There is a horrid scandal in America’s family courts – namely a fierce backlash against women who try to protect their children from abuse but instead lose all contact with their children – that Garland’s DOJ has plainly ignored. [Amy Neustein, Ph.D]
OpEd: Family Courts Often Are Conduits for Child Sex Abusers Read More »
Amy Neustein, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked President-elect Donald Trump for his statement on Monday urging the release of hostages held in Gaza or there would be “hell to pay.” [SDJW staff]
Israel, Hamas React to Trump’s ‘Hell to Pay” Message on Truth Social Read More »
California, International, Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Pam Bondi is off to a promising start as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s designated nominee for attorney general. The former Florida attorney general urged the expulsion of noncitizens who support Hamas and other terrorist groups. [Bruce S. Ticker]
With the author having grown up in western Christianity and the illustrator having experienced eastern religions, their collaboration, written in couplets on left-facing pages and with explanatory information on right-facing pages, uses the alphabet as a teaching vehicle. [Donald H. Harrison]
‘The ABC’s of the World’s Religions’ Shows Their Similarities Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Lifestyles, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USARegarding the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump issued a threat on social media calling for them to be released before he assumes office Jan. 20, 2025, or “there will be all hell (his emphasis) to pay in the Middle East, and for those in charge who perpetrated these atrocities against humanity. Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America.” {SDJW staff]
Trump to Hamas: Release the Hostages or There Will Be All Hell to Pay Read More »
International, Israel, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Upon declaring our independence from British bulldogs in 1776, all creatures living in this land established the United States of Animals whose government parallels that of the human USA. This year the ostriches convinced us to put our heads in the sand and elect the Golden Deceiver while parrots incessantly repeated his lies. Since the Deceiver is rabid, he has nominated dangerous beasts to serve in his cabinet. [Elona Baron as barked to Laurie Baron]
Hounding the Headlines: The Golden Deceiver’s Cabinet Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USAIsrael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, taking note of the takeover of Aleppo, Syria, by rebel Suni Islamist forces, said his nation’s security forces are keeping a close watch on the situation lest it should devolve into a threat to Israel. [SDJW staff]
Israel Warily Watches Military Developments in Syria Read More »
International, Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAEdan Alexander, a 20-year-old Israeli born, U.S.-raised hostage held by Hamas since Oct. 7, 2023, was shown Saturday on a Hamas-released video scolding Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for allegedly neglecting the hostages. He said in Hebrew, “Do not neglect us. We want to return home. Far and isolation is killing us. Do not forget us.” [SDJW staff]
Hamas Releases Video of U.S.-Israeli Hostage Edan Alexander Read More »
International, Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAIsrael’s Lt. Gen. Herzl Halevi, the IDF’s chief of staff, says if Hezbollah violates terms of the ceasefire, “any deviation from this agreement will be enforced with fire. We are now moving toward a new phase, where the same determination that brought us to this agreement will be applied to enforcement.” [SDJW staff]
Israelis, Jewish Americans Comment on Israel’s Ceasefire with Lebanon Read More »
International, Israel, News Media, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAThe parents of American-Israeli hostage in Gaza, Omer Neutra, have urged President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump to work together for the release of the hostages. [SDJW staff report]
Parents of Hostage Urge Biden, Trump to Work Together on Gaza Read More »
Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
My son asked me what I’m thankful for this year. I gave the standard answer: my creature comforts, dog, family, friends, health, and house. Then he queried if I was grateful that Trump was elected president. I struggled to find some reasons I hadn’t abandoned all my hope for the future. Here’s what I came up with. {Laurie Baron]
OpEd: What I’m Politically Thankful For Read More »
Lawrence Baron, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAReps. Josh Gottheimer (D-New Jersey) and Virginia Foxx (R-North Carolina) on Tuesday introduced a bill requiring a cut-off of federal funds to any institution of higher education that engages in a commercial boycott of Israel. [Donald H. Harrison]
Bill Introduced to End Federal Funding to Universities that Support BDS Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Middle East, News Media, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
This is a handbook for social and political activism, written by a medical doctor who has spent his life engaged in protests, demonstrations, and movements for change. Whether you agree with his positions on a variety of issues, or disagree, reading this book may be enlightening. [Donald H. Harrison]
A Handbook for Social and Political Action Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
A fata morgana is a rare optical phenomenon in the atmosphere, consisting of several forms of mirages, in which distant objects are seen repeatedly and with a variety of distortions. Fairy Morgana is an enchantress, a half-sister to King Arthur. The American administration has made great efforts to organize a peace agreement between Lebanon and Israel, which means creating a new mirage, another fata morgana, an illusion of peace. [Alex Gordon]
OpEd: Ceasefire Agreement is an American-Imposed Mirage Read More »
Alex Gordon, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA