Sadly, anti-Semitism reared its ugly head in 2009 in formidable measures, especially in Western Europe. The record number of incidents was the largest since World War II. The first three months of the year saw more anti-Semitism than all of 2008. The sharpest increase was in France, where 631 anti-Semitic incidents happened in the [...]
Either it’s all in their mind or police officers in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah give a disproportionate dose of force to ultra-left protesters than those fighting for the Jewish claim to the neighborhood. A few Jewish families moved into the Palestinian area recently, causing the eviction of a few permanent Palestinian residents. [...]
Turkey makes it clear that they are disturbed by Israel, but not THAT disturbed ‘
When the Iranian scientist Professsor Massoud Ali Muhammadi was killed by a remote control bomb on a motorcycle in Teheran last week, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Israel, saying that it was carried out in the signature “Zionist style” ‘
According to recent reports, Iraq is moving to remove the Jewish elements from the tomb of the prophet Ezekiel, and turn it into a mosque. A MOSQUE?! Yeah, a mosque. You might say they are making a mosquery of a very holy site. Ezekiel lived about 2,500 years ago and preached about the salvation of [...]
A former housekeeper has filed a lawsuit accusing the Israeli prime minister’s wife of abusing her. Lillian Peretz, who worked as the Netanyahu’
So often tidbits of news and history become philosophical mind-benders’
Yair Nitzani explains to foreign workers in Israel (Strange Workers) about the different levels of Jewish in Israeli society. Related posts WHY NOW??? (1) Tefillin Anime (1)
More than 2000-years-old, the Dead Sea Scrolls are far from being a dead issue. A couple of months ago I posted about a battle between two top Jewish American intellectuals who differ in opinion as to who wrote the Scrolls ‘
The highly controversial film Jenin, Jenin, directed by Palestinian, Mohammad Bakri is being screened at the Tel Aviv University branch of Hadash, this coming Wednesday. Well needless to say many TAU students are vehemently opposed, including the on campus organization, ‘Im Tirtzu’. Im Tirtzu’
We are sure everyone has seen the pictures of the devastation in Haiti as a result of the earthquake Jan.12. Please help by donating to the organizations active in the Haiti right now. The donation page was put up on Google’s home page right below the search window. Related posts Save an Angel: Amit Kadosh [...]