Articles by Ian

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/04/dont-cry-for-ashkenazi-elite-in-israel.htmlReports that the Ashkenazi cultural elite in Israel has lost its hegemony to Mizrahim have been exaggerated, argues Rami Kimchi in this provocative piece for Haaretz. Their experience in Europe is making them panic unnecessarily […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/04/0404-links-pt2-rasmeas-exit-stage-left.htmlFrom Ian: Caroline Glick: Leaving the big tent The divide between Israelis and American Jews seems to be growing. Indications of the widening gap came last week with reports of a confrontation between an American […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/04/0404-links-pt1-over-100-killed-in.htmlFrom Ian: Over 100 killed in suspected chemical attack in Syria A suspected chemical attack in Syria’s northern Idlib province Tuesday killed over 100 people and wounded over 400 others, Syrian opposition groups reported. The […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/04/film-maker-travels-from-brooklyn-to.html Lebanese-born Rabbi Elie Abadie holding a family photo (Stepfeed) Stand by for a new film about the Jews of Lebanon. Rola Khayyat’s ‘From Brooklyn to Beirut’, here described by Nadine Mazloum in Stepfeed, tells […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/qXU83DeJgB4/04-apr-17-something-you-rarely-read.html Image Source: Getty Times of Israel has a report today [“Jailed Fatah terrorist organizing hunger strikes, protests“] by Avi Issacharoff, its high-profile Middle East analyst, that focuses on the latest manouveurings by Marwan Barghouti to […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2017/04/bds-did-she-or-didnt-she.htmlBy Daphne Anson   From a website dedicated to BDS: Balloon Expandable Stent B-Stent Invented in Israel by an Israeli! Preferably before an emergency situation (whereby your judgement may be clouded by urgency and the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/04/0403-links-pt2-panelists-prove-jewish.htmlFrom Ian: Eugene Kontorovich: Federal judge advances lawsuit challenging academic group’s Israel boycott I noted the case in these columns when it was filed a year ago, and helped advise the plaintiffs’ legal team. Back […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2017/04/pakistans-last-jew-marks-passover.html The approaching festival of Passover celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people from bondage. But the festival will have special significance this year for one man in particular. Fischel Benkhald has won his fight […]