New ISIS Announcement: Victory in Palestine Near — First Over Hamas and PA ‘Infidels,’ Then the Jews By Ruthie Blum – The Algemeiner Sources identified with ISIS announced the terrorist organization’s intention to arrive in Gaza in the near future to fight Hamas and then to go for the Jews, the Hebrew news site nrg reported […]
BoD statement on the announcement of Labour inquiry into antisemitism A Board of Deputies of British Jews spokesperson said: “The Board of Deputies of British Jews welcomes the announcement of a new, much-needed inquiry into antisemitism in the Labour Party. The inquiry must be rigorous and fair in order to ensure that it has credibility. […]
My Theodor Herzl moment By Richard Mather… In 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, was unfairly accused of treason. Austro-Hungarian journalist Theodor Herzl witnessed mobs shouting “Death to the Jews” in France and decided there was only one way out of the mess: the mass migration of Jews to a […]
Brexit, Barack Obama and ‘les Anglo-Saxons’ By David Semple… [Les Anglo-Saxons – a French appellation for the English, Canadians, Australians and Americans ] ‘Les Anglo-Saxons’ The Anglo-Saxons were the original Americans. Before they went to America, their ancestors left continental Europe for the British Isles and founded the kingdoms of England in the early Middle […]
Arab depiction of 1972 Munich massacre to be shown at Cannes A documentary film justifying the massacre of Jews at the Munich Olympics in 1972 will be screened at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, it has emerged. Munich: A Palestinian Story from Lebanese director Nasri Hajjaj shows the murder of eleven Israeli athletes from the […]
The sublime art of Barnett Newman By Richard Mather… The problem of a painting is physical and metaphysical, the same as I think life is physical and metaphysical – Barnett Newman Barnett Newman was born in 1905 to Abraham and Anna Newman, Jewish immigrants from Poland who came to New York City in 1900. Although […]
The discourse of disunity By Paul Mirbach This Pesach I sense an air of despondency in Israel. It doesn’t have anything to do with our security situation; well not directly, anyway. At a time when all of Israel should be united in celebrating the Festival of Freedom, and our redemption from slavery, never has […]
Skinny Pasta – victim or perpetrator? By Ariel Zorrowski Earlier today Skinny Pasta was accused of antisemitism after an ex-franchisee spouted antisemitic rhetoric on the South African companies Facebook and Twitter accounts. South African franchise of popular product sold in Israel decides to attack ‘zionist ashkenNAZI’s (sic)’ on the Internet. What followed was an angry […]
Jewish Chronicle’s allegation of Pesach tax is ‘unjust’ By Richard Mather A leading member of the British Jewish community has hit back at The Jewish Chronicle over what he calls the newspaper’s “flawed analysis” regarding the Kashrut division of the London Beth Din (KLBD) and the price of Pesach. Stephen Pack, president of The United […]
Col. Richard Kemp: Israel an ‘outpost of strength,’ Europe on ‘spiral downward to obliteration’ By Ruthie Blum Discussing the challenges democracies face in confronting unconventional warfare, a retired British Army officer on Tuesday touted the State of Israel as exemplary. Asked about the case of the IDF soldier currently under investigation for killing a subdued […]
