May 2017

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2017/06/01/antisemitism-updates-3/The celebrations and festivities are over (for now) and it’s back to normal programming. I’ve not been online much these past few weeks (family stuff) so it’s time to catch up on all the horrible […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/05/recalling-farhud-76-years-ago.html Today is the first day of Shavuot. For Iraqi Jews who survived the Farhud pogrom, this festival will be associated in their minds with a horrific pogrom which occurred 76 years ago. I am re-posting […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/chag-sameach.htmlWishing all my Jewish readers a chag sameach! I will not be blogging until probably Friday. Don’t OD on the cheesecake! We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/0530-links-pt2-glick-sarsour-and.htmlFrom Ian: Caroline Glick: Sarsour and the progressive zeitgeist In US academic tradition, university administrators choose commencement speakers they believe embody the zeitgeist of their institutions and as such, will be able to inspire graduating […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/iran-ready-to-go-back-to-funding-hamas.html From Asharq al-Awsat: Iran is holding meetings with Hamas and will allegedly resume its financial support for the organization, Palestinian sources said on Tuesday. Members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and senior Hezbollah figures were […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/what-is-potential-of-israeli-arab-child.html Little one looks at me, clutching her mother’s hand. She knows I don’t belong in her village.

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/saying-50-year-occupation-without.html There are lots of articles being published in recent and upcoming weeks about the Six Day War and its legacy. Any article that talks about “occupation” and “colonialism” and all the other evils that […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/05/wonder-woman-to-be-banned-in-lebanon.html YNet reported yesterday that the Lebanese BDS campaign to ban the “Wonder Woman” movie because it stars Israeli Gal Gadot was unsuccessful. It may have been premature. From the Daily Star Lebanon, today: Highly […]