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Friday, March 14th 2025 / Friday, March 14th 2025

  SHABBAT READING Ruth and Esther: Divergent Narratives, Convergent Narratology:  Prof. Rabbi Reuven Kimelman, The Torah.com, Mar. 11, 2025  —  Aside from featuring a heroine, the biblical books of Ruth and Esther seem hardly alike. Setting – Ruth takes place in rural Judea, in Bethlehem, in the period of the Judges, before the establishment of the […]

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Thursday, March 13th 2025

Israel Redrawing Its Borders in Syria and Lebanon:  Yoni Ben Menachem, Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, Mar. 6, 2025 Lebanon-Israel Border Disputes: Can Talks Lead to a Lasting Truce?:  Rita El Jammal, The New Arab, Mar. 12, 2025  95 Coffins, Countless Wounds: Lebanon Grapples with Hezbollah’s ‘Victory’ Over Israel: Nabih Bulos, LA Times, […]

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Wednesday, March 12th 2025

  TAKING CONTROL WATCH:  Speaker Mike Johnson Responds to the Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil:  The Washington Examiner, YouTube, Mar. 11. 2025 Mahmoud Khalil, Up with Whom We Need Not Put:  Hugh Fitzgerald, Israpundit, Mar 11, 2025 — I was amazed when I listened at NPR on March 10, because on every newscast all day long […]

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Tuesday, March 11th 2025

How Did Deadly Syria Clashes Start and Who Is Responsible for Civilian Killings?: William Christou, Guardian, Mar. 10, 2025 Alawites to Israel: ‘Strike Al-Julani’s Forces from the Air, They Won’t Stop Slaughtering Us’:  Shachar Kleiman, Israel Hayom, Mar. 10, 2025  Who is the Real Al-Julani? West Still Preplexed:  Erez Linn, Israel Hayom, Mar. 10, 2025 […]

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Monday, March 10th 2025

‘Columbia Should Be More Worried than I Am,’ Many Thinking of Transferring, Jewish Student Says:  Vita Fellig, JNS, Mar. 6, 2025 —  As Barnard College sought to de-escalate a protest on Wednesday afternoon, in which dozens of anti-Israel demonstrators—many wearing keffiyehs—stormed its library, the school received a specific bomb threat targeting the Milstein Center for Teaching and […]

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Friday, March 7th 2025

SHABBAT READING LISTEN:  Tetzaveh / Shabbat Zachor:  Tablet, Mar. 5, 2025 —  In this week’s parsha, the Torah delivers detailed instructions about the priestly garments, but because it’s the Shabbat before the holiday of Purim, we also revisit the ancient commandment not to forget the evils of Amalek. Why must we remember Amalek’s wickedness, and what does the […]

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Thursday, March 6th 2025

Rebuilding Gaza is Pointless Unless Hamas is Eradicated:  Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute, Mar. 6, 2025 — As Arab and Western leaders continue to discuss plans to rebuild the Gaza Strip, the ran-backed Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has again rejected laying down its weapons. **** Why Hamas Loves the Arab World’s Latest Backwards Gaza Plan […]

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Wednesday, March 5th 2025

DORE GOLD A’H:  July 25, 1953 – March 3, 2025  Remembering Dore Gold – Visionary Scholar-Diplomat:  Dr. Dan Diker, Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, Mar. 5, 2025 — The passing of Ambassador Dr. Dore Gold, among Israel’s great scholar-diplomats, is a terrible loss for Israel and the Jewish people. Dore embodied a rare […]

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Tuesday, March 4th 2025 / Tuesday, March 4th 2025

WATCH:  Trump – Zelensky Fallout: Game Changer for Israel? March 3 IDSF Daily Briefing — … He then talks about the direct implications that a US – Ukraine fallout would have on Israel in terms of the positioning of China-Russia-Iran axis. He also talks about new developments in Hebron with Arab clans expressing interest in […]

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Monday, March 3rd 2025 / Monday, March 3rd 2025

Why I Won’t Teach at Columbia:  Deborah Lipstadt, The Free Press, Mar. 2, 2025 How America’s Jews Became America’s ‘New Blacks’:  David Christopher Kaufman, Commentary Magazine, March 2025 Qatar’s Grip on Education Is Causing an Explosion of Campus Antisemitism:  Amine Ayoub, Jerusalem Post, Feb. 24, 2025 A Vile Equivalence:  Melanie Phillips, JNS, Feb. 28, 2025 *** For Further Reference    Federal […]

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Friday, February 28th 2025

“Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, faces a dilemma: capitulate to Washington, which would bring sanctions relief but require a far more restrictive nuclear deal and the drastic curtailment of Iran’s assertive foreign policy, or pursue a nuclear weapon, inviting preemptive—and this time, potentially catastrophic—Israeli and American strikes.” — Christopher de Bellaigue *** SHABBAT READING Gersonides’ Scientific Interpretation […]

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Thursday, February 27th 2025

Citations de la semaine: “Je repense à tout ce que nous avons vécu ensemble, il y a tant de beaux souvenirs. Je me souviens de la naissance d’Ariel et de Kfir. Je me souviens des jours où nous nous asseyions à la maison ou dans un café, juste tous les deux, à parler pendant des […]