October 2019

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/10/syrian-jews-race-to-restore-great.htmlThe US organisation Sephardic Heritage Museum is leading a project to ‘restore’ the Great synagogue in Aleppo, Syria. One of the leaders of the community, Joseph Sitt, has urged the community to help advance the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/10/1015-links-israel-and-kurdistan-time.htmlFrom Ian: Israel and Kurdistan – time for an alliance of the ages. The Kurdish experiment, in at least the territory’s current quasi-independence, has shown the world a decent society where all its inhabitants, men […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/10/assimilation-did-not-save-last-camondo.htmlThere are no heirs left to the Camondo name, but the tragedy of this Ottoman banking family transplanted to a splendid villa on the rue Monceau in Paris, whose last assimilated descendant Beatrice and her […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/10/jews-celebrate-festival-of-succot.htmlWith thanks: Lisette ‘The four species’ used at Succot: a reminder of the agricutural significance of the festivalToday Jews are celebrating the festival of Tabernacles, or Succot. The holiday lasts seven days in Israel and eight in […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/10/1013-links-pa-libel-us-hospital-in-gaza.htmlFrom Ian: PMW: PA libel: US hospital in Gaza is for “trafficking in organs” and medical “experiments” on Palestinians A private American organization is to build a hospital at the northern end of the Gaza […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/10/a-critic-of-israel-comes-face-to-face.html Forward opinion editor Batya Ungar Sargon came face to face with the ugliness of leftist antisemitism when she was invited to speak at Bard College last week. She was going to participate in a […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/10/chag-sameach.htmlThe Jewish holidays keep on coming. Wishing a chag sameach to my readers for the Sukkot holiday starting tonight.  We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2019/10/13/sukkot-5780-chag-sameach/The festival of Sukkot, the most joyous festival in the Jewish calendar, begins tonight, lasting for 7 days (8 outside of Israel), running straight into the Simchat Torah festival on the 8th day (9th day […]