By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — People with strategic antennae can detect a throwback to the Soviet inspired canard of Zionism is Racism. This radical left-wing anti-Israel trope raised its ugly head way back in 2001 at the UN World Conference Against Racism in South Africa where thousands of anti-Israel demonstrators and groups hijacked the event
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Zev Jabotinsky’s 1923 essay “Iron Wall” is the inspiration for the Israel Victory Project. So said Daniel Pipes, founder of the Middle East Forum (meforum.org) at a recent event in Jerusalem. Pipes told the audience that the most recent polls report that 70% of Israeli Jewish adults want
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International, Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA
40 rabbis tour migrant centers in Tijuana, urge U.S. welcome immigrants This week, nearly 40 rabbis from across the country toured migrant centers in Tijuana as a part of a delegation to the U.S.-Mexico border. A growing number of asylum seekers have found temporary shelter and social services in Tijuana as they try to seek
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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Ruderman Family Foundation condemns anti Reform Judaism remarks of MK Yinon Azoulay The Ruderman Family Foundation calls on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately and publically condemn Member of Knesset (MK) Yinon Azoulay of Shas, an active legislator within the ruling coalition, following his outrageous and inflammatory comments against non-Orthodox Jews and suggestion they stop
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur SAN DIEGO — According to the infamous forgery, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and countless other anti-Semitic tracts, the Jews rule the world. According to Yinon Azulay, Member of Knesset on behalf of the ultra-Orthodox Sephardi political party Shas, Reform Jews are worse in his eyes than he himself
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA
Editor’s Note: This is the 18th in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
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Donald H. Harrison, International, John McCormick, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Politics and its close cousin policymaking appear in a few big issues, and lots of little ones that can be very upsetting but don’t amount to much more than excitement. Big issues may include pressing an adversary in a way that may produce serious military conflict, and opening one’s borders
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSecretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with American Jewish Committee leadership The leadership of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) discussed a range of Middle East and transatlantic issues in a private meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, expressing the organization’s appreciation of Trump Administration efforts to confront Iranian aggression and assure Israel’s security and its fair treatment in international forums. AJC has
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As one can glean from the title, the subject of Path of Blood is not pleasant, but for those who are not Islamic extremists, the insights it provides are necessary to learn. Documentary film maker Jonathan Hacker utilizes captured Al Qaeda footage along with video from the Security
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA
American Jewish Committee facilitates anti- Semitism discussion with United Nations representatives The American Jewish Committee’s Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights (JBI) convened a meeting of key UN human rights leaders and staff members together with experts on anti-Semitism from around the world. Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of
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Jewish History, Middle East, USA
By Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel —Rabbi Ken Spiro’s new book, Destiny, successfully guides the reader through the central themes of Judaism: the impact of Jewish values on civilization, Jewish determination, the disproportionate impact of the Jewish people, anti-Semitism and its message, the Jewish vision of history and conception of time, and [even] mankind’s ultimate
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Steve KramerBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new Middle East “peace plan” is gestating and, according to the Trump administration itself, nearly ready to hatch. It is easy to be cynical. Peace plans have been produced by various administrations and yet, there is no peace. On the other hand, the Trump administration — as it has
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
BDS movement attempts to hijack Jewish summer camp Scholars for Peace in the Middle East reported that the Camp Ramah movement rebuffed IfNotNow after it was revealed that the BDS group had trained camp counselors to introduce BDS themes to their campers. As their materials put it, IfNotNow’s workshop’s focused on how counselors could communicate to
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Take your pick. Should we begin with Sara Natanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, or Donald Trump? A prominent good government activist, Eliad Shraga, has been quoted in The Jerusalem Post. “The truth that nobody wants to say must be spoken . . . That woman is probably not mentally fit to stand
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA