June 2017

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-western-wall-controversy-yawn.html The egalitarian prayer space, Robinson’s Arch, Western Wall. I’ve been writing about the Western Wall controversy and Women of the Wall since 2013, when I was still a starry-eyed blogger for the Times of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/palestinian-teachers-fear-students.htmlOur weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.  Check out their Facebook page. Jenin, June 28 – Educators in the Palestinian Authority school system and in the parallel institutions run by the United nations Relief and […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/chicago-dykes-trying-to-prove-they.html The Chicago Dyke March Collective issued a statement on their telling a lesbian marcher with a rainbow flag with a Jewish star to leave. It is a truly amazing statement. On June 24th, 2017, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/palestinian-authority-falsely-blames.html In response to a Haaretz article yesterday (highlighted here) showing that the Palestinian Authority has nearly stopped paying for Gaza medical patients to get treatment in Israel, the PA has responded exactly how one […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/human-rights-organizations-have-new.html “Human rights” organizations have created a new rule that applies to Israel and Israel only: Israel must provide free electricity to its enemies. B’Tselem says “The PA’s wrongful actions towards Gaza residents do not […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/news-media-too-credulous-on.html Last week reports started coming out that the Palestinians were furious at Jared Kushner: Here’s how The Hill reported it but similar coverage was widespread: President Trump will reportedly receive a report about the […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/the-kotel-kerfuffle/The latest crisis began when the government backtracked on its decision to create a state-recognized pluralistic prayer section at the Western Wall. In addition it approved legislation denying citizenship rights to converts who converted through […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/06/a-tunisian-wartime-story-with-happy.html Abridged from an article in two parts on Harissa  (French)  Sheikh Roubine was a leader of the Judenrat(Jewish leadership council) during the Nazi occupation of Tunisia between 1942-3. He would sign attestations on behalf of […]