September 18, 2019

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0918-links-pt2-iran-suspended-from.htmlFrom Ian: Iran suspended from world judo federation over Israel boycott policy Iran has been suspended from international judo competitions because of its policy of boycotting bouts with Israeli athletes. Less than a month after […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/antisemitism-far-worse-than-you-thought.html  Vic Rosenthal’s Weekly Column I just finished Bari Weiss’ book, How to Fight Anti-Semitism. I suggest that you read it. Not because I agree with everything in it, especially her answers to the question implied by […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/09/stop-leaving-sephardi-and-mizrahi-jews.htmlSephardi and Mizrahi Jews could comprise the single largest ethnic component among US Jews, yet they are consistently undercounted, misunderstood,  ignored and marginalised, argues JIMENA Executive Director Sarah Levin in this important article for Jewish […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0918-links-pt1-israeli-groundhog-day.htmlFrom Ian: An Israeli Groundhog Day – analysis It’s clear that a unity government is the only option to avoid another dreadful third round, but that would necessitate some major changes. Either Blue and White’s […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/most-popular-palestinian-newspaper.html Al Quds, the most popular newspaper in the Palestinian territories, attacks Yad Vashem – and denies any connection between Israel and Judaism as it does so. All museums of the world, with various kinds […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/saeb-erekats-twitter-profile-pic-works.htmlHere is the banner picture on PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat’s Twitter account: It shows a church and the iconic Dome of the Rock – but nothing Jewish. It turns out that to take a shot […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/6sURoLrdQqM/18-sep-19-with-jordans-king-abdullah-ii.html This week, as he has done for several years, Jordan’s absolute ruler is in New York, ostensibly to attend and to speak at the annual opening session of the UN General Assembly. It is […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2019/09/18/caliphaters-a-21st-century-millennial-movement/CRichard Landes The following article was published by MERIA: Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Summer 2017). For some reason it is not available at that site, so I post it here. F Caliphater: one who believes that in our day, Islam will triumph over all other […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/arabic-media-describes-mitzvah-tantz.html Many Chassidim have the custom of the “mitzvah tantz”  at a wedding: The mitzvah tantz (mitzvah-dance) is the Hasidic custom of the men dancing with the bride on her wedding night, after the wedding […]