December 2019

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2019/12/06/good-news-friday-289/It’s the shortest Shabbat of the year and time is running short, but there is just time for a few items for Good News Friday. My first item is the discovery of a rare 3rd […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/12/did-chief-rabbi-article-affect-uk.htmlEver since November 25,  when the UK’s Chief Rabbi wrote an article for The Times of London about how toxic a Labour government would be for Jews, there has been daily coverage in the British […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/12/restored-mumbai-synagogue-gets-unesco.htmlThe UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2019 has announced an Award of Merit for conservation work carried out to the Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue, in Mumbai.  tained glass windows at the Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/12/somehow-thousands-of-muslims-manage-to.html We have been told countless times how Muslims have to go through a gauntlet of oppressive checkpoints in Hebron. Entire NGOs are dedicated to documenting every incident and to harass Israeli soldiers. Yet somehow, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/12/eoz-animated-news-roundup.html Something I’ve been playing with. This one took me about 75 minutes to make (using free video tools.) “My” eyes are shut a bit too often, and it looks like I am winking, but […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/12/1205-link-pt2-bari-weiss-inconvenient.htmlFrom Ian: Bari Weiss (published in the NYTs): Inconvenient Murders (free link) Two years ago, a 27-year-old man named Kobili Traoré walked into the Paris apartment of a 65-year-old kindergarten teacher named Sarah Halimi. Mr. […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/12/israel-has-more-human-rights-ngos-than.htmlFrom a Twitter thread I wrote today:—————————— For the past few weeks, @KenRoth and @hrw have been claiming that Israel not renewing the work permit of an anti-Israel activist shows how Israel treats human rights orgs. Here’s an indication […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/12/fight-erupts-between-jews-planting.htmlOur weekly column from the humor site PreOccupied Territory.  Check out their Facebook page. Jerusalem, December 5 – Time-traveling Zionists tasked with manufacturing a convincing ancient history for Jewish presence and sovereignty in the Holy Land clashed […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/12/1205-link-pt1-plaque-honoring-teen.htmlFrom Ian: Evelyn Gordon: The Settlements, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Danger of Conflating Politics with Law Most objections to the State Department’s recent determination that international law does not prohibit Jews from living in the […]