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To Break the ‘Moral Spine’ of the Jews

Elliot Kaufman WSJ, Aug. 22, 2024 “ … the anti-Israel fanatics demand that Jews relinquish not so much the tenets of their religion as their dignity and the solidarity that sustains Jewish peoplehood.”   A legal victory for Jewish students comes by way of an oversimplification of Judaism. Yet in the process, it stumbles on some […]

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All the Struggles Are Connected’

Barton Swain WSJ, Aug. 23, 2024 “Apart from the slogans, speakers didn’t call straightforwardly for the destruction of Israel and the wiping out of Israeli Jews, but only a fool could miss the intensely antisemitic purpose of the event.” Predictions were amiss that the 2024 Democratic National Convention would repeat the mayhem of its 1968 […]

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Media Covers for VP Nominee Tim Walz Who Danced with Hitler-Promoting Islamist

Dexter Van Zile Focus on Western Islamism, Aug. 23, 2024   “Walz has a lot to answer for, but no one is going to ask him about it. The idea seems to be that you can’t say anything critical of Muslims without being accused of being an anti-Muslim radical, so people just ignore it. [Muslims] […]

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Hamas Alone Is to Blame for the Deaths of the Hostages

Brendan O’Neill Spiked, Aug. 23, 2024 “The commentariat’s reluctance to hold Hamas responsible for anything, even its own wicked deeds, is getting scary now.”   A bizarre debate has blown up. All over social media, people want to know: who’s responsible for the deaths of the six Israeli hostages whose bodies were discovered by the IDF in […]

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Communiqué: Israël défait les derniers bataillons du Hamas à Rafah, mais les négociations pour libérer les otages stagnent

Citation de la semaine: “La brigade Rafah du Hamas est vaincue” Yoav Gallant, ministre de la Défense d’Israël                 Table des Matières   Le Hamas a envoyé la lettre du désespoir au Hezbollah: JForum.fr, 25 août 2024  Sinouar pose une condition personnelle à tout accord: LPH INFO, août 21, 2024 […]

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Daily Briefing: PASSIONS ABIDE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE DNC CONVENTION

SHABBAT READING   Psalms for Our Times: Rashi Counters Christological Readings:  Prof. Rabbi Mordechai Z. Cohen, The Torah.com,  Aug. 2, 2024  — It is becoming increasingly accepted that Rashi reacted polemically to Christian beliefs and Bible interpretation, and that, throughout his commentaries, he was implicitly refuting the Christian claim that God had rejected Israel. He thus made the […]

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No, Mr. President, the Protesters Don’t Have a Point

Eli Lake Tablet, Aug. 21, 2024 “Perhaps the president can dispatch one of his aides to ask the river-to-the-sea crowd whether it would protest the embassy of Qatar, a country that has been one of the most important patrons of Hamas in recent years, instead of Israel’s consulate in Chicago.”   President Joe Biden, in his Chicago swan […]

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Exposing the Vile Antisemitism of the ‘Pro-Palestinian’ Activists

Adam Milstein Jerusalem Post, Aug. 23, 2024 “Obfuscating and appropriating Jewish history is a tactic that comes directly from the playbook of terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah.” Since October 7th, protests around the globe in support of the “Palestinian cause” have exploded in popularity and tenacity. Anti-Israel and anti-Jewish activists repeatedly, almost religiously claim […]

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The Fight Over Having a Palestinian Speaker at the DNC

Seth Mandel Commentary, Aug. 22, 2024 “In the left-wing world of representative factionalism, “authentic” usually means “maximalist” if not, at the very least, “strident.” The only meek representative in progressive activism will be the Jewish one.”   After the parents of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin were given a gracious reception at the Democratic National Convention last night, demands […]

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A Decade of Ignorance

Mike Gonzalez City Journal, Aug. 21, 2024 “The pro-Hamas demonstrators who disturbed life on U.S. campuses and cities this spring were supported by the same revolutionary ecosystem that gathered at Ferguson and has supported every anti-American and anti-Western cause since.”   This month marks the tenth anniversary of events that changed the trajectory of this country, and […]

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Daily Briefing: CANADA CONFRONTS INCREASED TERRORISM AND ANTISEMITISM

“ABSOLUTELY CHILLING” Multiple Jewish Organizations, Hospitals Across Canada Receive Identical Bomb Threats:  National Post, Aug. 21, 2024 — Police in multiple cities across Canada are responding to bomb threats that were sent to Jewish organizations, synagogues and some hospitals this morning.   Courageous Leadership Is Needed to Combat Antisemitism in Canada: Deborah Lyons, National Post, July 26, 2024 — […]

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Ottawa Turns a Blind Eye to Questionable Pro-Palestinian Charities

Warren Kinsella Toronto Sun, Aug. 10, 2024 “Inash El Usra’s website shows videos of a children’s concert, uploaded to their YouTube account. In one video, a child is dressed up as a Hasidic Jew – complete with payot or side curls – and he shoots a toy machine gun at girls wearing Palestinian flags.” Ottawa wants to take […]

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