August 9, 2019

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/0809-links-pt2-europe-poised-to-put.htmlFrom Ian: Europe Poised to Put Warning Labels on Jewish-Made Products The European Union is poised to mandate that Israeli products made in contested territories carry consumer warning labels, a decision that could trigger American […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/why-is-there-no-tisha-bav-prayer-for.htmlA series of “progressive” Jewish organizations are setting up prayer groups for Tisha B’Av demanding that immigration camps in the US be shut down and, presumably, the migrants be given opportunities to become full US […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/palestinians-add-anti-israel-messages.html From the Buddhist magazine Tricycle: From an early age, I was aware of the ancestral scars I inherited at birth, and growing up, I often heard stories about how my relatives lost their homes […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/0809-links-pt1-thousands-attend-funeral.htmlFrom Ian: Thousands attend funeral for teen terror victim, as father vows to ‘choose life’ Thousands of Israelis on Thursday evening attended the funeral for a yeshiva student killed in a West Bank terror attack, […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2019/08/09/thoughts-for-friday-erev-tisha-bav-2/Today is not a regular Friday. It is Erev Tisha B’Av, and although we do not mourn on Shabbat (thus the fast is put off until Sunday), we are still carrying on in a more […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/muslims-aiming-to-block-jews-from.htmlThis year Tisha B’Av, the Jewish fast day that commemorates the destruction of both Temples, comes out on the same day as the first day of the Islamic feast of Eid al Adha – this […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/08/egyptians-seem-to-think-jennifer-lopez.html From Egyptian Streets: BDS Egypt, part of the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement against Israel, called for a boycott of Jennifer Lopez’s first concert in Egypt in New Alamein City in response to her […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/08/ten-things-you-didnt-know-about-baghdad.htmlDid you know that the famous Baghdad rabbi Yosef Hayim was rescued from a well aged seven? That a woman, Rachel Hacham,  founded the Baghdad School for the blind? Here are 10 things you may […]