Their actions push blood libel and terrorist propaganda. As an Israeli Jew, I do not consider them allies, nor does the large Jewish community I represent. [Liat Cohen-Reeis]
OpEd: Congresswoman Jacobs and Councilman Elo-Rivera Feed Antisemitism Read More »
Antisemitism, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
The initiative focuses on Northern Israel’s hardest-hit communities, including Kiryat Shmona, Majdal Shams, the Mateh Asher and Upper Galilee regional councils, Mas’ade, and Ein Qiniyye, with a special emphasis on socioeconomically disadvantaged areas. (Press Release)
It’s a fact that more than 71% of Israelis, and our terrorist antagonists, do not want “two states side by side living in peace.” It’s a Western delusion to think Muslim terrorists will settle for that. Hamas and the PLO both insist on the extirpation of Israel – their topmost goal. [Steve Kramer]
OpEd: Real Goal of PA and Hamas is the Killing of Israeli Jews Read More »
Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Steve Kramer
Recently, the Times of San Diego published an opinion piece, (which was republished by San Diego Jewish World) titled “As a Father, Jew and Councilmember, I’m Appalled by Brutality in Gaza” by Sean Elo-Rivera.
While I respect the sincerity behind that essay and the concern it reflects for the lives of all children, it represents a troubling trend in our public discourse: invoking Jewish identity as a moral credential to justify arguments built on ahistorical comparisons and dangerous false moral equivalence. [Mitch Danzig, Times of San Diego]
OpEd: Jewish Values Demand Moral Clarity–Not Equivalence–in Gaza Read More »
Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, San Diego County, USADo you know the expression: 2 Jews and 3 opinions? Both sides of an argument are valued in Judaism, even to the point of recording the majority and minority viewpoints in the Talmud (the written commentary of the oral Jewish laws describing customs, ethics, and history). [Steve Kramer]
There are few times in my life where I have been rendered speechless, where reflecting on a profound experience I’ve had cannot do my feelings justice. My recent visit to Israel, the first time back post-October 7, was one of them. [Kayla Globerson]
My Top 5 Takeaways from Traveling Back to Israel Post-October 7 Read More »
Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food, USA
Back to Oct. 7, did Robertson not “want my kids telling me what were you doing when this mass murder and genocide was going on”? Did Mullins think “the world’s gone mad” when terrorists burned, raped and murdered 1,200 Israelis? [Bruce S. Ticker]
Today, virtually every synagogue in the United States is fortified by the same security infrastructure I once found unthinkable: armed guards, metal detectors, and bulletproof glass. The same precautions that once shocked me in Paris are now part and parcel of Jewish life across America. [Jonathan Greenblatt]
From Warning to Reality: How America Became What Europe Feared Read More »
Antisemitism, International, Jewish History, Lifestyles, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
I have watched the brutal war between Israel and Hamas, the fight over antisemitism that has embroiled the American Jewish community, and the unfolding of the devastating and racist war on African Americans that was fiercely launched this year. [Barrett Holman Leak]
OpEd: The Silence of God? Read More »
Antisemitism, Barrett Holman Leak, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Opinion, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed. Millions are displaced. Entire families are gone. Children buried under rubble. Mothers starving. Aid blocked. Babies and children are dying from starvation. Hope crushed. [Sean Elo-Rivera, Times of San Diego]
OpEd: ‘Atrocities Do Not Undo Atrocities. Brutality Does Not Cancel out Brutality.’ Read More »
Antisemitism, Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Opinion, San Diego County
My heart aches for the families in Israel who continue to wait in anguish for their loved ones, still held in cruel captivity, and for a nation that continues to reel from grief too heavy to bear. … I see the devastation in Gaza, and it tears at my soul. [Rabbi Jason Nevarez]
Israel-Gaza Fitting Topic for Mournful Reflection over Tisha B’Av Read More »
Israel, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is a failure: unable to provide security, unwilling for decades to engage in serious negotiations, inciting rabid anti-Semitism in its schools and its media. Instead of understanding this truth, the U.N. conference supports the PA and deems it should be rewarded with the running of Gaza post-conflict. [Press Release]
B’nai B’rith: U.N. Conference on Two-State Solution an Exercise in Delusion Read More »
International, Israel, Opinion, Press Release, USA
Hamas is intentionally manufacturing a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. It hoards international aid, food, medicine, and supplies meant for civilians and diverts them to its fighters and terror infrastructure. [Sasha Roytman]
OpEd: Hamas, Not Israel, Responsible for Hunger in Gaza Read More »
Antisemitism, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish History, News Media, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USAAcross the Times’ editorial pages, a Brown University professor and a Times columnist sparred over whether Israel’s attacks on Gaza are equivalent to genocide. They each managed to undermine their own arguments. [Bruce S. Ticker]
OpEd: Debate over Israel’s Actions in Gaza Has No Clear Winner Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Holocaust, Israel, News Media, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors