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Wednesday, October 30th 2024 / Wednesday, October 30th 2024

PROMOTING TERRORISM Contempt For Colonna: UNRWA Leaders Continue to Promote Terrorism:  UNWatch, June 20, 2024 — Presented to Parliament of the Netherlands The Hague, 20 June 2024   UN Secretary-General, UNRWA Nominated for Nobel Prize:  Neta Bar, Israel Hayom, Oct. 3, 2024 — UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the UNRWA agency, and the International Court of Justice in The Hague […]

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Tuesday, October 29th 2024

In an Incredibly Close Race, Can the Jewish Vote Make a Difference? Five Takeaways – Opinion:  Ted Sasson, Jerusalem Post, Oct. 26, 2024 –– A few weeks ahead of the November 5 presidential election, we now have a few relatively high-quality polls of Jewish Americans. LISTEN:  Trump or Kamala?  Ben Shapiro and Sam Harris Debate:  Honestly with […]

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Monday, October 28th 2024

‘Days of Repentance’: This Is How the Iran Operation Unfolded:  ILH staff, Israel Hayom, Oct. 26, 2024 — In a significant military operation dubbed “Days of Repentance,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted a series of precision strikes against military targets inside Iran, marking a direct response to Iran’s recent attacks on Israel.   Killing Iran’s Nuclear Program: Did Israel Throw Away a […]

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Wednesday, October 23rd 2024

DUALITIES OF JUDAISM   Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah in a Nutshell:  Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — SHEMINI ATZERET is a strange day in the Jewish calendar. It is described as the eighth day, and thus part of Succot, but it is also designated by a name of its own, Atzeret. Is it, or is it […]

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Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 / Tuesday, October 22nd 2024

IRAN ON THE MOVE 7 East Jerusalem Men Arrested in Iran Spy Plot, Including Bid to Kill Nuclear Scientist:  TOI staff, Times of Israel, Oct. 22, 2024 — Seven East Jerusalem Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran and plotting attacks in Israel on the Islamic Republic’s behalf, the Israel Police and Shin Bet said Tuesday, […]

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Monday, October 21st 2024

ANOTHER LEAK Leaked Documents Show US Intelligence on Israel’s Plans to Attack Iran, Sources Say:  Natasha Bertrand and Alex Marquardt, CNN, Oct. 20, 2024 — The US is investigating a leak of highly classified US intelligence about Israel’s plans for retaliation against Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter. One of the people familiar confirmed […]

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Wednesday, October 16th 2024

REVELATORY JOURNEY WATCH:  Unlocking the Mystery of Sukkot through the Book of Ecclesiastes:  The Lessons of Kohelet:  Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — Friends, Succot. I want to share with you a journey. A long journey, actually, but not a difficult one but a really, really revelatory one, as to the nature of Succot. And […]

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Tuesday, October 15th 2024

MESSAGE RECEIVED The Extremism of Ta-Nehisi Coates:  Ethan Strauss and Park MacDougald, The Scroll, Oct 11, 2024 — The fallout continues over Ta-Nehisi Coates and his new anti-Israel book, The Message. The Championing of Ta-Nehisi Coates Exposes the Media’s Gross Bias:  Melissa Langsam Braunstein, Jewish Chronicle, Oct. 15, 2024 — Publicising his new book, The Message, on Trevor Noah’s podcast, […]

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Monday, October 14th 2024 / Monday, October 14th 2024

Citation de la semaine: « Les principes sacrés comme le nom du Seigneur ne doivent pas être utilisés en vain – pour soutenir une escroquerie, pour dissimuler une injustice. Le principe d’autodétermination ne signifie pas que si quelqu’un s’est emparé d’une parcelle de terre, elle doit rester en sa possession pour toujours, et que celui qui […]

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Friday, October 11th 2024

SHABBAT READING Jonah Leaves Us with Questions, So on Yom Kippur We End with Micah:  Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler, The Torah.com, Oct. 8, 2024 — The book of Jonah is a remarkable four-scene[1] story that is both absurd and sublime.[2] The tradition of reading Jonah during the afternoon service, for many the centerpiece of the day, goes back, at […]

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Thursday, October 10th 2024

*** My Message to the Jews:  Jordan Peterson, The Standard, Oct. 4, 2024 The Antisemitism is the Point:  Jim Geraghty, National Review, Oct. 7, 2024 Did the Media Coverage of October 7 and the Hamas War Lead to Increased Antisemitism?:  Chaim Lax,  Algemeiner, Oct. 8, 2024 Now They Won’t Even Let Jews Grieve in Peace:  Brendan O’Neill, Spiked, Oct. 9, […]

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Wednesday, October 9th 2024

“USE-OVER-LOSE” Experts See Hezbollah ‘Escalation’ In Use of New Missiles, As Group Weathers Israeli Bombardment:  Agnes Halou, Breaking Defence, Oct. 8, 2024 — Ten days after the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and amid an aggressive Israeli bombardment, a senior Hezbollah official today attempted to assauge any of the group’s concerns by saying its capabilities are […]