Articles by Ian

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0914-links-trump-says-he-talked-mutual.htmlFrom Ian: Trump says he talked Mutual Defense Pact with Netanyahu, will pick up after vote US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he had spoken with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the phone of […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0913-links-pt2-why-israelis-have-never.htmlFrom Ian: Jonathan S. Tobin: Why Israelis have never forgotten their 9/11 On the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, government officials and institutions throughout America commemorated the horror of that day. But […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0913-links-pt1-melanie-phillips.htmlFrom Ian: Melanie Phillips: Boltonism must not be allowed to disappear Even when Iran was killing American and British soldiers in Iraq, or when its proxy army Hezbollah bombed the US embassy in Beirut in […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/09/sephardi-weddings-past-and-present-in.html A hearty besimantov to Beni and Veronica, who were married in Izmir in August 2019  These two Youtube videos give a fascinating insight into Sephardi wedding rituals practised by the Jewish community of Izmir, Turkey […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0912-links-pt2-jerusalem-skyline-lights.htmlFrom Ian: Jerusalem Skyline Lights Up in Memory of 9/11 A new art installation lit up Jerusalem’s skies Tuesday evening in a ceremony marking 18 years since the devastating attacks in the U.S. on September […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0912-links-pt1-jordan-valley-needed-to.htmlFrom Ian: Evelyn Gordon: Palestinians Are Tired of Being the Only Refugees Denied the Right to Resettlement Hundreds of Palestinian refugees demonstrated outside the Canadian Embassy in Beirut on Sept. 5 to request asylum in […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/09/sara-cohen-passes-away-in-cochin-india.htmlSara Cohen, one of the best known  Paradesi Jews of Jew Town, Cochin, India, passed away last month. She was 96 years old. Two other Jews remain. Sara used to pray at the Paradesi synagogue, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0911-links-pt2-danny-lewin-hyd-very.htmlFrom Ian: Awakening feelings about 9/11 As we began Kabbalat Shabbat, I asked everyone to rise and the Cantor led us in the “Star Spangled Banner.” Since our synagogue, like most in the US has […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2019/09/0911-links-pt1-caroline-glick.htmlFrom Ian: Caroline Glick: Netanyahu’s earth-shattering announcement Hamas, which seeks to annihilate Israel, certainly was none too pleased with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement Tuesday evening that if re-elected, he would apply Israeli sovereignty over […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2019/09/as-sephardi-woman-i-felt-seen-by-world.htmlTV critic of Syrian extraction Linda Maleh was ready to be disappointed by Netflix’s news series ‘The Spy’. But she needn’t have worried – the show, which focused on the Egyptian-born Israeli spy Eli Cohen, […]