Articles by Ian

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0929-links-president-rivlin-wishes-jews.htmlFrom Ian: President Rivlin wishes Jews around the world a happy new year President Reuven Rivlin wished Israeli citizens and Jews around the world a happy Jewish new year in a new video. “Another year […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/suwf66vtqVk/29-sep-19-as-we-prepare-for-high-holy.htmlFrom a tweet we just posted [here] (Clicking the photo will enlarge it.) That’s about all we want to say about Jewish leadership for now. A happy new year and good wishes to all.

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/09/a-piyut-for-rosh-hashana.html The words of this stirring  psalm or  piyut, Adonai Shmati,  sung on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, echo the words of the Prophet Habbakuk 3:2. Here are various interpretations in the Sephardi style.     […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0928-links-jews-exploit-poles-report.htmlFrom Ian: ‘Jews exploit Poles,’ report leads to massive online hate in Poland Polish portals such as Wiadomosci began to fill with hateful comments against Israel and Jews on Friday when news broke out that […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0927-links-pt2-rachel-riley-armies-of.htmlFrom Ian: Rachel Riley: Armies of hate-filled bigots strengthened my resolve to fight hate TV presenter and campaigner against antisemitism Rachel Riley, spoke at Algemeiner’s J100 gala, where she received the US paper’s illustrious ‘Warrior […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0927-links-pt1-welcome-to-end-of-peace.htmlFrom Ian: Welcome to the End of the Process The elements of the Trump administration’s plan which have been rolled out could also be read as undercutting a key component of the rejectionist position: the […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/XjPmNX3Al1Y/27-sep-19-weaponized-palestinian-arab.html Image Source From Israel National News, an on-duty Israel Police officer was stabbed in Jerusalem’s Old City Thursday afternoon. The attack on the woman is being treated as a terror attack. Her injuries were […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/09/rosh-hashana-in-baghdad-1990s.html Here is rare footage of a Rosh Hashana service in the Meir Tweg synagogue in Baghdad in the 1990s. By the time this video was taken there were some thirty Jews still living in […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0926-links-pt2-natan-sharansky-why-bds.htmlFrom Ian: Natan Sharansky: Why BDS Fails the 3D Test on Anti-Semitism To distinguish between legitimate criticism of Israel and anti-Semitism, 20 years ago I formulated the 3D test for anti-Semitism. The three Ds are […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0926-links-pt1-rivlin-gives-netanyahu.htmlFrom Ian: Reuven Rivlin gives Netanyahu mandate to form government Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been given the chance to form a government for the sixth time on Wednesday, after succeeding in his five terms […]