Isranet Daily Briefing

Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, October 4th 2023 / Tuesday, October 3rd 2023

 WEEKLY QUOTES “The wars of the Jews are always the ugliest. The Arabs won’t need to fight. The Jews, as usual, will destroy themselves.” — Yoni Netanyahu, late brother of P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu, to his parents in November 1973. (WSJ, Sept. 28, 2023)   “Our government won’t come within a kilometer of anything that even […]

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Wednesday, October 4th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

Des archives déclassifiées témoignent de fortes réserves sur les accords d’Oslo                                                                                  MICHAEL BACHNER                                […]

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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 […]

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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 […]