Compiled by Garry Fabian New Zealand community appeals for support in fighting anti-shechita law AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The following statement was issued by the Auckland Hebrew Congregation President Garth Cohen and Claire Massey, chair of the Wellington Jewish Community Centre: “The prospect of a permanent ban on shechita, resulting in no more kosher meat [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued the following statement about the elections in Bahrain: The United States congratulates the people and government of Bahrain on the success of its parliamentary and municipal elections. Voter turn-out was robust at approximately 67% and we understand that the voting procedures were peaceful. With [...]
By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel–The New York Times–you know, it’s sort of like National Public Radio but with printed letters on murdered trees–keeps saying it can’t find any connections between IHH, the Turkish Islamist group that organized the Gaza flotilla, and terrorism. From time to time, I’ve published helpful hints to assist them in making these [...]
A Bum Deal: An Unlikely Journey from Hopeless to Humanitarian, by Rufus Hannah & Barry Soper, Source Books, ISBN -13: 97801-4022-4471-1; 2010, 238 pages, $24.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – For people in this city, one of the most startling things about this book is that its events occurred, in great measure, in [...]
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel–The Punic Wars, the Roman Empire; the migrations and conquests of the Germanic tribes; the Visigoths, the Ostrogoths, the Barbarians; the split between the Roman and the Byzantine churches; the Islamic conquest of Spain; Charlemagne; the Wars of the Three Brothers, which ended with the treaty of Verdun in 843; the [...]
By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California – Before a Friends of the Israel Defense Forces audience that included four members of the U.S. Congress, Israel’s former Mossad chief, retired Maj. Gen. Danny Yatom, renewed his call Saturday evening, October 30, for joint military action by the U.S., Israel and Western [...]
-second in a series– By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – – Even as a program is pending to complete massive immigration to Israel from Ethiopia, Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, is pondering how Israel will react if other communities around the world that were forced to convert from Judaism to [...]
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA–Rick Sanchez is a bungler when it comes to anti-Semitic rantings, as compared to a New York gubernatorial hopeful, a Boston archbishop and a suburban Philadelphia English professor. After the Cuban-American CNN anchor was fired over offensive comments, these professional anti-Semites shamed him with their anti-Jewish slurs. One blamed the Jews [...]
By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — A reader asks what I meant when I wrote: “Should I mention the total reversal of U.S. policy on Hamas from trying to undermine that radical Islamist group’s rule in the Gaza Strip to believing Hamas will fall if Gaza becomes prosperous?” Here’s my answer: From the time Hamas [...]
By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Americans are getting ready to go to the polls and the story is that we are angry, frustrated and feeling economically pinched. All true, no doubt. But we would like to make the case that along with voting our economic concerns and interests, voters should keep in mind that our [...]
