October 23, 2016

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/chag-sameach-some-historic-simchat.htmlOnce again I will not be blogging for the next two days because of the last of the season’s Jewish holidays, Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah. Here are some historic Simchat Torah flags: From Russia, featuring Theodor […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/anti-israel-mk-brags-about-how-tolerant.html A tweet from the head of the Arab Joint List Ayman Odeh, translated: 550 Arab students joined the Technion, 60% of them women! The Technion was once virtually closed to us and this year […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/ultra-right-wing-mk-supports-arabs.html The New York Times Magazine has a skeptical profile of Miri Regev, Israel’s right-wing Minister of Culture and Sport, by Ruth Margalit. The bias is clear, but this episode in the article blows apart […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/1023-links-jacobson-lets-be-clear.htmlFrom Ian: Howard Jacobson: Let’s be clear – antisemitism is a hate apart To the question posed by the parliamentary committee last week, as to whether Shami Chakrabarti’s soft inquiry into antisemitism in the Labour […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/on-myopia-and-dismissiveness-michael.html MYOPIA Some time ago one our participants at Israel Thrives suggested that my focus on Israel, and the rise of Political Islam, is myopic in terms of the forthcoming US presidential election. I take such criticisms […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/un-terrorism-expert-absurdly-claims.htmlBen Emmerson, UN Special Rapporteur on counter terrorism and human rights, claimed on October 21 at a UN meeting, ” There is no evidence that terrorist groups take advantage of refugee flows to carry out […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/10/unesco-and-my-etrog-box.htmlA few years ago, I bought a leather Etrog box – used during the holiday of Sukkot that ends today- in Hebron. It looks like this: The words are a paraphrase from a Midrash written […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2016/10/david-singer-clinton-and-trump-clash-on.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Here is the latest article by Sydney lawyer and international affairs analyst David Singer. He writes: The presidential debates have signalled fundamental policy differences between Clinton and Trump on defeating Islamic […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/WRSREcHT4UE/23-oct-16-vengeance-is-ours-say-these.html A new cafe opens on Jerusalem’s Hagai Street [Image Source] A year ago, a murderous Arab-on-Israeli terrorist attack in Jerusalem’s Old City took the lives of two young Jewish men: The two died of […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/10/23/simchat-torah-5777-chag-sameach/The last and most joyous festival of the Jewish holiday season is almost upon us – Sukkot finishes tonight and Simchat Torah begins. Today, the last day of Sukkot, known as Hoshana Raba, has a […]