Monthly Archives: May 2023
Ukraine more antisemitic than Russia: ADL survey
The latest installment of the antisemitism index “Global 100,” which the Anti-Defamation League released on May 31, ostensibly has good news for Ukrainian Jews.
Jew-hatred in Ukraine declined from a record 46% index score in...
Kissinger denies holding back resupply during Yom Kippur War
Henry Kissinger, who served as national security advisor and secretary of state during the Nixon and Ford administrations, denied that he intentionally delayed critically needed military supplies to Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur...
Former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Jacob Turkel dies
Former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Jacob Turkel died on Monday at the age of 88.
Born in 1935 in Tel Aviv to Austrian immigrants. He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s law school in...
What’s with all the milky food on Shavuot?
I love cheesecake! Who doesn’t? And blintzes too. Shavuot is famous for the traditional dairy foods we enjoy on this lovely chag. It’s only one day in Israel and two in the Diaspora, but on...
Popular Instructor Says Judaism and Yoga are Complementary
As a yoga instructor, Jackie Gadd really gets around. Every day of the week she teaches somewhere in the county. On Sundays, she is at the Copley YMCA. On Mondays, at the Bonita Library;...
If and when to strike first – A guest essay on Israeli preemption
IF AND WHEN TO STRIKE FIRST
ISRAEL, PREEMPTION AND ANTICIPATORY SELF-DEFENSE
Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971)
Emeritus Professor of International Law
Purdue University
Abstract: “The safety of the people,” declares Cicero in The Laws, “is the highest law.”...
Israel, water and the next 100 years
Did you know that if you put a bucket in your backyard in Israel to capture rain water, the water belongs not to you but to the state?
That was one of the interesting tidbits...
US Jewish groups take no time in responding to White House antisemitism plan
Some of the leading Jewish and Zionist organizations from around the country offered a range of reactions to the new federal antisemitism strategy announced May 25.
CEO of the American Jewish Committee Ted Deutch called it a...
Tlaib law a ‘shameful weaponization’ of Elie Wiesel Genocide Act
Twice in the text of House Resolution 388, “Recognizing the ongoing Nakba and Palestine refugees rights,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) refers to the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018.
The second reference...
EU envoy: ‘No such thing as Area A and B, it’s all Palestine’
German diplomat Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff, who represents the European Union in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, said on Wednesday during a visit to Samaria, "There is no such thing as Area B and C, it's...