Articles by Ian

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/06/why-judaism-is-reverting-to-middle-east.htmlWhen the 12th century rabbi Benjamin of Tudela wrote The Book of Travels, over 80 percent of Jews lived in the Mediterranean and the Middle East.  Judaism’s sojourn in Europe will prove to be only […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/0622-links-pt2-how-reporting-from.htmlFrom Ian: Honest Reporting: How Reporting From Israel Changed My Worldview Forever I was content to tell this story for my first few months in Israel, because I, too, believed it. As I wrote recently […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/0622-links-pt1-ongoing-drama-of.htmlFrom Ian: The Ongoing Drama of Palestinian Lies The current policy of the PA leadership is to avoid alienating the Trump administration by continuing to pretend that Abbas and his cronies are serious about achieving […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/06/mizrahi-is-artificial-construct-of-1970s.htmlIn response to Norman Berdichevsky’s attempt to clarify the confusion about the difference between Ashkenazi, Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, Point of No Return commenter Sylvia puts forward her interpretation: I’ll try to address that question […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2017/06/wonderfully-wise-ms-wilson-plus.htmlBy Daphne Anson   First, before we look at the foolishness below, here is, in high resolution video, is British terror victim Kay Wilson’s magbificently outstanding speech indicting the capitulation of the British political establishment […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/0621-links-pt1-haley-to-un-designate.htmlFrom Ian: Haley Calls for UN to Designate Hamas as Terrorist Organization U.S. UN Ambassador Nikki Haley told the Security Council on Tuesday:“Hamas is one of these forces of terror that yet again showed its […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/ROi-cE6EXys/21-jun-17-explosion-in-belgian-train.html Brussels: The attacker and Tuesday’s explosion [Image Source] Belgium, which has more reason than most other parts of Europe to be deeply concerned about terror-minded Islamists, is trying today to make sense of an […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-jews-who-are-neither-ashkenazi-nor.html There is still much confusion about the difference between Ashkenazi, Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews. Norman Berdichevsky provides some useful definitions in Heritage Florida Jewish News. (With thanks: Michelle) Any serious student of Jewish history and […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/06/0620-links-pt2-breaking-silence-and.htmlFrom Ian: Immoral Equivalence In March 2004, a group of Israel Defense Force soldiers founded Breaking the Silence, a nongovernmental organization ostensibly seeking to hold the military to its own stated standards of warfighting conduct. […]