Articles by Ian

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/10/132000-sephardi-jews-get-spanish.htmlThe deadline has expired for Sephardi Jews applying for Spanish citizenship: 132,000 applications have been received, mainly from Jews living in Latin America, AFP reports via Israel National News. The Portuguese law granting citizenship to […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2019/10/in-lucky-country-jewish-schoolkid.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Back in 2012, I drew attention on this blog to a disturbing trend identified at a schools in north-west England. The repellent state of affairs had been revealed by the noted […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/10/1002-links-pt2-david-collier.htmlFrom Ian: David Collier: Palestinian solidarity – the obsessive stepping stone to antisemitism Look at this tweet. It is the strongest defence Jewish people can expect from the left these days. Yes – antisemitism exists […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/10/1002-links-pt1-rosh-hashanah-greetings.htmlFrom Ian: Seth Frantzman: Rosh HaShanah greetings in the Muslim world are changing Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Washington put out “a happy and sweet new year” greeting this year, courtesy of her highness the Ambassador […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/10/writer-and-scholar-shimon-ballas-dies.html The death in Israel has been announced, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s, of the prize-winning writer and scholar Shimon Ballas, 89.   Shimon Ballas was born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1930, and immigrated to Israel […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/10/rosh-hashana-1961-when-jews-rioted.htmlRosh Hashana 1961 saw an outbreak of violence in the Algerian city of Oran where Muslims were the main victims. By the time  calm was restored, a Jewish man and three Muslims had been killed […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/10/1001-links-frantzman-iraq-blames-israel.htmlFrom Ian: Seth J Frantzman: Iraq blames Israel for airstrikes, why now? Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi on Monday said that “investigations into the targeting of some Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) positions indicate that Israel […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/10/levana-zamir-returns-to-cairo-for-new.htmlIt was certainly one of the more unusual celebrations of the Jewish New Year: foreign diplomats and other distinguished guests gathered on 29 September in the Adly synagogue, Cairo, to hear ‘prayers’ led by Eden […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/09/matti-friedman-us-jews-do-not.htmlIt’s always worthwhile listening to Matti Friedman, one of the foremost proponents of a new paradigm for understanding Israel as a ‘Mizrahi Nation’ – in terms of culture, religion and politics. The categories espoused by […]