Elul 9, 5778, 8/20/2018
 Midwood HS Jewish teacher tries to downplay honoring HamasBeing Jewish doesn't necessarily mean one is againt terrorist Hamas or the Muslim Brotherhood anymore. Ask Israeli chess champion Liel Levi-tan about Middle East apartheidA seven year old champion is prevented from attending the chess world championship in Tunisia because she is Israeli, but nothing happens. Only Israel's Nationality Law is panned as apartheid. Native Americans are being brainwashed by PA liesThe campaign is based on strategic disinformation and mendacious fairytales in which the Palestinian Arabs have a history similar to that of Native Americans. The big lie. Free Arab Shia from their Iranian slavemastersThe Ayatollahs are perversely using Shia Islam as a tool to destabilize, colonialize and rape the Arab-oil rich areas of Iraq and Syria. Is Ocasio-Cortez your kind of GIRL?We need clarification from our leftist friends as to what is permissible and what is forbidden, so we can go on with our lives without being tagged as bigoted. LA attorney mulls prosecution of anti-Israel UCLA event disruptersA top Los Angeles City attorney is now actively reviewing the file of evidence and police complaints of May 17 event at UCLA for possible prosecution under state laws that criminalize the disruption of public meetings, other related statutes. One woman fighting anti-Semitism in Durham N.C.The plan is to take over local police departments across our nation by political means, then have them boycott Israel and claim that police anti-terrorism training they receive in Israel is meant to teach American police how to murder black people. Let them walk out of Birthright and say Kaddish for Arab terroristsThese possibly-halakhically Jewish naifs have been taught nothing about Judaism or Zionism and they actually cannot tell the difference between the aspiring murderers and the intended victims. Irrerversible damage caused by Gush Katif destruction continuesThe August 2005 expulsion of Jews from Gush Katif helped put Hamas in power, worsened the security of Israelis, and contributed to the isolation of Israel internationally (Edmund Sanders) Why Gazan soccer fans could not find a FIFA team to supportThe 1917 Balfour Declaration has never been forgotten or forgiven by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and Hamas, whose 2018 Gazan supporters do not want to root for a country that voted for it. IDF – who else? -- to the rescue for Syria’s White HelmetsOn a particular day last week, nobody condemned Israel, at least not for a military operation…imagine that! Donkeys and falcons and qassams et alThe documented use of animals by Arabs to commit atrocities against others is an eye opener. The Exodus, July '47: When the British Navy attacked Holocaust victimsForget the movie: Second Officer William (Bill) Bernstein, an American Aliyah Bet volunteer crew member was found clubbed to death, 15-year-old refugee Zvi Jakubowitz, and one other died of bullet wounds. The hypocrisy in opposing Israel's Nationality LawIsrael is the “freest Arab nation” in the world, the only country where an Arab spring really succeded, and without bloodshed, but it is the Jewish State. Arrivals, Departures: Holocaust victims as artistsDr Rachel Perry’s Arrivals, Departures Exhibition of artists who lived, died and painted the Holocaust is at the Hecht Museum in Haifa. The theme: 'Quand Meme,' despite everything. After the fastAfter the fast day of mourning on the ninth day of Av come seven weeks of resilience and rehabilitation. What's your exile exit plan?It's going to happen regardless, so best to be proactive. Are Jewish students safer in Russia than the US?It is possible that a Russian campus is safer for Jews than an American campus. Tisha B'Av: The dark watches of the nightImmortal words by Israel's first Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi, the iconic founder of Religious Zionism. Dear Jews of America, California is not Israel eitherA response to Rabbi Menachem Levine's insightful oped "Dear Israelis, America is not Israel." Trump and Putin may attempt a return to pre-PLO and Hamas daysThe 1964 PLO Charter said: “This Organization does not exercise any regional sovereignty over the West Bank in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on the Gaza Strip or the Himmah Area..." Good idea. For these I weepThe oft-quoted verse from Lamentations 1:16, read on eve of the 9th of Av fast, is as apt today as it was when the Prophet Jeremiah said it while mourning the destroyed first Holy Temple. Interview: American Jewry's challengesDr. Steven Bayme, Director of Contemporary Jewish Life at AJC: “The resurgence of Orthodoxy is one of the great success stories of American Jewry." INTO THE FRAY The Nationality Law brouhahaIsrael will only be democratic if it is Jewish—and it will only be Jewish if it is Zionist. Therefore, it will only be democratic if it is Zionist i.e. if it is the nation state of the Jewish people. POTUS is silent on UNRWATrump is continuing a bad Obama policy. Everyone is smart except Trump when it comes to Putin negotiationsThat brilliance explains why they are all billionaires who were elected president. The French multicultural football nightmareThe town of Bondy, where soccer star Mbappe was born and raised, has a sad story to tell. I confess, I am simply on the wrong side.How out of step I am, opposing same-sex marriage, abortions on call, transvestite free choice of restrooms. and wanting my tax dollars to go elsewhere. Just ask any progressive liberal.Dear Israelis, America is not IsraelIsraeli Zionist identity is essentially no different from any other national identity, such as those of the Irish, Italian or German immigrants who assimilated into the US melting pot. Trump/Putin – no rematch of JFK/KhrushchevTrump/Putin meeting was a summit in search of a crisis. If the Dems can't find a war, they'll make one up. Rebuilding the Black-Jewish relationshipSchool admissions make headlines In NYC and DC. Black Leaders Kevin Jackson, Darrell Scottand Burgess Owens speak out. The Arabian Nightmare of the WestTerror as a curiosity: Did you know that there is no Muslim terror in the West? Just ask those who are desperate to escape from admitting to the Arabian NIghtmare. 1938-2018: No Jew in GermanyGermans are addicted to anti-Semitism and now Merkel has imported a new strain of anti-Semites.. They even repeat the same anti-Jewish imprecations. Leftism and liberalism: Private propertyHow far so many American Jews have sunk, trading the false comforts of Egypt for a Leftist Democrat bill of goods - liberalism replaced with degradation of Leftism. Philip Roth, Birthright, and the Israel problemPhilip Roth's life and writings epitomize today's young American Jew, like those who left a Birthright trip this week to sympathize with Palestinian Arabs who will have to leave the home they are living in illegally. Can German Jews ever be part of the "homeland"?Germany’s desire to protect its Jewish citizens casts them apart from mainstream Germans. This is not what Heimat is meant to be. Who owns the sea?The receding Dead Sea has left 50 sq. miles of new, exposed dry seabed that could be developed for tourism, but the PM has not signed the forms registering it as State Land. A seven year saga. Trump in Europe — American and unbowedTrump invaded Europe and let them know who's boss. INTO THE FRAY: The pusillanimization of the Israeli rightAstonishingly, having been proved entirely justified in its condemnation of the dangerous defects of the “Left’s” political credo, the “Right” proceeded to embrace it. A stop at Bachrach: I see my father's face"When other rivers will be purified only the Rhine will ever flow red (Natan Alterman). The end of the democratic dreamAn Arab online newspaper asked its readers: "Do you believe equitable democracy can exist in Arab states?" An overwhelming said no. Macron’s France, immigration, and anti-SemitismIn 2017, Centrist Emmanuel Macron won by default. One year later, the French crisis is not over. In fact, the gradual replacement of the native populace and culture by a new population and a new culture seems entirely plausible. Jabotinsky and Israeli victoryThe study of Jabotinsky's life and thought has been the subject of increased attention in recent years, which seems to be indicative of a thirst for something that is lacking in the current Jewish political and cultural milieu. For his yahrzeit. Zeev Jabotinsky's Zionist legacyThe revival of the Hebrew language, social justice, democratic values and self-respect which Jabotinsky pushed for, can now be found in our modern Israeli society. Anti-Semitism is the West's self-destructionHating Israel is really Western hate for its own self. An insidious campaign of political correctness and moral relativism has conquered our intellectuals, our media, our academia, our politics and our society. There is an ongoing Pashtun genocide in PakistanPashtuns all over the world are raising their voices hoping the campaign gains global attention and support, and several protests recently took place in the US and across Europe. The Arabs should be saying 'thank G-d for Israel'How do Israel's minorities fare in comparison with those in the US? Did a governor of say, Alabama, ever offer to take a few counties and give them to the African American people? Another top-notch Supreme Court nominationThe perfect choice for the season of resistance. Are you standing with Ireland's boycott of Israel?Are you supporting BDS by donating to organizations that call for boycotting the Jewish State? Check where your money goes. Two fresh faces from NY – and both are dangerousEvery Democratic Socialist knows exactly what to say – Resist Trump, Blame the Jews. INTO THE FRAY: Israel Victory Initiative - Quo vadis?Judging by Israel’s reticent responses to the continuing violence along the Gaza border, the essence of the Victory concept appears to have made little inroads into the thinking of Israeli policy-makers—and even less into their consequent actions. Rabbis Weiss and Angel's accusations against the Chief RabbinateThe Makor Rishon Hebrew newspaper ran an article by the two US rabbis against Israel's Chief Rabbinate. However, the Israeli public does not know enough about the Rabbinate's relations with US Orthodoxy to judge the truth of the arguments presented.Attacking Israel's Nationality Law is pure hypocrisyIsrael is the only country where there is an Arab Spring that succeeded, and this despite its definition as a Jewish state. Entrenched apartheid in the 'West Bank'A discriminatory two-tiered segregation system is maintained throughout Areas A and B in the 'West Bank.' France is a ticking time bombThe "lost territories of the Republic" proclaim the failure of integration. The hypocrisy of intersectionality and the Jewish questionToday's young adults have gone from being liberal to becoming the most illiberal, closed-minded, and intolerant people in the community. They exist, you see, on a higher moral plain than the rest of us. They know better. PA targets reporters – but that’s just half the storyDisobedient reporters were not tolerated and found themselves shipped to re-conditioning camp – under Obama. Abbas beats them. But who do writers accuse of planning to silence the press? |
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