January 2020

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/01/moroccan-king-hosts-dinner-to-mark.htmlA synagogue has been dedicated as a Jewish Heritage Centre in Essaouira in Morocco (formerly Mogador) .  Here is a video clip from Morocco TV News The President of the state of Israel, Rubi Rivlin, […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/01/revisited-nahum-palace-where-jewish.htmlLucky Nahum is a US-based fashion designer and businessman, born in Tripoli. Recently his friend Giuseppe Scalora sent him a video of the Nahum family residence in Libya, the Nahum Palace. The family owned several […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/0117-links-pt2-melanie-phillips-west.htmlFrom Ian: Melanie Phillips: The west mourns the Jewish dead. But what about the living At Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Jan. 23, some 46 political leaders and royals, including Britain’s Prince Charles, will be […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/0117-links-pt1-right-from-wrong-neda.htmlFrom Ian: Ruthie Blum: Right from wrong – Neda Soltan’s message from the grave ON JUNE 29, nine days after Neda’s cruel end, Iran’s Guardian Council conducted a “vote recount” at the behest of Supreme […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/01/iraq-born-jew-profiled-as-father-of.htmlAbe Karem, an Iraqi Jew, was  profiled in a recent article in the prestige publication The Economist as ‘the father of the drone’.  Karem is considered the founding father of drone technology. He is the founder […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/unrwa-nervous-over-israel-offering-free.html We reported that Israel was pouring millions of dollars into building schools as alternatives to the UNRWA schools in Arab sections of Jerusalem that teach kids to support terror and aspire to be “martyrs.” […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/01/is-nasrallah-de-facto-replacement-for.html A very interesting article in Middle East Eye: The leaders of Iranian-backed paramilitary groups  in Iraq have agreed to put their differences aside and back Hadi al-Amiri as the new chairman of the Popular […]

http://david-collier.com/board-of-deputies/ I start with an apology. This blog is one that I am forced to write. The trigger is a survey that the Board of Deputies is trying to put together. One I feel poses […]