Coronavirus, Sweden, Open Borders, & Creepy Stories
http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-sweden-open-borders-creepy.htmlBy Daphne Anson Swedish journalist Ingrid Carlqvist explains. Full story here
March 2020
03/20 Links Pt2: Israel’s first coronavirus death; Blood Libels, Conspiracy Theories, and Coronaviruses; Heartwarming Applause for Israeli Doctors During Coronavirus
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/03/0320-links-pt2-israels-first.htmlFrom Ian: Man, 88, dies in Jerusalem hospital, Israel’s first coronavirus death An 88-year-old man died in Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek hospital on Friday night from the coronavirus, Israel’s first fatality in the global pandemic, while […]
"US sanctions killing people in Iran of coronavirus" seems to be fake news
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/03/us-sanctions-killing-people-in-iran-of.html The Daily Beast has an article about the charge we’ve been hearing for weeks that says that US sanctions on Iran is causing life-threatening supply issues. Parsing the article, however, shows that the “experts” […]
Palestinians try to take the spotlight back from the coronavirus
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/03/palestinians-try-to-take-spotlight-back.html For Palestinian leaders, everything has to be about them. They try to hijack every issue from the environment to feminism to water. It is hard to hijack a worldwide crisis. But they are still […]
03/20 Links Pt1: ‘Jerusalem stands with the world,’ city walls declare; Teva to send US millions of malaria pills with potential to help COVID-19
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/03/0320-links-pt1-jerusalem-stands-with.htmlFrom Ian: ‘Jerusalem stands with the world,’ city walls declare The Israeli flag lit up Jerusalem’s city walls Thursday night, carrying the slogan “Jerusalem stands with the world,” in a move seeking to reflect solidarity […]
How Jews and Muslims responded to a cholera epidemic in 19th century Iraq
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/03/how-jews-and-muslims-responded-to.html This comes from a comment in an article in a Moroccan news site. According to the encyclopedic book Social Glimpses of Iraq’s Modern History by Ali Al-Wardi, during a cholera pandemic in Iraq under Ottoman rule […]
Salon shows that it is hard to tell the difference between antisemitism and Trump Derangement Syndrome
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/03/salon-shows-that-it-is-hard-to-tell.htmlSalon magazine‘s Sarah Okeson writes: The Kushner family is trying to cash in on the pandemic that could kill millions of us. Oscar Health, the health insurance company co-founded by Jared Kushner’s younger brother,announced Friday […]
EoZTV: An interview with Dexter Van Zile
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/03/eoztv-interview-with-dexter-van-zile.html On Thursday night I did a livestream interview with CAMERA’s Dexter Van Zile about modern Christian antisemitism. Check it out! We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more […]
Remembering Solaiman Haiim, Farsi dictonary pioneer
http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/03/remembering-solaiman-haiim-farsi.htmlThe author of what is widely considered the best English-Farsi dictionary yet produced died 50 years ago. Iranian Jews still revere the memory of Solaiman Haiim, while the Iranian regime has erased his legacy. Karmel […]
Keeping up morale in the Corona crisis
https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2020/03/20/keeping-up-morale-in-the-corona-crisis/How can I post a Good News Friday post amidst this unprecedented worldwide quarantine which has confined millions to their homes, shuttering businesses and places of entertainment and leisure, and bringing the world economy to […]