2017

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/03/why-hidden-jews-fasted-on-purim.htmlThe Purim holiday beings tonight. It is one of the most joyful of Jewish festivals – unless you happened to be Anusim – Jews in medieval Spain forced to hide their identity. Their solution was […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/03/happy-purim.htmlFor those of you who are outside Jerusalem now, have a freilichen Purim! (h/t JB) We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please donate today to help […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/03/0310-links-pt2-centenary-of-balfour.htmlFrom Ian: David Collier: Bare faced lies, distortion and propaganda at the SOAS centenary talk Last night 9/3/2017, I had an invite to two very different events. The first, an event at UCL hosted by […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2017/03/a-parson-without-honour-stephen-sizer.htmlBy Daphne Anson   It seems that our old friend the Vicar of Virginia Water has been prescribed a rest cure by his diocesan overlord prior to taking leave of his pulpit and his parishioners […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/03/how-will-jews-in-muslim-countries-mark.htmlHow are Jews in Muslim countries preparing to mark the festival of Purim? The foiling of a genocidal plot against the Jews of Persia is a particularly delicate matter to celebrate in present-day Iran. Rachel […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/03/american-reform-jews-happily-perform-as.html Here is how the official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported the meeting between Mahmoud Abbas and the leaders of the Union for Reform Judaism: President Mahmoud Abbas Thursday told a delegation from the Jewish […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/good-news-friday-pre-purim-edition/It’s almost Purim and the atmosphere here in Israel is gearing up for the festivities. For days now, all we’ve heard from the school across the street are Purim songs played on the loudspeaker system […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-muslims-are-excited-when-kinneret.html TOI reports that the water level of the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) are the lowest in a century. Parts of northern Israel experienced the driest February since records began, the Water Authority reported Tuesday, […]