminatory efforts to force Palestinians out of their homes in occupied East Jerusalem as part of this larger policy,” Omar Shakir, who was expelled from Israel in 2019, blusters…Ben & Jerry’s has referred to the Biblical areas of Judea and Samaria as “Occupied Palestinian Territory,” writing, “We believe it is inconsistent with our values for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to be sold in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” READ MORE

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#Lapid: “The Poles wanted to mess with the content of the trips”

Posted on June 10, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

I24NEWS
Israel cancels youth trips to Poland over ‘educative manipulations’
June 15, 2022

Israel’s Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced at a briefing on Wednesday that youth trips to Poland were banned over attempts to manipulate educational content presented to Israeli delegations. Lapid said that Poles “can’t tell us what to teach Israeli children,” according to The Jerusalem Post. The official assured that Israel “will not allow this” to happen. “The Poles wanted to mess with the content of the trips and what can or can’t be said to Israeli children visiting,” the minister was quoted as saying. “That endangered the trips this summer,” he added. READ MORE

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Where is the outrage? Where are the “hashtags” in support of Christian Nigerians? Why don’t these black lives matter?

Posted on June 10, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

GATESTONE
The Black Lives that Don’t Matter: 50 Christians Murdered in Their Church
Raymond Ibrahim
June 12, 2022

Last Sunday, June 5, 2022, Islamic terrorists stormed St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo State, Nigeria, and massacred more than 50 Christians who were peacefully worshipping their God. Videos, according to one report, “showed church worshippers lying in pools of blood while people around them wailed.”…Ignoring the murder of Christians is, of course, only one piece of the puzzle; covering up the religious identity of their murderers is the other. In describing last Sunday’s massacre of more than 50 Christians, the words “Muslim,” “Islam,” or even “Islamist” never appeared in the AP report. Rather, we are told that “It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack on the church.” READ MORE

GATESTONE Pakistani High Court Upholds Death Sentence of Christian Brothers Charged with Blasphemy They were accused of posting blasphemous contents on the internet… Judge Javed Iqbal Bosal sentenced them to death, with a 100,000 rupee (USD $719) fine.

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Caterpillar, a Chicago area-based company with more than $50 billion in annual revenue, announced it will set up its new headquarters outside Dallas, saying the move is “in the best strategic interest of the company.”

Posted on June 10, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

FREE BEACON
Illinois Dem ‘Shocked’ After Another Manufacturer Leaves Democrat-Run State for Texas
Philip Caldwell
June 15, 2022

Democratic Illinois senator Tammy Duckworth on Tuesday said she was “shocked” after the world’s largest construction-equipment manufacturer announced it would move its headquarters out of her state to Texas. “I’m shocked and disappointed by Caterpillar’s decision to move its HQ from Illinois,” Duckworth said on Twitter...The manufacturer’s move marks the second time in recent weeks that a major corporation announced it would move its headquarters out of the Democrat-governed state. Last month, Boeing said it would move its headquarters from Chicago to Arlington, VA. READ MORE

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