Daily Archives: September 9, 2019
For Jews, Corbyn v. Johnson is like Omar v. Trump
Britain’s 300,000 Jews can soon face a horrible political choice: Boris Johnson vs. Jeremy Corbyn.
While most American Jews vote Democratic, most of our British brethren have for long voted for Labour Party candidates because...
Toward A More Thoughtful Nuclear Diplomacy: An American Strategic Imperative
“Hope is by nature an expensive commodity, and those who are risking their all on one cast find out what it means only when they are already ruined.” -Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War (416 BCE)
Hope is never a...
Under Iranian guidance, Palestinian Islamic Jihad plays lead role in Gaza escalation
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the second-largest armed terror faction in Gaza, has in recent days taken a lead role in the latest escalation with Israel. PIJ, which is funded and orchestrated by Iran, has...
Ceremony to fete Polish rescuers of Jews during Holocaust may near its end
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) honored the sacrifices of Polish rescuers of Jews living in Warsaw in one of the largest gatherings of Holocaust rescuers in Poland’s capital city.
These righteous gentiles, who...
Gov. Wolf to carry Tree of Life ‘mezuzah’ to Holocaust memorials in Eastern Europe
When visiting Holocaust memorials in Lithuania and Poland this week, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf will bring along the mezuzah hat was on the office door of Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue...
Canada to appeal decision that West Bank wines can’t be labeled ‘product of Israel’
The Canadian government announced on Friday that it will appeal a court ruling from July that stated wine made in Judea and Samaria cannot be labeled a “product of Israel.”
Shimon Koffler Fogel, CEO of...
Dershowitz: Obama broke promises made on Israel
Professor emeritus of Harvard University Law School and noted Israel advocate Alan Dershowitz claimed last week that former president Barack Obama lied to him about supporting Israel and is now reconsidering his Democrat Party affiliation,...
Israel ‘very close’ to launching military operation in Gaza, says Israeli minister
Israel is “very close” to launching a military campaign in the Gaza Strip in which the leaders of the terrorist organizations in Gaza will be “wiped out” and their forces “destroyed,” Israeli Foreign Minister...
Sarsour: ‘I would be proud to elect America’s first Jewish president’
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday tweeted an excerpt from a speech by American political activist Linda Sarsour in which Sarsour expressed her hope Sanders would be the first Jewish president.
Sarsour,...
Report on Palestinian teachers’ guides illuminates methods of anti-Jewish indoctrination
The recently published study “Israel, Jews and Peace in Palestinian Authority Teachers’ Guides” by Dr. Arnon Groiss of the Center for Near East Policy Research showed that Palestinian teachers’ guides promote an attitude towards...