Miscellaneous | Passover

How to Cook for Passover with No Specialty Ingredients - Tips & Recipes for Coronavirus Cooking

There’s no question that Passover this year looks very different from usual for most of us.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Manhattan D.A. Prosecuted Just 21 Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes in Past Decade

Records from the Manhattan district attorney's office indicate D.A. Cyrus Vance prosecuted just 13 individuals for anti-Semitic hate crimes between 2017 and 2019, less than half of those arrested in his jurisdiction during that time and a bare 6 percent o

“These new data raise questions about the seriousness with which the Manhattan D.A. office has taken anti-Semitism in its jurisdiction.” Obviously. The truth is that no one takes antisemitism seriously. The hypocrisy surrounding the issue is massive.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

America’s Largest Population of Holocaust Survivors Is Endangered by the Coronavirus as Crown Heights and Borough Park Shut Down

The pandemic inflicts miseries that are particular to each place it visits

Heartbreaking. I’ve spent a lot of time in these neighborhoods, especially Crown Heights. It is one of the most lively neighborhoods, with some of the best people, in the United States.

News | Antisemitism Watch

The virus spreading faster than coronavirus: Antisemitism - The Jerusalem Post

Social media seems to have exploded with antisemitic comments, ranging from “The Jews created coronavirus” to absurd false accusations that Israel has separate medical treatment for non-Jews.

Politics | Resources

Make Yourself Heard! 5 Tips For Getting Your Letter to the Editor Published | HonestReporting

With some newspapers receiving dozens and even hundreds of letters to the editor each day, you face severe competition in having your letter published.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Neo-Nazis Urge Supporters to Target Jews for Coronavirus Spread

A propaganda image shared online by neo-Nazis alleging that Jews are profiting financially from the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: ADL.org. Neo-Nazi …

News | Antisemitism Watch

Ex-SJP Leader at NYU Responds to Israel's First Coronavirus Death With Nasty Tweet

Leen Dweik, former president of the New York University chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine. Photo: YouTube screenshot. The …

The worst people on earth.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Linda Sarsour is using Covid-19 to raise money for a Hamas-linked charity

.Linda Sarsour is fundraising for a charity called Baitulmaal USA to supposedly help Gazans prepare for a Covid-19 outbreak:

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

A Minyan in the Time of Social Distancing

Fifteen of us gathered loosely around a streetlight to pray for my late mother.

News | News

03/18 Links Pt2: Exploiting the Coronavirus for Anti-Israel Campaigns; Heba Yazbak: 'We'll divest Israel of its Jewishness and Zionism'; Rashid Khalidi Undermines His Own Thesis

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

Recipes | Kosher Recipes

Panic Soup - For Pandemic Times!

With so much uncertainty and anxiety in the world right now, as things evolve hour by hour, I think it’s fair to say all of us are feeling unsettled to some degree or another. I, for one, have done a fair bit of panicking (some of which somehow resulted in this sou

Jewish food is always the best comfort food! We all know it.

Politics | BDS

The True Nature Of The BDS Movement

BDS is not primarily a pro-Palestinian movement, but an anti-Jewish one. Denying one group, and one group only, the right to homestead land is unjust.

Miscellaneous | Judaism

10 Things You Can Do for People in Quarantine

Even now there are many things that we can safely do to help others.

Politics | BDS

Anti-Israel activists don't care about the facts

Professional politicians say a lot of things that just aren't true, so perhaps it's not fair to hold others to

News | Antisemitism Watch

Time magazine whitewashes antisemites

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News | News

Trump abolishes controversial language on Jerusalem in new human rights report

The Trump administration will no longer refer to Arab residents of Jerusalem as Palestinians, Israel Hayom has learned. Follow Israel

News | News

Israeli stabbing victim pulls knife out of own neck, kills terrorist

Yonatan Azarihab, who was collecting money for charity, hospitalized in moderate condition after Petah Tikva attack

Yes. Israelis really are tough.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Jewish, Pro-Israel Groups Protest Bernie Sanders’ Hiring of Adviser Who Once Denounced Zionism as ‘Racist, Exclusionary Ideology’

Phillip Agnew, a new senior adviser to Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Photo: YouTube screenshot. Jewish and pro-Israel groups on …

Politics | Opinion

A Purim lesson at the White House

The chants of “Death to Israel” wafting across the world from today’s Iran confirm that the more things change, the more they remain the same.

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

Elder Of Ziyon - Linda Sarsour lies about Israel in her book

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Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

Imam at Bernie Sanders rally once claimed ISIS was ‘Run by Israel, Zionists to kill Muslims’

Bernie Sanders is "an honorable man, even though he is a Jew."

News | Antisemitism Watch

Anti-Israel AIPAC protester: "The Jews should be on their knees begging for forgiveness"

I spent nearly four hours interviewing, taping, and photographing anti-Israel protesters outside the recent AIPAC Conference. I found a combination of historical revisionism and conspiracy theories revealing the core anti-Jewish nature of anti-Zionism.

It’s so freaking obvious that “anti-Zionists” are just plain, old, regular antisemites. We all have to put a STOP to their fiction that there is any difference between the two things.

Politics | Politics

Sanders Campaign Says Status as 'White Jewish Man' Disqualifies From Giving Racial Justice Speech

Democratic 2020 US presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at a debate at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, …

Intersectional stupidity at its worst.

Miscellaneous | Chabad

In New Rochelle, Yeshivah Students to Bring Purim to the Quarantined

Young Megillah readers span out through the community

This is exactly why Chabad is the best!

News | Antisemitism Watch

Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s T-shirt pictures the Palestinian flag completely covering Israel

Bernie surrogate Rashida Tlaib's T-shirt doesn't exactly scream two-state solution.

Politics | Politics

The ironic bigotry of progressive activism - The Jerusalem Post

Who gets to determine the “universal” hierarchy of victimhood? Muslims may be an oppressed group in China, but in the Arab world, Muslims are doing the oppressing.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Elder Of Ziyon - Anti-Zionism is antisemitism, example 2851

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News | Israel/Jewish Community

Trump Administration Deporting Nazi Concentration Camp Guard Back To Germany

The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it was deporting a Nazi concentration camp guard, who was living in Tennessee, back to Germany. U.S. Immigration Judge Rebecca L. Holt issued the removal order against Friedrich Karl Berger, a German nat

News | News

Sanders: Ilhan Omar ‘one of the greatest people I know’

Sen. Bernie Sanders said at a Virginia Democratic primary campaign rally that Rep. Ilhan Omar was "one of the greatest people I know."

He is SUCH a fool.

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

Antisemite Who Assaulted Jewish Student on NY Subway Will Be Tried for Hate Crime

Lihi Aharon was left with a facial scar after she successfully fought off an antisemitic assailant on the New York …

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

Elder Of Ziyon - ANOTHER Bernie Sanders staffer who wants to see the Jewish state disappear

Isn't the concept of a place for Jews to be safe from slaughter hilarious?

Miscellaneous | Chabad

As Coronavirus Goes Global, Chabad of Italy Keeps Its Doors Open

Prayers, Torah classes and welfare programs continue in Italy amid fears of virus

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

Imagining what a President Bernie Sanders would mean for Jews

When Bernie Sanders won the presidential election in a squeaker last year, progressive Jews enthused that a glorious new era in American Judaism had dawned.

Miscellaneous | Diaspora

Jewish and Other Minority Groups Denounce California’s Narrow Focus on ‘People of Color’ in Ethnic-Studies Curriculum

The flag of California. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org – Several Jewish and other ethnic minority organizations are urging California’s leaders …

When will liberal Jews learn that we will NEVER be part of the intersectional narrative.

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

Bernie, ‘Proud To Be Jewish,’ Skips AIPAC. Instead, He’s Appearing With Israel-Hating Rapper

On Sunday, Senator Bernie Sanders, who has been boasting recently that he is “proud to be Jewish” despite his constant association with virulent Israel-haters such as Rep. Ilhan Omar and Linda Sarsour, will skip the AIPAC conference, which is devoted

Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The West Bank

Elder Of Ziyon - “Palestinians can agree on one goal: Eliminate Jews from Palestine”

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News | Jewish Community

Condition of Monsey stabbing victim improves

Man in comma since Hanukkah stabbing opens eyes, is breathing on his own, sources say.

B”H

News | Antisemitism Watch

UK Prosecutors 'Cannot Be Relied Upon to Bring Anti-Jewish Racists to Justice,' Antisemitism Watchdog Charges

A Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) car. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has decided to charge only …

News | Antisemitism Watch

Carnival float in Spain features Nazi uniforms and trains with crematoria

Israeli embassy lashes 'vile and repugnant' procession in Campo de Criptana for 'making fun of the murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis'

Advice & Self-Help | Jewish Wisdom

Jewish Wisdom: Religious? Not Me!

When I hear the word "religion," I instinctively cringe. My stomach turns. My hands become clammy. My throat dry. On occasion, I have been known to break out in hives. This tends to confuse people who know me as a Torah observant Jewish woman...

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Israeli Embassy Rips 'Vile' Spanish Parade Show for 'Banalizing' Holocaust

The controversial parade show in Campo de Criptana, Spain. Photo: YouTube screenshot (via Europa Press). The Israeli Embassy in Spain …

Miscellaneous | Israeli Culture

Elder Of Ziyon - The Spectator explains what Israeli cuisine means

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Jews have been living in the Middle East and creating middle eastern food for decades. No one ever heard of a “Palestinian” Arab before 1967.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Disturbing Images Emerge of Astounding Antisemitism at Belgian Carnival

Antisemitic caricatures on display at the annual carnival in Aalst, Belgium. Photo: Raphael Ahren via Twitter. Disturbing images emerged on …

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

The Rot Inside American Jewish Organizations

Something unusual happened in the world of Arab–Israeli negotiations early this year: The Palestinians were given a reason to come to the negotiating table.

Having followed, been unhinges with, or world for these kinds of organizations most of my adult life, I can say that this article is accurate.

News | The News

Iranian Basij students threaten to convert the Tomb of Esther and Mordechai into a Palestinian consulate

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News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Star of David Now Marks Graves in Philippines of Fallen World War II US Jewish Soldiers

The grave of US Army Pvt. Louis Wolf — one of five graves belonging to fallen Jewish soldiers in the …

It’s about time.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Woman kicked off Swedish 'Big Brother' for anti-Semitism

Producer declares 'zero tolerance for this kind of expression' after Isabel Pereira says 'I hate Jews'

News | ISRAEL NEWS

Why are Democrats skipping out on AIPAC?

Who's going to #SkipAIPAC? The hashtag campaign created by the anti-Zionist IfNotNow group is winning even when their demands that

I used to be a democrat. It’s this kind of thing that made me leave. I won’t go back. #Jexodus

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

Former Dem lawmaker confronts Rashida Tlaib on anti-Semitism at campus event: It's about 'fighting hate'

Former Democratic New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind  encouraged people to "speak out" against anti-Semitism on Thursday, just days after campus police removed him from an event at Rutgers University Sunday afternoon for asking guest speaker Rep. Rashida Tla

Politics | Opinion

Being Fired by Trump Does Not Make You a Holocaust Victim

Government bureaucrats aren’t endowed with a God-given right to work in the executive branch of the United States government. Most of these "victims" will find lucrative work elsewhere.

Politics | BDS

As BDS runs rampant on UK campuses, Jewish students are fighting back

Two weeks ago, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, of all days, KCL Action Palestine – a student campaign group at

News | News

Elder Of Ziyon - Israel cancels visit of 1500 Jews to Joseph's Tomb to avoid tensions with Arabs - Arabs learn a lesson

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Israel’s government is so incredibly weak sometimes, it’s absolutely pathetic.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Jewish Harvard Club member assaulted during pro-Palestine lecture, lawsuit says

A Jewish member of the Harvard Club claims she was assaulted by a professor during a pro-Palestinian lecture at the swanky venue -- and then was booted by the Ivy League institution.

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

WATCH: Jewish Dem Thrown Out Of Tlaib Event For Confronting Her Anti-Semitism

Former New York State Democrat Assemblyman Dov Hikind was thrown out of an event over the weekend for confronting far-left Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MN) over her extensive history of promoting anti-Semitism. The event, hosted by ‘Muslims4Peace,’ w

Dov is a brave guy and a hero.

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

Why the Left won't tolerate liberal Zionists

The Columbia Journalism Review touts itself as “the voice of journalism.” While the magazine, which is published by the Columbia

News | Jewish Community

There’s a New Sheriff In Town—and He’s Wearing a Kippah

San Antonio sheriff’s deputy visibly displays his Judaism at graduation

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Rather than drifting away, over two-thirds of US Jews feel tie to Israel -- poll | The Times of Israel

8 out of 10 survey respondents say they are pro-Israel; Netanyahu's support of Trump tops list of reasons Jewish Americans are critical of Israeli policies

That number should still be higher, but it proves that the Jews on the far left who claim that American Jewish support for Israel had faded are lying. Which isn’t a surprise.

News | Israel

22 Facts About the Land of Israel Every Jew Should Know

The Land of Israel Was Given to Abraham and His Children

History | HISTORY

In eastern Europe, when Nazis killed Jews, a 'carnival atmosphere' prevailed

In a new, second book about ‘Holocaust by bullets,’ Father Patrick Desbois depicts in grim detail local bystanders' culpability while Nazis implemented the Final Solution

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

When 'Never Again' Means Nothing

Vague expressions of upset over an event that took place 75 years ago are no substitute for the hard-nosed defense of Jewish survival that Israel represents.

Politics | Leftists & Antisemitism

Saudi Arabia Is Now More Pro-Israel Than the Democratic Party

For decades, Saudi Arabia — a territorially expansive nation and home to Islamic holy cities Mecca and Medina — represented a symbolic epicenter of the

This is true. Unfortunately. It is beyond explanation that anyone Jewish could still support the Democrats.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Anti-Semitic stereotypes persist in America, ADL survey shows

Amid the worst outbreak of anti-Semitic violence in decades, a new survey released today from the Anti-Defamation League found more

Politics | Politics

The truth about anti-Semitism

Contra prominent Democrats, it's a virus, not a homegrown ideological phenomenon.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

National Review & Bias Against The Chasidic Community: Yes, Jewish Lives Matter

Like mainstream newspapers, Zachary Evans’s article recycled many tropes about Chassidim. More concerning is National Review’s institutional response.

Having spent lots of time, and having many friends, in the Chassidic community, I can tell you that this article nails it (although I have never met a Chasid who “hates the IDF”). Unfortunately, the issue with the National Review proves, again, that Jews can be as unwelcome on the right as we are on the left, although Antisemitism is becoming far more common, and accepted, on the left.

“What does bloc voting have to do with antisemitism? Why is it even in the article?
Someone who knew the community might have written an actual description of Haredi life: The degree to which violent crime falls to near-zero in Chassidic neighborhoods, property values shoot up when they move in, tax rolls are filled (every Chassidic kid enrolled in a Yeshiva rather than public school saves the state about $25,000), and communal services such as ambulance corps (available to all) flourish. Evans might have pointed out that Chassidim in Kiryas Yoel (an all-Chassidic town) make perfectly average incomes, despite a near common-consensus by outsiders to the contrary.”

History | History

Auschwitz survivors: First Jews sent to the Nazi concentration camp were teenage girls

As the world marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Edith Friedman Grosman, who was 17 when she arrived at the Nazi concentration camp, tells her harrowing story in a new book

Miscellaneous | Diaspora

Holocaust Survivor to Deliver US House Prayer Noting 75th Year of Auschwitz Liberation

Holocaust survivor, partisan, rabbi and mohel Romi Cohn. Photo: YouTube. JNS.org – A 90-year-old rabbi who survived the Holocaust will …

News | Antisemitism Watch

Jordanian article shows again that anti-Zionism is antisemitism

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Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The West Bank

Hamas newspaper upset that David Friedman did "Talmudic prayers" on Netanyahu's plane

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History | History

Twin sisters were liberated from Auschwitz, but not from Mengele

The experiments to which Yehudit and Lea Csengeri were subjected to by Dr. Josef Mengele have made them afraid of doctors to this day

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

New report: Over 100 anti-Semitic attacks in Brooklyn alone in 2019

Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which will be commemorated around the world on Monday, the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs

You would never know this listening to politicians drone about the intersectionally approved groups. The United States always stood above the nations where Jewish life was cheap. The far left is changing that...quickly.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Saying 'Never Again' Means Nothing If It's Not Backed Up With Actions

In the case of the Holocaust, it’s easy for anyone today to insist he would’ve fought on the side of justice. But how many people flatter themselves?

Politics | The "Squad"

Rashida Tlaib Accused of Spreading ‘Vicious Blood Libel’ After Tweeting, Deleting Claim Jews Killed Palestinian Child

US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) speaks at a rally calling on Congress to censure President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill …

Politics | Politics

‘Mockery of the Holocaust’: Macron Slammed for Visit with Abbas

The French president also threw a hissy fit against his Israeli security detail.

News | Antisemitism Watch

 Honoring Holocaust victims means fighting anti-Semitism

This week, an extraordinary conference is taking place in Jerusalem: Prime Ministers and heads of state from over 30 countries

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

My Grandmother Kept Telling Us About the Nazis. Now I Know Why. - The New York Times

Marianne Goldstein spent her life recounting her family’s escape to America in 1939. Only recently did I realize she wanted to do more than remember what happened.

Miscellaneous | Diaspora

Jeff Goldblum, Terry Gross and Marc Maron get emotional tracing Jewish roots | The Times of Israel

Latest episode of PBS’ celebrity genealogy show 'Finding Your Roots' helps three celebrities discover details on their ancestors who fled anti-Semitism in Europe

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

British Muslims reject Jewish solidarity over Uyghur Muslim persecution

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Miscellaneous | Judaism

Judaism: Are You Really Planning to Bring Back those Animal Sacrifices?

I can see the experiential quality of it all: an ancient temple with heavenly music and mystical song; priests in flowing robes deep in meditation; mesmerizing, choreographed ritual. But why the barbecue?

Interesting question!

Politics | Hamas, Gaza & The West Bank

How many lies can you count in this Holocaust article in the Palestinian Authority's official newspaper?

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Miscellaneous | Judaism

21 Talmud Facts Every Jew Should Know

The bulk of the Talmudic texts contain analysis of Biblical verses and Torah law, but it’s interspersed with everything from medical advice to stories, from folk sayings to fabric dying tips.

News | Antisemitism Watch

Antisemitism Means French Jews 'Do Not Lead the Same Life' as Others, Says Top Expert, as Detailed Survey of Jew-Hatred

Demonstrators rally against antisemitism in the French capital of Paris in March 2018. Photo: Reuters / Gonzalo Fuentes. One of …

Politics | BDS

New report details history and scope of active BDS movement

A new comprehensive report about the history and current state of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement – more commonly

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

David French on Antisemitism: ‘And No One Will Make Them Afraid'

When Jews are under violent attack for building a home in this land, it repudiates the American promise.

Insightful piece by David French on the insidious nature of rising antisemitism and the promise of America. Please share it.

"I never thought I’d see the day when dear friends plotted ways to be less “visibly Jewish” before walking onto a subway car, going to the grocery store, or just playing in the park. I never thought I’d see the day when random street attacks on Jews were so common that activists and journalists could create security camera compilations of Jews being beaten in the streets. This is a grave breach of the American promise. It’s a grave assault on America’s most fundamental values. "

Politics | Media Bias

NYT's Headline Deemed Too Jew-Friendly for UK News Site | HonestReporting

Why did The Independent feel the need to change a perfectly fine New York Times headline?

The Talmud is NOT a “forbidden text.” It’s readily available online and in English. The headline screams old fashioned, ignorant stereotypes.

Politics | Opinion

Israel News: No, Philo-semitism is not antisemitism in sheep's clothing

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I agree with this. “Progressives” often have extremely regressive viewpoints.