October 21, 2020

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/10/one-hundred-and-fifty-years-since.htmlIt is 150 years since the Crémieux decree, named after the French-Jewish politician and philanthropist Adolphe Crémieux, imposed French nationality on the Jews of Algeria in October 1870, giving them equal rights with the white […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/10/1021-links-pt2-dangers-of-politicized.htmlFrom Ian: The Dangers of Politicized History At the time of Sharpton’s comment the historiographical flaws of Bernal’s thesis had been meticulously laid bare a year earlier by esteemed Wellesley classicist Mary Lefkowitz in her […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/10/joe-bidens-first-meeting-with-golda.html Joe Biden had his first meeting with an Israeli leader, Golda Meir, on the eve of the Yom Kippur war, right after meeting with officials in Cairo. During the then junior senator’s meeting with […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/10/1021-links-pt1-caroline-glick-foreign.htmlFrom Ian: Caroline Glick: The Foreign Policy Debate Americans Should Hear Then Trump came into office. Trump made clear that his doctrine of America First meant America would work with allies who shared its interests […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/10/how-nutty-has-far-left-become-they-now.html From Middle East Eye: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is facing mounting criticism from pro-Palestine activists over his decision to attend an event on Tuesday honouring the legacy of late Israeli prime minister Yitzhak […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-left-is-against-first-us-government.htmlToday and tomorrow, the US State Department is holding the first government conference ever on the topic of online antisemitism.  As Elan Carr, U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, writes in The Hill: […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2020/10/using-science-fiction-for-anti-israel.htmlLast year, a much heralded book was released called Palestine +100, with Palestinian Arab writers writing about how the region could look in the year 2048. Here’s the book’s blurb: Palestine + 100 poses a […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2020/10/how-moroccan-jews-ended-up-in-remote.htmlThanks to an American academic, the descendants of Moroccan Jews living in the Cape Verde islands in the middle of the Atlantic since the mid-19th century  are returning to their roots and are seeking recognition. […]