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- I rarely post Al Jazeera, but this is worth a read: “Every aspect of Iran’s ability to project regional power is being successfully degraded”
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- "#AmericanStudiesAssociation boycotted the Jewish state. It wasn’t by popular demand"
- Memo to #UNRWA: Lebanon census says 174,422 Palestinians live among them, but you say 449,987. Which is it?
- "Bernie is that Jew who has taken his people’s suffering and offered it entirely outward, in the service of other causes"
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- Kurds edge towards statehood, with Turkish, Israeli help
Tag Archives: antisemitism
“In ongoing fracas around Yair Lapid’s speech on antisemitism’s place in the family of hatreds comes an unstated reckoning between Zionist expectations and a bitter reality”
TIMES OF ISRAEL A hatred that dwells alone? Antisemitism debate cuts to heart of Zionist vision by Haviv Rettig Gur July 26, 2021 On July 14, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid suggested in a speech that antisemitism was not as special … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yair Lapid
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“A DC rally against Jew-hatred struck many of the right notes, but the poor turnout, combined with obvious divisions between left and right, illustrates the dismal Jewish crisis response”
ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) Are Jews really united against antisemitism? by Jonathan S. Tobin July 14, 2021 …While organizers struggled to put a good face on their well-intentioned effort, the dismal turnout undermined the notion that the rally … Continue reading
“Today, it’s not white supremacists who pose a threat to Jews in particular and society as a whole, but rather movements like Black Lives Matter and Students for Justice in Palestine”
JNS The ADL chief’s disingenuous epiphany about left-wing anti-Semitism by Ruthie Blum July 13, 2021 It’s a sad day when the head of the Anti-Defamation League receives accolades for acknowledging that anti-Semitism “also” hails from the left. If the person … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged ADL, Anti-Defamation League, antisemitism, Jonathan Greenblatt
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“Knees trembling no more, American Jews of all ages are learning self-defense”
TABLET MAG A Legion of Their Own by Suzy Weiss June 27, 2021 On the third floor of a nondescript building, above a salon specializing in eyelash extensions, four men and three women are deep into practicing roundhouse groin kicks … Continue reading
After organizers were lambasted for disinviting Israeli food truck, entire Philadelphia food festival called off
ALGEMEINER Philadelphia City Council Approves Hearing Over Food Truck Festival That Disinvited Israeli Vendor, ‘Mishandled’ Antisemitic Threats by Shiryn Ghermezian July 1, 2021 A Philadelphia City Council resolution has authorized an investigation into an incident involving an Israeli food truck … Continue reading
#Canceled: A Black Jewish “inclusion” officers condemns antisemitism in a post, but forgets to include Islamophobia, so of course she must resign
NEWSWEEK SCBWI Diversity Chief Resigns After Not Mentioning Islamophobia in Antisemitism Post by Anders Anglesey June 29, 2021 A Black Jewish inclusion officer at the world’s leading children’s book writer’s group has left her position after she did not mention … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East
Tagged antisemitism, April Powers, Debra Messing, SCBWI
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From the Netherlands: “One Israeli-born mother of three teenagers said her two youngest children felt compelled to hide the fact that they are Jews, because of the vilification of Israel by classmates, often with the knowledge of their teachers”
ALGEMEINER ‘My Child Doesn’t Want to be Jewish Anymore’: Dutch Education Ministry Urged to Clamp Down on ‘Free Palestine’ Antisemitic Bullying by Ben Cohen June 23, 2021 A Dutch parliamentarian is demanding that the Ministry of Education in The Netherlands … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, Holland, Netherlands
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“Not naming the distinctly left-wing roots of this hatred suggests that those doing the condemning do not want to alienate supposed allies”
JEWISH CHRONICLE When it comes to anti-Israel attacks on Jews, it’s time to name the enemy by Gil Troy June 23, 2021 …On June 3, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs defined “antisemitism, especially in its modern guise of … Continue reading
“In the hate business, antisemitism was always an easy sell and business is really good now”
JERUSALEM POST Anti-Israel rhetoric has always been about the Jews by Nitsana Darshan-Leitner June 10, 2021 …Israel’s hardcore critics reserved never-before-seen toxicity in their venomous assaults for this go-round. Israel’s antagonists used terms such as “disproportionate use of force,” “illegal,” … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, Gaza, Hamas, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner
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Bal Harbor Mayor: The Honeymoon Period for the Jewish Diaspora is Over
JNS For American Jews, the honeymoon is over by Gabriel Groisman June 4, 2021 Unfortunately, we’ve also allowed this era to soften us as a people. We let our collective guard down. We began intellectualizing away our identity in an … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged antisemitism, Mayor Gabriel Groisman
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ArchitectGuy on Israel 