Isranet Daily Briefing

Isranet Daily Briefing

Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023

MBS OPENS UP Bret Baier Interviews Saudi Prince: Israel Peace, 9/11 Ties, Iran Nuke Fears: ‘Cannot See Another Hiroshima’:  Peter Aitken, Fox News, Sept. 20, 2023 —  Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in his first interview with a major American news network since 2019 addressed controversies that have plagued his country and government over the […]

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Friday, September 29th 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023

________________________________________________________ SHABBAT READING   Is Kohelet’s Wisdom Vanity of Vanities?:  Prof. Rabbi Marty Lockshin, The Torah.com, Sept. 2023 — The Mishnah (m. Yadayim 3:5) makes clear that the inclusion of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) in the biblical Canon engendered more opposition than other biblical books.[1] Unfortunately, we don’t have a detailed record of the rabbinic discussions about Kohelet, pro and […]

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Thursday, September 28th 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023

The Real History Behind the ‘Golda’ Movie:  Sonja Anderson, The Smithsonian, Aug. 24, 2023 ‘Golda:’ What the Movie Doesn’t Tell You About the Israeli Prime Minister:  Andrew Silow-Carroll, Jerusalem Post, Aug. 26, 2023 Good as ‘Golda’: Nattiv on Directing Helen Mirren:  Hannah Brown, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 2, 2023 How Golda Transformed Helen Mirren into Golda Meir:  Lisa […]

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Wednesday, September 27th 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023

Ukraine, U.S., Russia (And China): Antisemites, Jews, and Means-Ends Discourse in a Global, Nuclear Age:  Frederick Krantz, Isranet,Sept. 27, 2023 Canadian Speaker in House of Commons Quits After Honoring Ukrainian Who Fought for Nazis: Ian Austen, NY Times, Sept. 26, 2023 Rota Resigns So Trudeau Can Pretend Nazi Scandal Isn’t His Problem: Carson Jerema, National Post, Sept. […]

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Tuesday, September 26th 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023

LESSONS LEARNED   Herzog on Yom Kippur: Being Open to Change:  Isaac Herzog, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 25, 2023 — The Yom Kippur War was a watershed event in Israel’s history. A moment of profound national shock and trauma, it has left deep scars that, 50 years later, continue to punctuate the landscape of our society.   The […]

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Friday, September 22nd 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

SHABBAT READING   Crimson to White: Yom Kippur’s Miraculous Thread:  Dr. Rabbi Joshua Kulp, The Torah.com, Sept. 21, 2023 — Leviticus (ch. 16) describes a Yom Kippur ritual, known as the scapegoat, in which a goat is chosen by lottery to bear Israel’s iniquities, and is then sent into the wilderness as a way of […]

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Wednesday, September 20th 2023

                WEEKLY QUOTES   Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara sees the Basic Law amendment: The Government as “an extreme case of abuse of the constituent authority, where the amendment to the Basic Law of the Government before us was made for a distinct personal purpose, with the aim of influencing a […]

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Tuesday, September 19th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

CYNICISM ABIDES Recalling ‘Cruelty’ Of Former Homeland, Some Libyan Jews Cast Wary Eye on Contacts:  Gianluca Pacchiani, Times of Israel, Aug. 29, 2023 — From his home in the coastal Israeli city of Bat Yam, Pedatzur Ben-Attiya recalled a time when he used to recruit “spies” to send into Libya. ________________________________________________________ Peace with Libya is […]

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Thursday, September 14th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

SHABBAT READING Akeda and Rosh Hashanah: Invoking the Original Oath God Was Forced to Make:  Prof. Rabbi David R. Blumenthal, The Torah.com, Sept. 14, 2023 The rabbis link the Akeda with forgiveness of sins for the Jewish people (Bereishit Rabba56:10, taken up in many selichot): Rabbi Bibi the Great said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan: Abraham said […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, September 14th 2023 / Thursday, September 14th 2023

Citation de la semaine: “A nouvel an, nouvel élan.” Christelle Heurtault _________________________________________________________________                                          Table des Matières ________________________________________________________________________ Roch Hachana célèbre l’année 5784 : quelles traditions ?            Journal des Femmes, 07/09/23 Opinion […]

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Friday, September 1st 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

SHABBAT READING   We Are What We Remember:  KI TAVO • 5776, 5783:  Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Rabbi Sacks Legacy — One reason religion has survived in the modern world despite four centuries of secularisation is that it answers the three questions every reflective human being will ask at some time in his or her life: Who am I? […]

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Thursday, August 31st 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

LIMITED GROWTH How Steady are China-Israel Relations?:  Giorgio Cafiero, Arab Center Washington, DC, Aug. 28, 2023 — The twenty-first century has witnessed China’s economic ascendancy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Its diplomatic influence in the region is growing too, underscored by the March 10 Saudi-Iran normalization deal brokered in Beijing. China’s Economic […]