April 2020

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/04/kuwaits-ramadan-show-focuses-on-its.htmlAs has become customary at Ramadan, Arab countries  broadcast soap operas to a captive TV audience. This year, Kuwait’s offering, Umm Haroun,  is focusing on its erstwhile Jewish community. One might expect a sympathetic, even […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/0408-links-pt2-pres-rivlin-passover.htmlFrom Ian: Rivlin: Passover reminds us that the Jewish people are all one family President Reuven Rivlin addressed the State of Israel and Jewish communities around the world before the Passover holiday, as many communities […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-season-of-plagues-and-freedom-vic.html  Vic Rosenthal’s Weekly Column It’s almost Pesach, when the thoughts of Jewish bloggers turn to plagues and freedom. Plagues we certainly have. In addition to the coronavirus, Africa (and possibly the Middle East) is […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/followup-on-international-crisis-groups.htmlLast week, I showed that a report by the International Crisis Group NGO seemed to knowingly misrepresent the facts about medical aid Israel allows into Gaza. A tweeter, Inquisitive Native, published a thread that exposed […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/0408-links-pt1-israeli-covid-19.htmlFrom Ian: 7 more virus deaths bring toll to 72; 10 are from Beersheba elder care facility Israel reported seven new deaths from the coronavirus Wednesday, bringing the number of fatalities in the country from […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/no-us-defense-department-did-not.htmlThe Jerusalem Post reported early this morning this headline: A plane carrying over a million surgical masks for the IDF landed in Ben-Gurion airport Tuesday night, in an operation run by the US Department of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/04/chag-sameach.htmlIn every generation we are obligated to look at ourselves as if we have gone from slavery to freedom. This year it is a little easier to imagine having little control over our own lives. […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2020/04/08/chag-kasher-vesameach-pesach-in-the-shadow-of-corona/Looking back at what I have written for my Pesach posts over the last years, my heart aches, as it does for everyone, for what we enjoyed and for what we had been so looking […]