November 2016

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/11/trump-be-mentsch-vic-rosenthal.html  Vic Rosenthal’s Weekly Column I spent almost all of Tuesday in Jerusalem. It was a lovely day, the bus and light rail connections were quick and convenient, and – thanks to getting off the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/11/1117-links-pt1-trump-israel-and-medias.htmlFrom Ian: Kosovo arrests 19 in Islamic State plot to attack Israel soccer match Kosovo police on Wednesday said they had arrested 19 people they suspected of being involved in an Islamic State plot to […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/11/palestinian-leaders-still-have.html A Fatah leader, Azzam al-Ahmad, was reported to have accused Jordan of revoking the permanent passports of Palestinian leaders who plan to attend the Fatah conference later this month,  replacing them with temporary passports. Jordanian […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/11/who-destroys-ancient-religious-heritage.htmlThe world has been horrified by the Islamic State’s purposeful destruction of ancient heritage sites. UNESCO has had a number of sessions on the topic and the UN passed a resolution 69/281 to save Iraq’s cultural […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/11/cet-animal-est-tres-mechant-how-western.htmlA pro-Arab commenter recommended that people read the British Palin Commission of Inquiry report that examined the anti-Jewish rioting in Jerusalem from April 4-7, 1920 known as the Nebi Musa riots. Wikipedia summarizes the riots: […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/11/how-ataturk-saved-30-german-jewish-dons.html Ataturk’s Turkey welcomed 30 German-Jewish professors fleeing the Nazis. A new film, Haymatloz, tells their story. Report on Qantara.de: Kurt Heilbronn, a psychotherapist, …moves back and forth between Germany and Turkey. His father, founder of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/11/i-cant-stand-cnn.html(Mostly off-topic.) I now work in an area where, for whatever reason, there are TVs all over the place, with the volume down and closed-captioning on, and nearly all of them tuned to CNN. So […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/11/1116-links-pt2-hillarys-loss.htmlFrom Ian: Hillary’s loss accelerates the Democrats’ turn against Israel Israel’s supporters were hoping Hillary Clinton could forestall the Democratic Party’s seemingly inevitable turn against the Jewish state. Clinton’s loss last week means we’re officially […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/11/loudspeakers-think-tanks-and-masochists.html Loudspeakers have been in the news in Israel. For those not in the know, the Knesset is working on a piece of legislation to ban loudspeaker use in houses of worship. This is because […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/11/for-trump-visit-arab-mks-to-throw-tiny.htmlOur weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.  Check out their Facebook page. Jerusalem, November 16 – No date has been announced for the trip to Israel President-elect Donald Trump has promised to make once he […]