Meet Danny Ben-Moshe
July 23, 2020 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
Henry Greener interviews award-winning documentary filmmaker Danny Ben-Moshe who established Identity Films in 2006. Read more
A Jewish opera legend’s family is divided by cancel culture
July 23, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Few things are sadder than when a family is divided by politics. But when it happens because of outside pressure and false accusations that threaten to destroy the legacy of a beloved father, what happens is not just a personal tragedy but also a cautionary tale about the perils of cancel culture. Read more
Tishah B’Av: Can we mourn a broken and defeated Jerusalem?
July 20, 2020 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Glimpsing the future of Judaism, Israel & world Jewry
July 20, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
On Tisha B’Av, Emanuel Synagogue and Kehilat Nitzan, Melbourne will present an online Eicha reading followed by a Zoom lecture by world-renowned Israeli Futurist, Prof. David Passig of Bar-Ilan University. Read more
Trump’s vision of a democratic “State of Palestine” is doomed
July 20, 2020 by David Singer
President Trump’s vision for the creation of a democratic Palestinian State in Gaza and 70% of Judea and Samaria under his Peace to Prosperity Plan (Trump Plan) – is a futile exercise doomed to failure. Read more
Boycotting Facebook is not the answer
July 19, 2020 by Andre Oboler
It is a symptom of popularism and the modern post-fact world – not a solution to those problems. The demands attached to it, in fact, endanger democracy. Read more
Feintooner
July 19, 2020 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Gangsters Inc. Read more
On the other hand
July 18, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
Amazing as it may seem, despite soaring COVID 19 cases, economic side effects, political dysfunction and threats of more lockdowns there is still some good news to report. Read more
A chill wind from Poland
July 18, 2020 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
I’ve known Rafal Pankowski, the Polish academic and campaigner against antisemitism and racism, for almost 20 years, but I don’t think I’ve heard him sound as worried about the political situation in his country as I did when he addressed a seminar last week on Polish antisemitism. Read more
Beinart’s final solution
July 18, 2020 by Steve Frank - JNS
Peter Beinart, the enfant terrible of Zionism, is at it again…writes Steve Franks. Read more
Erdoğan’s ‘holy wisdom’
Contantinople’s Hagia Sophia Cathedral (the name translates to “holy wisdom”) was built in 537 C.E. by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. It is an architectural marvel with three domes that are not supported by any visible pillars…writes Efrat Aviv. Read more
The Jewish surrender to the West’s eclipse of reason
July 17, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Rarely has a journalist’s resignation from their newspaper created such an impact as the coruscating letter with which Bari Weiss resigned from The New York Times. Read more
Cancel Culture: Muslim Style
July 17, 2020 by Rachael Kohn
The Muslim practice of taking over churches and either eliminating their Christian features, or letting them go to ruin, is a particularly cynical practice, which is not only an act of religious triumphalism, but it has robbed the world of some of the most beautiful works of art.
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Spot the shameful sham
July 17, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
If ever you needed further proof that political hypocrisy and double standards reign supreme then this week should have provided ample evidence. Read more
Women Rabbis
July 17, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
The issue of women rabbis in Orthodox Judaism has come to the fore again. This time, it has come through a petition before the Israeli Supreme Court on sexual discrimination in religious affairs. Read more
Shtisel stars to highlight evolving Haredi community
July 16, 2020 by Sharon Berger
Shtisel actress Neta Riskin (Giti Weiss) will join Shtisel co-creator Yehonatan Indursky and Jerusalem-based Haredi feminist activist Pnina Pfeuffer for an enlightening webinar on Israel’s complex and evolving Haredi community. Read more
Israeli-Canadian author to speak to the Shalom Sydney Jewish Writers Festival about latest book, Spies of No Country
July 16, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
In 1948, four Mizrachi men, native to the Arab world and who could easily assume Arab identities, went undercover in Beirut. Read more
Don’t accept the myth of ‘Jewish privilege’
July 15, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
For one day at least, Twitter became a forum for some honesty, as opposed to the usual orgy of nastiness and pointless memes. After seeing the hashtag #Jewishprivilege used to spread antisemitic smears, a Jewish activist responded—and the result was a tidal wave of tweets testifying to the fact that the phrase has generally meant that Jews have been singled out for persecution. Read more
Dunera: Pizza, Parmigiano and Pavarotti!
July 15, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Ciao! Get ready for an all Italian extravaganza of culture, food, and music. Read more
Peace is possible
July 15, 2020 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Feintooner
July 14, 2020 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Sports – a metaphor for life Read more
Can you sue your parents?
July 14, 2020 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the Rabbi. Read more
How can Israel help Diaspora Jewry?
July 13, 2020 by Caroline Glick - JNS
At Sunday’s government meeting, Israel’s elected leaders demonstrated their commitment to helping Jewish communities in the Diaspora. Read more
Britain shamefully betrays the Jewish People again
July 13, 2020 by David Singer
Britain – the architect of the San Remo Resolution and Treaty of Sevres in 1920 that led to the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine in 1922 – has yet again shamefully betrayed the Jewish People by warning Israel not to extend its sovereignty into Judea and Samaria. Read more
On the other hand
July 13, 2020 by Michael Kuttner
Israel has successfully launched an advanced satellite into earth orbit which will help to keep an eye on what is happening in our neighbourhood. Read more
Mideast experts, officials debate Israel’s sovereignty move and the need to ‘finally define borders’
July 12, 2020 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
As questions over Israel’s application of sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria linger, several leading Mideast experts and former senior officials debated the merits of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan, and whether or not it should be implemented at all. Read more
Jews aren’t indigenous to Israel? According to whom?
July 12, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
There are a lot of things wrong with woke culture. While the impulse to demonstrate solidarity with the oppressed and opposition to bad things like racism is, in principle, praiseworthy, the virtue signalling is insufferable. Read more
What a mess we made!
July 10, 2020 by Jeremy Rosen
The Fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz we have just passed, initiates a three-week period of mourning for the loss, twice, of Jerusalem and the Temple. Read more
Understanding the collapse of liberal Zionism
July 10, 2020 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
There’s a reason why most Israelis find it difficult to listen patiently to lectures from liberal American Jews. Read more
Both hero and zero: Israel’s strategic incoherence
July 10, 2020 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
While Israelis are increasingly alarmed by the government’s loss of control over the coronavirus crisis, different events suggest that the country may have pulled off a spectacular advance in the battle against another intractable foe. Read more
