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CTECH Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News May 11, 2024

CTECH Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News May 11, 2024 Israel’s Generative AI expansion: A 2024 market overview. The local GenAI landscape now covers 27 categories, a significant expansion from 17 previously, featuring a total of 238 compani

Politics | Biden Administration/Congress

Biden Hid Israeli Weapons Stoppage Until After Holocaust Speech

President Joe Biden signed off on a pause in weapons supply to Israel last week but kept the decision out of the public eye until after his speech on Tuesday to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Absolute lowlife.

News | Israel At War

“Both Sides” and “Innocent Civilians”: The Psychological Effect of Language in the Gaza War

Why the U.S. diplomatic concept of “evenhandedness” is morally wrong - “Both Sides” and “Innocent Civilians”: The Psychological Effect of Language in the Gaza War

Politics | Campus Watch

At MIT, Administrators Allow Unlawful Encampment To Displace Lawful Israeli Independence Day Event

In the run-up to an annual Israeli Independence Day celebration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, university president Sally Kornbluth assured student organizers that an unauthorized anti-Israel encampment—located in the same area where the Je

Politics | Biden Administration/Congress

Biden Admin Officials Coordinated With Anti-Israel Group To Isolate Israeli Jews in West Bank, Emails Show

Senior Biden administration officials have been coordinating since at least early 2022 with an outside anti-Israel group to isolate Jewish Israelis living in the West Bank, internal government emails show.

I hate these bastards. Good people MUST stop voting for democrats.

Politics | Campus Watch

Northwestern Administrators Sign Resolution Calling for Boycott of 'Terror' State Israel

Northwestern University administration officials and faculty members signed a resolution demanding that the school cut ties with Israel, calling the Jewish country a "terror" state and accusing it of "one of the most atrocious and monstrous sieges in mode

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

The Jewish Story of the UNC Frat Boys Who Held up the American Flag

Images of a small group of students at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill holding up an American flag amid violent anti-Israel protests last week captured the attention of the nation. The boys were caught on camera struggling to keep the Stars and Stripes from falling onto the ground after the protesters sought to replace it with a Palestinian flag.

Young Jewish American heroes. Their story needs to be known.

Politics | Biden Administration/Congress

Lloyd Austin Confirms U.S. Withholding Arms from Israel over Rafah

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed that the U.S. is withholding a shipment of weapons to Israel over concerns about Rafah.

Politics | Biden Administration/Congress

Biden betrays Israel with Hamas ‘deal’ that wasn’t

Joe Biden betrayed Israel last night.

Hamas announced with great fanfare that it had accepted a ceasefire proposal. There were celebrations in Gaza, and the White House said it was “reviewing” the deal.

Politics | Biden Administration/Congress

Report: Biden administration failed to inform Israel before Hamas truce announcement

Jerusalem was surprised to hear of the terror group's acceptance of a proposal that was different from the latest one on the table.

Politics | Media Bias

NPR’s Pro-Hamas, Anti-Israel Narrative Part II: Producer

This is the second of two articles describing how NPR has skewed its coverage of the Hamas-Israel war toward a pro-Hamas, anti-Israel narrative.

Politics | Media Bias

NPR’s Pro-Hamas, Anti-Israel Narrative Part I: Citations and Interviewees

This is the first of two articles describing how NPR has skewed its coverage of the Hamas-Israel war toward a pro-Hamas, anti-Israel narrative.

We pay for this. That should have stopped decades ago.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Antisemitism at university encampments prove anti-Zionism is bigotry

Those who advocate for the destruction of Jews anywhere, rejoice at the harm done to Jews everywhere. 

Miscellaneous | Jewish Life

An Israeli survivor of the Holocaust and Oct. 7 says after the recent atrocities, we ‘held our heads high’

Penina Ben Yosef escaped the Nazis in Poland and was a founder of Kfar Maimon, where she found herself sheltering as Hamas terrorists and IDF soldiers battled right outside

Politics | Opinion

The war against the Jewish story

The ease with which anti-Zionists have managed to portray the Jewish state as genocidal marks a historic failure of Holocaust education

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

If ‘Never Again is Now,’ We Must Finish the Mission in Gaza

We have severely compromised our autonomy and mobility due to our longtime dependence on others.

News | Jewish Community

Anti-Israel Protesters Disrupt Holocaust Remembrance Day Event at Auschwitz

Anti-Israel protesters on Monday disrupted an event at Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp in Poland, commemorating the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust by the Nazis. The International March of the Living, an annual Holocaust education

One again, these animals are proving that ALL of this is about antisemitism, not Israel, Israel’s government, or Gaza.

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Was This a Biden State Department Briefing or a Hamas Press Conference?

 After Hamas terrorists agreed to a "softened" version of a ceasefire deal that is an unserious, deceptive ploy aimed at delaying Israel's looming offensive in Rafah, the State Department refused to directly comment on the terms (pending a U.S. review) to which Hamas had agreed — but again insisted that the Biden administration's "top priority" is to reach a "ceasefire agreement that will lead to the release of hostages" and allow a "surge of humanitarian assistance" into Gaza.

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Jonathan Sacks – Faith After the Holocaust

Jonathan Sacks – Faith After the Holocaust Faith After the Holocaust Rabbi Sacks responds to the devastation of the Holocaust The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborat

Politics | Biden Administration/Congress

Biden’s duplicitous history against Israel – www.israelhayom.com

  Joe Biden is, once again, at loggerheads with Israel. This has been brewing for decades. Biden infamously admitted telling

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Never again?

The obligatory Holocaust Remembrance Day mantra rings hollow in the wake of the Oct. 7 massacre.

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This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel May 5, 2024

This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel May 5, 2024 The highlights include: Israel shows gratitude to all its supporters during the current war. An Israeli startup allows you to grow your own replacement bones. The first Arab women to become Universit

Politics | Debunking Lies

Gaza Health Ministry Cannot Provide Names for More Than 10,000 It Says Have Died

The Gaza Ministry of Health cannot provide names of more than 10,000 of the 34,000 individuals it says have died during the war between Israel and Hamas. While the Health Ministry conceded earlier this...

Politics | Opinion

Elder Of Ziyon - Where are the children's books about Jewish life in Israel for Jewish American Heritage Month?

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

Politics | Media Bias

CBS's Luciano: Intifada Chants Are Used as 'Slogans of Resistance' Some 'Interpret as Calls for Violence'

On Friday's "CBS Mornings," CBS News Correspondent Lilia Luciano stated that the calls for "intifada" at "anti-war protests" are "words some chant as | Clips

“Intifada” ABSOLUTELY means a war on Jews. Anyone who tell you ANYTHING else is lying. The Arabs themselves never claimed that it meant anything else until it became convenient, recently, to start lying about it.

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

VIDEO: Portland State University Library Closes After Anti-Israel Protesters Trash Building

Oregon's Portland State University (PSU) library has shut down after anti-Israel protesters occupied the building and damaged it.

Portland is a hive of scumbags and is a leftist cesspool. OF COURSE they hate Israel and Jews.

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Netanyahu a Tragic Figure? Hardly!

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Netanyahu a Tragic Figure? Hardly! In survey after survey, Israelis are voicing their opinion that PM Netanyahu is at least partly to blame for Israel’s Gaza mess and should resign – or at least call for new elections.

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We Deserve Better. Much better. - Joshua Namm

The post 10/7 Jewish world cannot be business as usual.

My latest. We need better leadership. A recent email I received shows just how weak, cowardly, and pointless so many mainstream Jewish organizations are. I wrote about it in my latest Substack article. Please subscribe. It’s totally free!

News | Israel At War

"If they're at the beach, the war is over. And if the war is over, let's admit the war is over."

Watch now | That, more or less, is what some Israelis dumbstruck by the photos of Gazans at the beach are now saying. We share portions of one such column by a well known and highly regarded Israeli journalist.

If the war is, in fact, over and Hamas exists, it was a massive failure.

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Pro-Palestinian Activists Rally at UCLA as Police Prepare to Remove Encampment

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied at UCLA as LAPD officers arrived in riot gear to remove the week-old "encampment."

Scumbags.

Politics | Opinion

Why Are Women in America Cheering for Hamas and Iran?

Are these female protestors for Hamas so afraid of freedom that they appease the most dangerous demons on earth by supporting them?

Leftists don’t actually care about blacks, gays, women, or any of the other people they claim to care about. They ONLY care about two things: themselves and power.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Susan Sarandon denied Hamas's October 7 atrocities, rapes

Susan Sarandon claimed that Hamas was rejecting ceasefires because they were "terrible deals" and that accusations of Hamas committing rape were "myths."

Just like Mel Gibson, she’ll still be allowed to make movies in Hollywood.

Politics | The Left

Astroturfing Exposed: The Coordinated Anti-Israel Protests and the Power Behind Them

This is an important reminder of the complex, deceptive, and hidden dynamics that fuel protests of a geopolitical nature.

Politics | Opinion

‘Picking on the smallest minority’: College students ‘rehashing age-old anti-Semitic tropes’

Israeli author and activist Noa Tishby has blasted college students for “rehashing age-old anti-Semitic tropes” by “picking on the smallest minority in the w...

Politics | Campus Watch

They aren’t revolutionaries. They’re bigoted brats

The Columbia cranks rant about killing Zionists one minute and demand hot meals the next.

News | Antisemitism Watch

The breathtaking denial of anti-Semitism at Columbia

Liberals and leftists are refusing to see the Jew hatred that’s flourishing on campus.

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Steve Ornstein: At 79 years old today reflecting on this moment in my life

Steve Ornstein: At 79 years old today reflecting on this moment in my life At 79 years old today reflecting on this moment in my life. Age appears to be a weird episode in a life that has created so many memories. While I feel so blessed to have an amazin

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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News May 1, 2024

CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News May 1, 2024 Cyber startup Island doubles valuation to $3 billion in $175 million Series D. Island raised $100 million at a $1.5 billion valuation just six months ago. Read more   The Wiz effect? Cybe

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Columbia students tried to delay mob takeover of Hamilton Hall, but say 'police never came'

Columbia University students stared down a mob of anti-Israel protesters who were taking over an academic building last night in the hope that police would arrive and back them up

These two young me are heroes. OF COURSE the police never came. When do they ever come when you actually need them?

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Victor Rosenthal: Our Repeated Strategic Failures, or How We Never Learn from Experience

Victor Rosenthal: Our Repeated Strategic Failures, or How We Never Learn from Experience 1. Failure to understand and respect our enemies. Since before the founding of the State of Israel, Palestinian Arab leaders have been saying that the land between th

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Michael Oren – A Page from the 1968 Playbook?

Michael Oren – A Page from the 1968 Playbook? Clarity with Michael Oren The anti-Israel protesters of 2024 are trying to emulate the demonstrations that took place in many of the same universities back in the late 1960s. But are the two movements re

News | Interesting Stories

Columbia University bans student protest leader Khymani James after saying in video that 'Zionists don't deserve to live

Khymani James apologized for saying on video that 'Zionists don't deserve to live'

Politics | Campus Watch

It Was Only a Matter of Time Before We Saw Something Like This at These Pro-Hamas Rallies

 It was only a matter of time before the truth seeped out of these pro-Hamas rallies. We’ve known the true intent for months, but the media will find it harder to pivot when they see signs and paraphernalia like this.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Woman Who Survived Hamas Attack Is Facing Death Threats and Doxxing

 On October 7, 2023, the terrorist group Hamas launched a major surprise attack on Israel, killing 1,200 men, women, and children. Terrorists also kidnapped hundreds of hostages, many of whom are still being held in Gaza as Israel’s military works to eliminate the organization while rescuing its citizens.

Politics | Politics

Did the Biden Regime Green-Light Arrest Warrants for Israeli Leaders, Including Netanyahu?

 If a Wednesday report in the Israeli media is accurate, this is one of the most, if not the most, craven betrayal of an ally in American history, and in the entire world’s history.

Politics | Campus Watch

Jew Hating Professor Caught on Camera Encouraging Violent Revolution to Columbia Students

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report'' shares a DM clip of footage of CUNY professor and fired CNN contributor Marc Lamont Hill encouraging violence to the pro-Pa...

Mark Lamont Hill is a scumbag, and a known Jew hater. Like all of them, there have been ZERO consequences for his behavior over the years.

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

This Jew Hater Is EVERYTHING Wrong With Generation Z

One of the Columbia protest organizers makes clear just how much he hates Jews; USC cancels its commencement out of fear of protesters; and the Supreme Court...

Another diverse example of wortglesss human garbage.

Politics | Opinion

We are the West's last generation before the new Dark Age begins

There is a fatal contradiction at the heart of Western societies, a nihilistic impulse, a pathological self-loathing that threatens to destroy our way of life. We live in the freest, wealthiest, healthiest, fairest and most technologically advanced polities in history, and yet millions of young people are being taught to hate the West, to despise the liberties that make their lifestyles possible, to tear down every institution and tradition.

Politics | Campus Watch

It's Time to Act Against Antisemitic Behavior on Campus

In the past few weeks, we have witnessed an unabated explosion of Jew-hatred at some of the top American universities, including Columbia, Yale, New York University, and others.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Wait, Did Ilhan Omar Really Say That About Jewish Students?

 When pressed about the antisemitism emanating from the pro-Hamas encampment, the Minnesota leftists said that she spoke with Jewish students in the camp, but she said something weird about the encounters. Omar has a history of antisemitism, like when she tweeted Israel hypnotizes the world, but you know that already.

This antisemitic slimeball HAS to go. No matter what it takes.

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Gabe Ende – A Few Words for Progressive Israel-haters

Gabe Ende – A Few Words for Progressive Israel-haters How does one plead for his right to life, the right of his people to the universally accepted principle of self-determination, and the right to protect his heritage from cynically biased defamati

Politics | Campus Watch

Network Behind Eruption of Anti-Israel College Campus Protests Revealed

Network Behind Eruption of Anti-Israel College Campus Protests Revealed by Dion J. Pierre   Alegemeiner News Service Anti-Zionist protests striking US colleges and universities across the country have been the result of “tightly coordinated” efforts

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Netflix Epic on Moses Platforms Biased Scholar Who Expressed Joy on Oct.7

A newly-released Netflix documentary series on the biblical story of Moses has given a platform to an Egyptian scholar who referred to the biblical

The story of Moses is a Jewish story. Period. They shouldn’t include any other fake “experts” to discuss his life, or his story. Just because two other religions claim to be in our tradition, doesn’t confer any special knowledge of what that tradition actually is. It is even worse when you bring in a Muslim who hates Jews, Judaism, and Israel. Meanwhile, these are the same people who claim to care so much about “cultural appropriation” - something everyone does freely with the Jews. As usual, all done in the name of the DEI cult.

Politics | Campus Watch

USC Cancels Commencement Ceremony Amid Pro-Hamas Antics by Lunatic Students

 The University of Southern California will be canceling their main commencement ceremony amid pro-Hamas shenanigans by leftist students that’s turned many a campus across America into riot zones. Students are protesting the war in Gaza, though many times it’s devolved into calls for murdering Jewish people and the destruction of Israel. At Yale, one Jewish student was stabbed in the eye.

Of course, because the left destroys EVERYTHING, and they are complete cowards.0"

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Steve Kramer – The Che Guevara effect against Jews

Steve Kramer – The Che Guevara Effect against Jews “Che” Guevara (1928-1967) was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, a physician, an author, a guerrilla fighter/leader, a diplomat, and a military theorist; and a terrorist. He was also a

Politics | Biden Administration/Congress

Report: ICC mulling Israeli arrest warrants with US consent

Senior officials associated with the tribunal in The Hague said that the Americans had green-lit the move.

We have NO FRIENDS. America is a weak pathetic shell of what it was even thirty years ago (and that was a shell of what it had been 30 years before that).

News | The Temple Mount

Ben-Gvir visits Temple Mount during priestly blessing ceremony

Tens of thousands of Jewish worshippers participated in the semi-annual Birkat Kohanim at the Western Wall.

This is how it’s done.

Politics | Leftist Lies

White House Insists Biden Has Been 'Very Clear' About His Position on Pro-Hamas Campus Chaos

 As pro-Hamas campus chaos spread to even more schools on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked for the president's reaction to the leftist students, faculty, and outside groups calling for the murder of Jews and elimination of Israel.

Politics | Biden Administration/Congress

Terrorists Launch Attacks on Americans Building Biden’s Gaza Pier

 Terrorists operating in the Gaza Strip launched a series of attacks on Americans building President Joe Biden's "humanitarian pier" this week.

This group of morons couldn’t be more stupid.

News | Israel At War

Sleepless nights: Israelis' striking resilience as rockets rain above

"On October 7, as Israelis mobilized spontaneously to save Israel, we realized what we were willing to die for, and thus what we want to live for," writes the author.

News | Antisemitism Watch

A howl of rage against civilisation

The orgy of bigotry at Columbia University heaps shame on America.

News | Antisemitism Watch

At Columbia I Am Told: ‘Go Back to Poland’

My Israeli flag was stolen and burned. I was hit. And the school is preventing the NYPD from protecting us.

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Dr. Rabbi Moshe Dror – July 19, 1934 – April 29, 2011

Dr. Rabbi Moshe Dror – July 19, 1934 – April 29, 2011 Here is the original piece I put up in his Memory years ago. I just read it again and my heart ached for his presence and light. My heart is crying for you, my dear friend and brother. Your soul ha

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Jonathan Feldstein – In Every Generation They Try to Destroy Us

Jonathan Feldstein – In Every Generation They Try to Destroy Us I came home early this morning from special pre-Passover prayers in which it’s customary for first-born men to take part, recognizing that if God had not liberated the Jewish people f

News | Antisemitism Watch

Elder Of Ziyon - Every major "criticism of Israel" is based on antisemitic assumptions. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

Politics | Media Bias

Elder Of Ziyon - .@CBSNews adopts Israel-hater language, refers to the IDF as "Israeli Occupation Forces"

Blogging about Israel and the Arab world since, oh, forever.

Politics | The Left

Progressives’ Pro-War Protest Movement

Yesterday’s protests at Columbia highlighted a key difference between the left-wing protests of generations past and the current demonstrations: While both cheer America’s enemies, the 2024 version is ostentatiously, undeniably

News | Antisemitism Watch

Policeman threatens to arrest campaigner for being ‘openly Jewish’ at Gaza rally in London

CAA head Gideon Falter was told his presence could cause a ‘breach of peace’

The cops in England and the US have bene useless at fighting back against the antisemites, and in England they actively help the antisemitic scumbags.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Is it now a crime to be a Jew in London?

A Met officer threatened a man with arrest because his Jewishness might anger ‘pro-Palestine’ protesters.

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Three Israelis injured in car-ramming attack in Jerusalem

The assailants were arrested in a nearby furniture store.

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Anti-Israel NGO behind impending US sanctions on IDF battalion

DAWN, a U.S.-based NGO, "has intensified its legal attacks against Israeli officials," says NGO Monitor's Gerald Steinberg.

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Biden’s America: Jewish Students Advised to Flee Columbia University for Their Own Safety

 The Orthodox rabbi at Columbia University and Barnard College issued a statement advising Jewish students to leave campus and return home because of ongoing demonstrations by anti-Israel activists that threaten their safety.

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Michael Oren: Field of Fire: Fifty Years in Middle East Studies (Part III)

Michael Oren: Field of Fire: Fifty Years in Middle East Studies (Part III) The Scorpion and the Frog This is Part III of a three-part series on the radicalization of Middle East studies. Over the past five decades Middle East studies have had a profound i

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: The Seder: Adopting (from others) and Adapting (for us)

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig: The Seder: Adopting (from others) and Adapting (for us) For any religion to flourish for 3500 years, it has to have developed a strong survival system. Judaism, probably the world’s oldest existing religion, has several: diaspor

Politics | Campus Watch

Northwestern University Dean of Students Attends Protest Targeting Campus Jewish Community Center

The dean of students at Northwestern University attended an anti-Israel protest this week targeting Hillel, the school’s Jewish student community center, to defend the demonstrators’ "right to free speech."

News | Israel At War

What Is Israel’s Innovative Air Defense System? 

Israel’s air defenses today are multi-tiered - providing layers of protection that are an overwhelmingly successful answer to the threat

Miscellaneous | Judaism

Anti-Fragility: The Jewish People’s Resilience During Dark Times

Major setbacks in Jewish history proved to be the springboard for extraordinary new adventures in Jewish spirit and creativity.

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CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News April 19, 2024

CTECH: Latest Israeli Innovation & Technology News April 19, 2024 Cyber decacorn Wiz in advanced negotiation to acquire Lacework for $150-200 million. The companies recently signed a Letter of Intent and are now in the midst of a comprehensive due diligen

Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The Palestinian Authority

Erdogan Invites Hamas Terror Leader Ismail Haniyeh for Cozy Chat in Turkey

Erdogan referred to Hamas as a "liberation movement" during a speech to the Turkish parliament in Ankara. He was cheered on by the lawmakers yelling "Death to Israel."

News | Israel At War

Israel strikes deep inside Iran

Iranian media denied any Israeli missile strike, writing that the Islamic Republic was shooting objects down in its airspace.

Politics | Iran

Victor Davis Hanson: Are Iran’s Nine Lives Nearing an End?

The theocracy of Iran has been the world’s arch-embassy attacker over the last half century. So it has zero credibility in crying foul over Israel’s April 1…

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Jonathan Sacks: Is there such a thing as Lashon Tov? METZORA

Jonathan Sacks: Is there such a thing as Lashon Tov? METZORA The Sages understood tsara’at, the theme of this week’s parsha, not as an illness but as a miraculous public exposure of the sin of lashon hara, speaking badly about people. Judaism is a s

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

Google Employees Protesting Business with Israel Arrested After More Than 8 Hours in CEO's Office

Google employees who took part in a protest over the company's continued business with Israel were arrested on Tuesday evening.

Why are leftists ALWAYS so ugly?

Politics | Politics

The Washington Post Tries to Turn Supporters of Terrorism Into Victims

 There’s a template that media outlets love to follow to gin up outrage over someone who has to face the consequences of his or her actions

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‘I’ve always dreamed of moving to Israel’

‘I’ve always dreamed of moving to Israel’ By  Efrat Forsher Israel HaYom By enlisting in the IDF, 19-year-old Y. is following in the footsteps of her ancestor who helped pave the way for women into the Israel Air Force. Y. comes from a

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Michael Oren: How Did the War Begin? With Iran’s Appeasers in Washington