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http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2018/02/all-eyes-on-jerusalem-u.htmlBy Daphne Anson   Have you discovered Jerusalem U yet? Jerusalem U, in its own words,  ” engages, educates and empowers young Jews to connect with Israel, Judaism and the Jewish people with award-winning feature […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/02/iran-creates-festival-to-countdown.html Iran today announced the Israel Hourglass Festival, a planned annual gathering and contest to countdown to Israel’s destruction within 25 years, as Ayatollah Khamenei has predicted. The festival’s press conference was held on Tuesday […]

http://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-purim-days-of-miracle-in-basra.html A feast at the court of King Ahasuerus The boisterous and joyful festival of Purim is upon us, beginning tomorrow evening. It celebrates the liberation of the Jews of Persia from the evil Haman. […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/02/0226-links-pt2-israel-is-ultimate-anti.htmlFrom Ian: Israel is the Ultimate Anti-Imperialist State In his recent anti-Semitic rant, PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas repeated the lie that Israel is a “colonial project”. This is part and parcel of a long Muslim […]

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jNPo/~3/UvAkWMU4Ybg/26-feb-18-fifteen-purim-meditation.html Purim image from the sixteenth century Sefer Minhagim, Venice, 1593 [Image Source] Purim, for those not so familiar with the intricacies of the age-old Jewish calendar, works in a slightly unexpected way. Throughout the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/02/more-gaza-news-that-you-wont-find.html The 16-day old strike by hospital janitorial staff that has closed at least one hospital in Gaza has been suspended as the workers are negotiating with the Palestinian Authority to pay them. But if […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/02/syrians-claim-that-they-are-fighting.html As the world looks on in horror at the Syrian regime’s merciless attacks on people in eastern Ghouta, which has claimed the lives of hundreds and accusations of Syrian use of poison gas, the […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/02/0225-links-pt1-hamas-full-steam-ahead.htmlFrom Ian: Dr. Mordechai Kedar: Hamas: Full steam ahead to nowhere The Arab nationalist movements have sunk into the deep morass of despotism. Not one of them has managed to establish and maintain a democratic […]

http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/02/fighting-wrong-fight-divest-this.html Every year or so, I’ll notice a fight breaking out in the Jewish press regarding whether or not we are winning or losing the fight against BDS. Most recently, the UK’s columnist Liron Velleman […]