Monthly Archives: November 2018
United Methodist Church under fire for anti-Semitism
In the wake of the synagogue shooting last week in Pittsburgh, activists from several mainline Protestant churches came under fire for promoting a culture of anti-Semitism in their churches, especially the United Methodist Church.
The...
Qatar : Un éditorialiste palestinien appelle à la lutte armée contre Israël
Le 31 octobre 2018, après la réunion du Conseil central palestinien de l’OLP, durant laquelle la décision a été prise de mettre fin aux accords avec Israël, Samir Al-Barghouti, éditorialiste palestinien du quotidien qatari...
PLO threat to withdraw recognition of Israel is fake news:The PLO never recognized Israel...
Concerning the JPOST Oct 29 headline story ” that PLO announces will no longer recognize the State of Israel”
https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/PLO-announces-the-cessation-of-recognition-of-the-State-of-Israel-570661
Most people do not realize that the PLO never ratified the Oslo Accord when the PLO...
Mike Pence’s Messianic problem
It was the sort of unforced error that was the last thing the Trump administration needed in a week during which its liberal critics have been trying to place blame for the massacre at...
President-elect of Brazil promises: Israel can count on our vote
Until a few weeks ago,, now the president-elect of Brazil, was a little-known legislator. No one thought he would go on to become the leader of the country. But on Wednesday, a week after...
Grappling with the roots of anti-Semitism after Pittsburgh
As Jews around the world grieve for those who were slaughtered in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, the reaction of many in both Jewish and non-Jewish circles has demonstrated a refusal to acknowledge the true...
Herzog flying to Pittsburgh to mourn, Jewish Agency sends trauma counselors
Isaac Herzog, the Jewish Agency for Israel’s new chairman, will visit Pittsburgh this weekend, from Nov. 2-4, to mourn the 11 Jewish victims of the Oct. 27 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue *Or...
Orthodox Union launches data collection and analysis center
The Orthodox Union created a new internal and external research arm, the OU Center for Communal Research, which will put forward an effort to collect and analyze data from the Jewish community. The founding...
Netanyahu heads to Bulgaria to forge partnerships with Eastern European leaders
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left for Bulgaria on Thursday to attend the Varna Summit, aimed at strengthening the relationship between the two countries, as well as between the Jewish state and several other...
Anti-Semitic vandalism cases follow Pittsburgh shooting
Days after 11 people were shot and killed at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue on Saturday, two vandalism incidents have further rocked the American Jewish community.
On Tuesday, Ben Jacob Congregation in Irvine, Calif.,...