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http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/06/commemorating-farhud-at-shavuot.html Here are more articles that have appeared in the news media to mark the 75th anniversary of the Farhud pogrom in Baghdad. Ben Cohen writes in JNS: Every Iraqi Jew has a tale to tell […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/no-huffpo-governor-cuomo-is-not.html The Huffington Post has an article by an ACLU official: Gov. Cuomo’s BDS Blacklist Is An Affront To Free Expression New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order this week requiring state agencies […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/amnestys-twitter-followers-dont-care.html Here are the number of retweets for recent Amnesty International tweets from their @AmnestyOnline account: -Ireland’s ban on abortion violates human rights – ground-breaking UN ruling – 174-I fled war in Syria, was attacked […]

https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/06/10/chag-shavuot-sameach-6/It’s hard to move from sadness to joy, but that is the story of the Jewish People since time immemorial. Tonight we are heading into the festival of Shavuot, which runs straight on from Shabbat, […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/arabs-make-video-celebrating-ramadan.html This Arab dramatization of the Tel Aviv attack, based on false early reports that the shooters were disguised as religious Jews, was produced and released less than 24 hours after the murders.  It uses […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2016/06/baghdad-massacre-poem-read-in-knesset.html Yvonne Green reads her poem at the Lauderdale Road synagogue commemoration for the Farhud massacre in Baghdad. She later travelled to Jerusalem to read the poem in the Knesset (photo: Laurence Julius). Harif, the […]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2016/06/david-singer-palestine-france-farce-and.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Here’s the latest article by Sydney lawyer and international affairs analyst David Singer, who writes: France embarked on a journey to nowhere when it hosted 28 delegations in Paris for a […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/a-bds-lexicon-poster.htmlAfter reading the ridiculous reactions of the Israel-hate crowd over Governor Cuomo boycotting the boycotters, I created this. We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please donate […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2016/06/0609-links-pt2-why-even-handed-isnt-pro.htmlFrom Ian: Anthropology and Anti-Semitism One of the core principles of modern anthropology is cultural relativism, the idea that researchers must not make value judgements about the societies they study. Anthropologists think of themselves as […]