BARI WEISS SUBSTACK Jew vs. Jew
by Gabriel Katz
November 28, 2021
Ask most American Jews what Hanukkah is about and they’ll probably mention the miracle of the oil lasting for eight nights. Or playing with dreidels. Or snacking on jelly doughnuts. But the true story of Hanukkah, which begins tonight, is far darker. The old joke is that most Jewish holidays can be summed up by the following: They tried to kill us. They failed. Let’s eat. Hanukkah, though, is not only about Jews being oppressed by outside forces. It is also about intramural Jewish conflict—in this case a bloody civil war.READ MORE
Including tributes to Honorees Terri & Howard Schneider as well as outgoing Midwest Executive Director Peggy Shapiro. Also, remarks from Olsa Meshoe Washington, Matti Friedman, Roz Rothstein and Hussein Aboubakr Mansour.
Brown University is working hard to become the most anti-Israel school in America. In its competition with Columbia University and New York University, Brown not only boasts the nation’s first ever endowed chair in Palestinian studies (named after PLO poet Mahmoud Darwish), but the recipient of that dubious honor, professor of history Beshara Doumani, is currently serving as the president of Birzeit University, located down the road from PLO headquarters in Ramallah. Brown University has become the Providence Front for the Liberation of Palestine. To that end, Brown’s Center for Middle East Studies competes with Columbia’s Center for Palestine Studies and NYU’s Kevorkian Center to celebrate Palestinianism and decry the evils of Israel. READ MORE
…As director of Georgetown University’s Center for Jewish Civilization who also taught at the International Institute for Counterterrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Hoffman’s message to worried American Jews is that they’re not scared enough. What Hoffman is trying to do is to scare American Jews into believing that Trump supporters—meaning roughly 75 million Americans, or half of the electorate—are domestic terrorists and violent white supremacists. Worst of all, according to Hoffman, is that there’s not much to be done to stop them. He recommended a service that will scrub your information from the internet. Otherwise, if the red-baseball-cap-wearing hordes come for you, you’re on your own. READ MORE
It’s the 21st century. Slavery is long gone. Blacks are no longer imprisoned on plantations… right? Actually, many are — just not in the way they used to be. Candace Owens issues a wake-up call. It’s time for a new liberation.
Israel will now admit travelers who took a rapid antigen coronavirus test within 24 hours before their flight, under a new policy approved Wednesday by the government. Previously, Israel required all those entering the country to have taken a PCR test in the 72 hours preceding their arrival.Now, travelers can take the antigen test as an alternative. Ministers approved the change in a Wednesday night vote, adopting the Health Ministry’s recommendation. Israel has gradually been easing its border restrictions as virus rates waned in the country, reopening to tourists on November 1. Until then, the vast majority of non-citizens had effectively been banned from entering Israel since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. READ MORE
Eliyahu (“Eli”) David Kay, 25, a South African immigrant to Israel who was murdered in a terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday morning while on his way to prayers at the Western Wall, was laid to rest in the presence of thousands of mourners at Jerusalem’s Har HaMenuchot cemetery on Monday afternoon. Thousands more watched the funeral live online. Kay, who worked as a tour guide at the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, was gunned down by Hamas-affiliated terrorist and Jerusalem resident Fadi Abu Shkhaydam, an extremist who often spewed anti-Israel hate during sermons he delivered in area mosques. Four other Israelis, two civilians and two border police officers, were wounded in the attack. READ MORE
ALGEMEINER Hamas Terrorist Expressed ‘Great Happiness’ Over Old City Attack in His WillPalestinian sources revealed the terrorist’s alleged will on Monday, in which he said, “I write these words with great happiness that after many years of religious and military training I am ready to meet God as a martyr,” Israel’s public broadcaster Kan reported.
The twitter account of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel exposed a shocking video of demonstrators in Brooklyn, New York marching in protest against Israel on Friday night, in response to the “not guilty” verdict for Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The protesters at the Rittenhouse verdict protest waved PLO flags and yelled , “If Palestine doesn’t (get “justice”) shut (the system) down!”, “Free, free, Palestine!” and “Intifada, Intifada”. What connection Israel has to Kyle Rittenhouse or his not guilty verdict remains unclear. According to IBSI, this demonstration was promoted by the group Equality for Flatbush. READ MORE
It’s hard not to sympathize a bit with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his coalition partner Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. Despite their best efforts to make nice with the Biden administration, they are quickly catching on to the fact that despite all the happy talk being exchanged between Washington and Jerusalem, the United States is about to leave the Jewish state out on a limb with respect to the greatest threat to its security. That’s the upshot of an Axios report that states that Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told his Israeli counterpart, Bennett’s National Security Adviser Eyal Hulata, that the United States is re-adjusting its goals for ongoing nuclear talks with Iran, which are scheduled to resume later this month in Vienna. READ MORE
TIMES OF ISRAEL Michael Oren: Why Israel may soon attack IranThe world’s largest state-sponsor of terror, sworn to destroy Israel, is approaching the nuclear threshold. It’s not an existential threat for the US. It is for Israel.
JNS Should Vienna talks fail, military option ready, says top US generalThe Iranians are “very close” to nuclear breakout, says OC Central Command Gen. Kenneth McKenzie. “The diplomats are in the lead on this, but Central Command always has a variety of plans that we could execute, if directed,” he said.
Britain’s interior minister Priti Patel on Friday said she had banned the Palestinian militant group Hamas in a move that brings the UK’s stance on Gaza’s rulers in line with the United States and the European Union. “Hamas has significant terrorist capability, including access to extensive and sophisticated weaponry, as well as terrorist training facilities,” Patel said in a statement. “That is why today I have acted to proscribe Hamas in its entirety.” The organisation would be banned under the Terrorism Act and anyone expressing support for Hamas, flying its flag or arranging meetings for the organisation would be in breach of the law, the interior ministry confirmed. READ MORE
JPOST Australia designates entirety of Hezbollah a terrorist organizationAustralia has declared the entirety of Hezbollah a terrorist organization, Australian Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews announced Wednesday…Also designated a terrorist movement was the white supremacist neo-Nazi organization The Base.
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