August 2016

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/egyptian-olympic-committee-says-judoka.html By now, everyone has read about the Egyptian judoka who refused to shake hands with his Israeli opponent after his loss in Rio Israeli judoka Or Sasson defeated Egyptian rival Islam El Shahaby in […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-christian-tisha-bav.html Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av, occurs tomorrow but will be marked on Sunday. It is the saddest day of the Jewish calendar, marking the destruction of both Temples […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-other-olympic-sport-that.htmlThe Reuters article we’ve been discussing about Mary al-Atrash, the Palestinian Olympics swimmer, had a subtext. The impression that the reader was supposed to get upon reading the story was that she, and by extension […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/0812-links-pt1-where-palestinian-aid.htmlFrom Ian: Where Palestinian Aid Really Goes Why does Palestinian corruption get a pass? Because their status as alleged victims of the Jews seems to give them priority over every other group in the world.How […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/pa-cabinet-says-that-israel-rewarding.html Earlier this week I reported that an Israeli plan to give special rewards to Arab schools in Jerusalem to adopt the Israeli curriculum, which would allow students to more easily go to Israeli universities, […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/08/12/good-news-friday-for-erev-tisha-bav/Today is not a regular Friday. It is Erev Tisha B’Av, and although we do not mourn on Shabbat (thus the fast is put off until Sunday), we are still carrying on in a more […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/somehow-gazans-get-help-via.htmlOne of the fundamental principles of the BDS movement, which we are constantly told reflects the will of “Palestinian civil society,” is that any interaction with Israel or Israelis is forbidden. This is, of course, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/08/no-france-israels-isnt-violating.html From Times of Israel: France on Thursday condemned Israel over last week’s demolition of several structures, funded by the French government, in a Palestinian village north of Jerusalem. “France condemns the Israeli army’s destruction […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/08/archive-rabbinical-treasure-printed-in.htmlCatching up on the latest news concerning the Iraqi-Jewish archive: two volumes of undiscovered drashot (sermons) delivered by the famous Baghdad rabbi, the Ben Ish Hai, were found in the archive and have been transcribed […]