Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, April 14th 2017

    The Other Islamic State: Erdogan’s Vision for Turkey: Daniel Pipes, Wall Street Journal, Apr. 13, 2017 — This Sunday, millions of Turks will vote to endorse or reject constitutional amendments passed in January by Turkey’s Parliament. Turkey's Barks and Bites: Burak Bekdil, Gatestone Institute, Apr. 11, 2017— Turkey's foreign policy and the rhetoric […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, April 13th 2017

    44 Dead Christians: Islam’s Latest Victims: Raymond Ibrahim, Frontpage, Apr. 10, 2017— Egypt’s Christians started Holy Week celebrations by being blown up yesterday.  Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox are Proud to be Slain by ISIL for their Christianity. That is Awesome: Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Post, Apr. 11, 2017 — It is an […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, April 12th 2017

  On Topic Links   Frozen In Time By Rabbi Asher Jacobson (Video): Youtube, Apr. 9, 2017 After Six Years of Slaughter and Failure to Act, Trump Lets Fly His Tomahawks Out of the Blue: Terry Glavin, National Post, Apr. 7, 2017 Pressed in Iraq and Syria, IS lashes out in Egypt: Samer al-Atrush, Times […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Monday, April 10th 2017

    Passover – We Have Reason to Rejoice: Isi Leibler, Jerusalem Post, Apr. 9, 2017 — Tonight, most Israelis, secular as well as observant, will celebrate Passover, the festival of freedom in which we recount our life of slavery and exodus from Egypt and how we became a nation. Passover Guide for the Perplexed, […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, April 7th 2017

As We Go To Press: Several Dead in Stockholm Truck Attack—A truck drove into pedestrians in a busy shopping area of central Stockholm on Friday, killing several people and leaving many wounded in what Sweden’s prime minister called a “terror attack.” The attack appeared drawn from the playbook of low-tech terrorism—mowing down pedestrians with a […]

Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, April 7th 2017 / Monday, September 21st 2020

                  LE SEDER DE PESSA'H                                                           Philippe Haddad                                               mars, 2013              Chacun sait que l'événement fondateur du peuple juif est la sortie d'Egypte, ce passage de la servitude à l'état d'homme libre, préalable indispensable à la réception de la Tora, la Loi. C'est cet […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Thursday, April 6th 2017

The Missile, the Poison Gas and the Sheer Effrontery: Mordechai Kedar, Arutz Sheva, Apr. 5, 2017 — A very short length of rope connects the launching of an anti-aircraft missile towards IAF jets on the night of March 17th and the murderous use (once again!) of the poison gas which the Syrian regime is not […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Wednesday, April 5th 2017

  On Topic Links   Donald Trump Racks Up Few Wins So Far: Louise Radnofsky & Rebecca Ballhaus, Wall Street Journal, Apr. 1, 2017 Trump Settles in on Settlements: Elliott Abrams, Israel Hayom, Apr. 5, 2017 At Ryerson, a Rare Win for Jewish Groups on Campus (and One With a Pleasant Twist): Barbara Kay, National […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Tuesday, April 4th 2017

Rebooting US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Zvi Mazel, Jerusalem Post, Apr. 2, 2017— The Obama years were a curious blend of isolationism and limited interventions. Arab Upheaval and Trump: Prof. Eyal Zisser, Israel Hayom, Apr. 4, 2017— The Arab pilgrimage to the White House is now officially underway, following Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's […]

Analysis

Tuesday, April 4th 2017 / Tuesday, April 4th 2017

    The Jewish people's historic contribution to civilization and mankind was essentially drawn from the Torah. It related to the domains of theology, philosophy, psychology, morality, and law, which together reflected the spiritual world of man and life. The instrumentalities of life, or proceeding from science to technology, did not preoccupy the classic and […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Monday, April 3rd 2017

Trump Seeks to Resolve Israel-Palestinian Conflict: Isi Leibler, Candidly Speaking, Mar. 28, 2017— Throughout his election campaign and thereafter, even while fulsomely praising Israel and vowing to treat us as a true ally… President Trump Wants a Peace Process Too: Prof. Efraim Inbar, BESA, Mar. 21, 2017— During the election campaign and after his inauguration, […]

Analysis

Friday, March 31st 2017 / Monday, April 3rd 2017

  Avraham Novershtern, Kan gar ha’am hayehudi: sifrut yidish be’artsot habrit [Here Dwells the Jewish People: A Century of American Yiddish Literature] Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 2015. 747 pp.  ISBN: 978-965-493-822-8.   The phenomenon of secular Yiddish literature, beginning in the late nineteenth century, is an immensely important part of the story of Jewish cultural creativity […]