April 2019

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/04/what-happened-to-jews-in-egyptian.htmlThis Times of Israel blog by Hussein Aboubakr makes for painful reading: it tells the tragic story of the 400 Jews arrested as ‘Israeli PoWs’ in 1967, after Egypt’s defeat in the Six Day War […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/04/0428-links-by-its-own-standards-nyts.htmlFrom Ian: By its own standards, the New York Times deserves blame for the Poway synagogue shooting Does anyone else remember when a New York Times editorial blamed Sarah Palin for the shooting of Gabby […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/04/why-was-bibi-dachshund-in-cartoon.htmlThe antisemitic New York Times cartoon positioned Netanyahu as a dachshund, which is not the normal dog one would associate with being a seeing eye dog. But that breed has often been used in political […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-new-york-times-antisemitic-cartoon.htmlThe International Edition of the New York Times published this editorial cartoon on Thursday: Bibi Netanyahu, with a large Star of David around his neck, is a seeing eye dog leading a blind Donald Trump. […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/04/irans-nervous-about-oil-sanctions-big.html This article in the Tehran Times has really mixed messages. The lines highlighted in yellow are warnings about how hurting Iran’s oil exports will harm the entire world. The ones highlighted in green assert […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/04/us-donates-more-towards-restoration-of.htmlThe United States announced Friday that it would contribute an additional $500,000 to help restore the tomb believed to be the resting place of the biblical prophet Nahum in the town of Alqosh in northern Iraq, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/04/0427-links-how-palestinians-created.htmlFrom Ian: How the Palestinians Created Their Own Plight The Palestinians could learn a lesson from the Jewish Zionists who created Israel. In seeking a state in Palestine, the Zionists used shrewd diplomacy and went […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-mimouna-became-israeli-celebration.htmlA plate of Mimouna goodies graces the front cover of the Jewish Journal of LA. Shmuel Rosner tells how a Moroccan-Jewish tradition – a party to mark the end of Passover – is now celebrated […]