In a letter addressed to academic leaders around the world, the presidents of Israel’s nine leading universities called for “a sea change in clarity and truth in academia on the matter of Israel’s war against Hamas.” The Nov. 1 letter from Israel’s Association of University Heads (VERA) conveyed that following “a tragedy unprecedented in Israel’s
By Jerry Klinger Boley, Oklahoma, Creek Nation, Indian Territory, was established as an all-Black town on the land of Creek Indian “Freedwoman” Abigail Barnett in 1903. When the Five Tribes, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminoles, were forcibly removed from their homelands in the 1830s–40s, people enslaved by the tribes also made the long
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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Opinion, USA
Published by Reuters By Andrea Shalal and Andrew Hay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Some Muslim and Arab American groups are threatening to withhold donations and votes towards President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection unless he takes immediate steps to secure a Gaza ceasefire. The National Muslim Democratic Council, which includes Democratic Party leaders from hotly contested states that
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USA
Published by New York Daily News The threat of terror attacks against the United States has reached a “whole other level” since America’s ally Israel went to war with the terrorist group Hamas, the FBI’s director warned Tuesday. “The reality is that the terrorism threat has been elevated throughout 2023, but the ongoing war in
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USA
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — We cannot be blamed for suspecting that 40-year-old Samantha Woll was stabbed to death at her Detroit home because of the crisis in Israel. Her murder occurred two weeks after Hamas butchered 1,400 Jews in southern Israel, followed by Israel’s merciless bombing of Gaza. She was a prominent political
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By David Anderson The Moderate Voice It was tempting to think that antisemitism was if not a thing of the past at least in abeyance. That said, most conspiracy theories are at base antisemitism: there’s always the “international bankers” “pulling the levers” “controlling the media” nonsense about. All of these hearken back to older antisemitic
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Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA
By Doron Krakow Saturday, October 28, will be three weeks. Three weeks since the horrific, savage slaughter of innocents—children in front of parents, whole families burned alive, concertgoers mowed down by the hundreds—the images provided by the butchers themselves are now etched into our minds and hearts. The death toll continues to climb, as does
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Doron Krakow, Israel, Opinion, USA
By Boris Kheyfets Israel must assume the mantle of moral leadership in the West. A decisive military victory, buoyed by a program of De-Nazification, will compel the West to abandon its obsession with luxury beliefs and empower the West to solve problems that matter. Israel and the Morality of the West October 7, 2023 was
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Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, USA
By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — More than 350,000 reservists have been called up. Many have been sent to the north, and many have been practicing an invasion of Gaza. But there are delays. Some, with the support of the U.S., say that we should wait until the return of hostages. Others say that
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Opinion, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) – JewBelong, a national nonprofit organization that aims to make Judaism accessible and fight antisemitism, put up three new billboards in San Diego reading “Cultural Jews died in the gas chambers too. Speak up.” The new slogan is in response to the antisemitism sparked by the Israel-Hamas war leading to an
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Israel, San Diego County, USA
(JNS) Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Gal Hirsch, Israeli coordinator for the captives and missing, confirmed on Monday night that the Hamas terrorist organization had released Nurit Cooper, 79, and Yocheved Lifshitz, 85. Nurit Cooper is the mother of Carmel Valley resident Rotem Cooper, ABC 10News reported. “The two women were abducted from their homes in Kibbutz
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Israel, San Diego County, USA
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — All my readers know that Israel is undergoing a major assault, which in its first day was the most horrific in Jewish history since the Holocaust. And this in one day! It’s hard for Israelis to get our heads around this existential war, but even more so for
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Israel, Opinion, Steve Kramer, USA
For years, the Adopt-A-Family Foundation has been helping Israeli victims of terror, mainly in the southern part of that country. According to the Foundation’s executive director, Carine Chitayat, the Foundation had been providing economic support and friendship to approximately 21 families, which expanded to 25 families following the Oct. 7 massacre by Hamas of approximately 1,400 persons. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Donald H. Harrison, Israel, San Diego County, USA
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — We all have, or should have, concern about the prevalence of Jew-hatred on American college campuses. Previously it was couched in anti-Israel phrases, but lately it’s become blatantly about Jews in general. Frankly, this is the attitude in the U.S. towards Jews in the 1930s, coinciding with local