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Friday, July 28th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Andy Kifer Smithsonian Magazine, July 18, 2023 “I don’t know how he had acquired this facility for handling people. Those who knew him well were really surprised.” Since the end of World War II, historians and artists alike have been fascinated by the brilliant, enigmatic J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who led the Manhattan Project […]

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Thursday, July 27th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

AN UNLUCKY TIME Tisha B’Av: On What Day Were the Jerusalem Temples Destroyed?:  Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber, The Torah.com, July 20, 2018 — The 9th of Av is described in Rabbinic Jewish sources as the day on which both temples were destroyed. Any Tears for Tisha B’Av? Reflections on a Day of Mourning—and Hope:  Mark […]

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Thursday, July 27th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Gil Troy JNS, Aug. 7, 2022 “If a people possesses something old and profound, which can educate man and train him for his future tasks, is it truly revolutionary to despise it and become estranged from it?”   It’s become an annual modern ritual. Every summer, before Tisha B’Av, the ninth of the Hebrew month […]

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Thursday, July 27th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks The Rabbi Sacks Legacy, July 28, 2014 “Because Jews throughout history have recognised tyranny for what it is, and have refused to be intimidated by power, threat, terror and fear. Somehow, in the most dangerous region of the world, Israel has created a society of freedom and order: a free press, […]

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Thursday, July 27th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Rabbi Eliyahu Fink Orthodox Union, Aug. 5, 2014 “The simple version of the Roman conquest of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. is a story of superior Roman forces overwhelming a puny Jewish army. Our defeat was inevitable. But the siege and subsequent fall of Jerusalem to the Roman legions were far more dramatic and much more […]

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Thursday, July 27th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Mark Raven Commentary Magazine, August 1951 “It was the Jew’s burden—and still is—to turn over in his soul an insoluble problem of history: how could one people above all others become heir to such sorrow?”   This August 12th will be celebrated as Tisha B’av—the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av—the second most […]

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Thursday, July 27th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023

Citation de la semaine:  « Il n’y aura pas de conflit fratricide tant que l’ennemi sera à nos portes. » Menachem Begin Table des Matières Qu’est-ce que la clause de raisonnabilité? On vous explique tout LPH INFO juillet 24, 2023 Netanyahu : Nous sommes ouverts à des négociations, mais la loi était nécessaire TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF,24 […]

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Wednesday, July 26th 2023 / Wednesday, July 26th 2023

MEDIA-OCRITY Only Biden Can Save Israel Now:  Thomas Friedman, NY Times, July 23, 2023 “… Fifty years later, Mr. President, this Jewish democracy urgently needs another airlift to save it from being destroyed from the inside. It needs an urgent resupply of hard truths — something only you can provide. And what are those truths? […]

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Tuesday, July 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

INCREASING TIES WATCH:  The Woke Penetration of Israel:  Caroline Glick, JNS, Feb. 14, 2023— This week’s “Caroline Glick Show” was filmed as opposition lawmakers rioted inside the Knesset and tens of thousands of leftists demonstrated outside it. ____________________________________________________ The Woke Army: Organized Against Israel:  Bob Goldberg, Jewish Journal, Mar. 22, 2023 Barack Obama’s Success: How […]

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Tuesday, July 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Michael Ginsberg American Greatness, July 21, 2023 “What does [Obama] offer? First and foremost: his face. Think of it as the most effective potential re-branding of the United States since Reagan. Such a re-branding is not trivial – it’s central to an effective war strategy …”   He promised his presidency would fundamentally transform America. […]

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Tuesday, July 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

Bob Goldberg Jewish Journal, Mar. 22, 2023 “The woke army successfully identified Israel as the leading cause of oppression worldwide and enshrined anti-Zionists as the core of CRT doctrine and activity.”   To understand why undermining Israel is central to the woke agenda, read “The Woke Army: The Red-Green Alliance That is Destroying America’s Freedom,” a recently […]

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Tuesday, July 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023

John Lloyd Quillette, May 27, 2023   “New Right policies are substantially the same wherever they attract support—opposition to the EU, distrust of globalisation and corporations, dislike of mass and illegal immigration, support for families and local communities, aversion to the “woke” phenomenon and to cancel culture (at least when it is employed against the […]