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Monday, June 24th 2024

  Red-handed: Catching the BBC Pushing Fake News:  David Collier, David Collier.com, June 23, 2024 Washington Post Foreign Desk, Accused of Pro-Hamas Bias, Teems with Al Jazeera Veterans:  Joseph Simonson, The Washington Free Beacon, June 19, 2024 Why Are Media Outlets Using Hamas as Their Sources?:  Channa Rifkin, Algemeiner, June 20, 2024 Will Biden Help Soros Silence Dana Loesch and Mark Levin?:  Stephen […]

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Friday, June 21st 2024

SHABBAT READING   Israel’s Acceptance of the Covenant with YHWH: A Leap of Faith?:  Prof. Rabbi Jonathan Magonet, TheTorah.com,  June 18, 2024 —  Israel’s response at Sinai, נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע (naʿaseh ve-nishmaʿ), “let us do and [then] let us hear” (Exod 24:7) is famously cited in the midrash as evidence of a remarkable and praiseworthy leap of faith—that even before […]

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Friday, June 21st 2024

Citation de la Semaine:  Pour moi, la paix doit assurer la sécurité du peuple juif. Ariel Sharon, Général, Homme d’état, Homme politique, Militaire, Premier ministre (1928 – 2014)                                                Table des Matières « Tsahal a écarté le danger […]

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Thursday, June 20th 2024 / Thursday, June 20th 2024

MUCH HEAT, AND SOME LIGHT WATCH:  Munk Debate on Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism | Douglas Murray Vs Mehdi Hasan | 2024:  Roaming Soren, YouTube, June 18, 2024 — Munk Dialogue with Douglas Murray, Natasha Hausdorff, Mehdi Hasan & Gideon Levy: Is anti-Zionism antisemitism?   Hub Dialogues: Douglas Murray, Natasha Hausdorff, Mehdi Hasan and Gideon Levy on Whether Anti-Zionism […]

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Wednesday, June 19th 2024 / Wednesday, June 19th 2024

FIGHTING BACK Podcast: Ruth Wisse on the Explosion of Anti-Israel Protests on Campus:  Mosaic, May 3, 2024 — Anti-Israel campus activism has never been more popular or unpleasant than it is right now. In years past, much of this activism was mixed up with nods to the desire for peace and a two-state solution that would allow […]

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Tuesday, June 18th 2024

Thousands of Launches Per Day: What Does Hezbollah’s Arsenal Look Like Today?:  JP staff, Jerusalem Post, June 11, 2024 — Hezbollah’s weaponry has seen significant developments in its arsenal of rockets, UAVs, and precision missiles, the Alma Research and Education Center stated in its report released this week.   The Grave Consequences of the UN’s Failure in Lebanon:  Bradley […]

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Monday, June 17th 2024

TURKEY CAUGHT SPYING Germany Accuses Turkey of Running Spying Operations and Fueling Far-Right Movements: Levent Kenez, Nordic Monitor, June 4, 2024 — The 2023 report from Germany’s Hamburg State Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Hamburg ) was released on June 3, 2024, shedding light on the activities of various intelligence agencies and illegal […]

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Friday, June 14th 2024 / Friday, June 14th 2024

                SHABBAT READING   Birkat Kohanim: The Magic of a Blessing: Prof. Shawna Dolansky, The Torah.com, June 15, 2016 — Many of us are familiar with the priestly benediction (birkat hakohanim) from the liturgy, found in Numbers 6:24-26. A sensational archaeological find by Gabriel Barkay in 1979 demonstrates the antiquity of […]

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Thursday, June 13th 2024

Citation de la Semaine:  « C’est le plus beau cadeau qu’on pouvait me faire ».  Yakov Argamani, père de Noa Argamani, otage du Hamas libérée par l’armée israélienne                              Table des Matières   Les 4 otages sauvés étaient « frappés quasiment quotidiennement […]

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Tuesday, June 11th 2024

WHO WE REALLY ARE Why This Year’s Shavuot Is One of the Most Important Ever:  Moshe Hauer, Algemeiner, June 10, 2024 — Beginning Tuesday evening, June 11, Jews all over the world celebrate Shavuot and commemorate the day they received the Torah and its commandments at Sinai. Land or Torah: What Binds Israel as a Nation?:  Dr. […]

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Monday, June 10th 2024

PRONOUNCED ABSURDITY BBC Asks Why IDF Didn’t Warn Gazans on Secret Raid:ILH staff, Israel Hayom, June 8, 2024 — Former IDF spokesperson Jonathan Conricus pushed back against a suggestion by BBC news anchor Helena Humphrey Sunday after she said the Israeli military should have given Palestinians advance warning on Saturday’s hostage rescue operation. EU’s Foreign Minister, Countries Around World, Condemn Rescue Op […]

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Friday, June 7th 2024 / Friday, June 7th 2024

SHABBAT READING Liminal Space:  BAMIDBAR • 5771, 5784, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — In English, the book we begin this week is called Numbers, and for an obvious reason. It begins with a census, and there is even a second count toward the end of the book. On this view, the central theme of the book is demography. […]