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The Undying People

Meir Y. Soloveichik First Things, January 2024 “Anti-Semitism is not a hatred of difference; it is a hatred of Jews.” The collection of Yad Vashem, Israel’s museum of the Holocaust and memorial to its victims, presents us with a chronicle of human barbarity and evil. But in its celebration of those “Righteous Gentiles” who protected […]

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The Right Way to Read the Haggadah

Rabbi Dr. Norman Solomon The Torah.com, Mar. 15, 2024 “I hope that, just as we welcome all four ‘sons’ to our table and read to each according to his needs, we can also welcome all four readers, and take from each according to our needs, and the needs of our generation.” You don’t have to be a […]

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That Pain You’re Feeling Is Peoplehood

Mijal Bitton Sapir Journal, October 2023 – February 2024 “This is what Jewish peoplehood feels like. The pain is telling us that the organism is working, that we are still a “we.” This pain is the essence of being — or becoming — a Jew.”   The words of the Torah can reflect our profound sorrow in this moment. Each […]

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Israël et ses alliés improbables face au régime iranien

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  Citation de la semaine:  “Etranger est le parent par alliance de l’étranger.” Proverbe arabe                     Table des Matières   L’attaque iranienne contre Israel en chiffre:  i24News,14 avril 2024 Après l’échec de l’attaque iranienne Israël sort de l’isolement: Jforum.Fr, 18 avril 2024  Les USA et l’UE, […]

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Daily Briefing: NO SAFE SPACES FOR JEWS ON COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES?

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SHABBAT READING   The Skin of the Metzora and the Heart of the Messiah:  Prof. Rabbi Wendy Zierler, The Torah.com, Apr. 19, 2015 — When I was a camper at Camp Moshava, the staff had a penchant for waking us up to Alan Sherman records—the singer and comedy writer who wrote such parodies as “Al and Yetta” […]

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Joseph Massad, Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History at Columbia University speaks at the University of Chile on "Semitism and the Abrahamic: Edward Said and Jacques Derrida".- Wikipedia

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Columbia Professor Joseph Massad Admits Palestinian “Return” Is Meant to Destroy Israel

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Elder of Zyon, Dec. 4, 2019 “The Palestinian struggle today, therefore, must not waiver on the implementation of the Palestinian right of return, as this right is the legal key to undoing the Zionist conquest of Palestine in its entirety.”   Joseph Massad is professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History in the Department of […]

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Inaugural Columbia Task Force Report Confirms Jewish Students’ Claims of Antisemitism

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Jordana Horn Times of Israel, Mar. 5, 2024 “In recent years, it has become increasingly common at Columbia to defer to a protected class’s views,” reads the report. “But when some Israeli and Jewish Columbia affiliates have complained about phrases or comments in recent months, the response has been different, defending the intentions and free […]

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Protests Intensify at Columbia, Forcing Difficult Choices for Leaders Sharon Otterman and Alan Blinder

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NY Times, Apr. 18, 2024 “Columbia’s tightened rules were being tested even as Dr. Shafik testified.”   More than 100 students were arrested on Thursday after Columbia University called in the police to empty an encampment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, fulfilling a vow to Congress by the school’s president that she was prepared to punish people […]

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Columbia President Admits School Was ‘Not Up To’ Challenge of Oct. 7 Fallout

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Douglas Belkin WSJ, Apr. 17, 2024 “The last six months on campus have served as an extreme pressure test. Our systems clearly have not been equipped to manage the unfolding situation.”   Columbia University president Nemat “Minouche” Shafik told a congressional committee Wednesday that the school wasn’t prepared for the firestorm stemming from Hamas’s attack […]

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Daily Briefing: BIDEN’S “DON’T” STRATEGY FOCUSES ON DEFENCE

WATCH:  Emergency Briefing on Iran’s Attack on Israel:  Behnam Ben Taleblu, Emetonline, Apr. 16, 2024   WATCH:  How Israel Divided the Right:  Sorab Ahmari, Unherd, Apr. 14, 2024 — Since October 7th, old divides between Right and Left on support for Israel were predictably resurfaced. Less expected, however, was a new civil war on the online Right. Compact founder […]

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Moment of Truth on Ukraine and Israel

Joe Biden WSJ, Apr. 17, 2024  “… if Iran succeeds in significantly escalating its assault on Israel, the U.S. could be drawn in. Israel is our strongest partner in the Middle East; it’s unthinkable that we would stand by if its defenses were weakened and Iran was able to carry out the destruction it intended […]

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Biden Prefers Appeasing Iran to Risk of Broader Conflagration:

  Israel Kasnett, JNS, Apr. 17, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden’s “Don’t” warning to Israel’s enemies didn’t work. Iran attacked Israel directly, and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah continues to fire rockets at Israel on a daily basis. In fact, Biden’s “Don’t” strategy has never worked. It wasn’t taken seriously by the Taliban in 2021, or […]

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