August 2016

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/muslims-make-up-story-of-olympic.html The Muslim world was still upset over the Egyptian judoka loss to an Israeli on Friday, where Islam El Shahaby refused to shake hands with Israeli Or Sasson after his defeat. So they have […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/morte-michael-lumish_14.html I was going to name this piece “The Death of American Politics” but American politics has been dying since it was born. That is, American politics has been so partisan and so toxic for so […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/08/14/thoughts-for-tisha-bav-afternoon-the-muslims-were-not-interested-in-israel-or-jerusalem-until-the-jews-arrived/Since it is still Tisha B’Av and we are commemorating not only the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem, but also the continued exile and our despair at the ceaseless delegitimization campaign against Israel, I […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/08/avrum-burg-israel-must-dock-at.htmlLook who has waded into Israel’s culture wars in the wake of the Biton report – maverick politician Avrum Burg!  Burg has travelled a long and winding road, from religious pillar of the establishment as […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/08/marrakesh-mourning-practices-for-tisha.htmlToday is the day when observant Jews recall the destruction of the Jewish Temples in Jerusalem – Tisha b’Ab. Growing up in Marrakesh, Therese Zrihen-Dvir remembers a day of intense but oddly comical mourning practices. […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/08/14/tisha-bav-2016-5776/Since the 9th day of Av fell yesterday, on Shabbat when we do not mourn, the fast itself was deferred to today, beginning last night at sundown and finishing at sundown tonight. Tisha Be’Av, the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/0813-links-growing-trend-brave-muslim.htmlFrom Ian: A Growing Trend: Brave Muslim Zionists Muslims and Arabs who openly identify as Zionists are growing in number – powered by the freer flow of information and ideas made possible by social media […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2016/08/anti-israel-hatefest-in-scotland-videos.htmlBy Daphne Anson   An old post of Scottish PSC chief Napier, setting out some core views: It’s instructive to know what the enemy thinks, even if it could be seen as giving them oxygen. […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/08/mizrahi-athletes-get-media-attention.htmlTwo Israeli Olympic athletes thrust into the media spotlight recently are of Mizrahi origin. Gerbi: my medal’s for Israel Yarden Gerbi, a judoka who won a bronze medal at Rio, is of Libyan origin. Gerbi, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/0812-links-pt2-dershowitz-black-lives.htmlFrom Ian: Alan Dershowitz: Black Lives Matter must rescind anti-Israel declaration To give Black Lives Matter a pass on its anti-Jewish bigotry would be to engage in racism. Black anti-Semitism is as inexcusable as white […]