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US Antisemitism Must Be Checked

7 Dec 2022: Representatives from the Jewish Community are in meetings this week with the White House.

“When you allow antisemitism to go unchecked, it’s never just the Jews who are at risk [although] they are always first,” said Ted Deutch, CEO of AJC, quoted in the article.

Jerusalem Post, 7 Dec 2022 pg 2.

 

Jerusalem Post, 7 Dec 2022 pg 2.
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Rosh haAyin resident attacked by terrorist, UN calls it ‘a scuffle’

5 Dec 2022 Israel Now report: The terrorist tried and failed to open the car door to attack the man pictured (below, left) and his wife.  Then the terrorist found a rock and smashed the rear passenger window.  At that point the driver (pictured) drew his weapon and fired.  The terrorist fled, and stabbed a nearby soldier in the face.  When other soldiers approached he resisted arrest for awhile before being fatally shot.

 

Victim interviewed by Channel 11, 5 Dec 2022. The terrorist attacked him while he and his wife were driving their car Friday night.
Jerusalem Post, 5 Dec 2022 pg 9.

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Israel Now Update: 1 Dec 2022

1 Dec 2022, Samaria: In the wake of the Israeli elections, various political parties vie for power as the coalition tries to form.
One of the issues at hand: If highly religious parties make it in, they may try to alter the immigration laws, making it possible to immigrate only if one has the maternal Jewish link according to the Law of Aliyah. For decades, the Law of Return has also allowed grandchildren to immigrate as well.  This article is full of quotes from a Knesset member whose party is comprised mostly of immigrants from the FSU under the Law of Return.

Jerusalem Post, 1 Dec 2022 pg 1.

 

Flu season: Unknown what this would do to travel requirements for tourists.

Jerusalem Post, 1 Dec 2022 pg 6.

 

And something cool from Archeology!

Jerusalem Post, 1 Dec 2022 pg 1.

 

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Israel Now update 30 Nov 2022

30 Nov 2022, Samaria: Following after last week’s bus station bombing that left two dead and dozens injured, yesterday we have a car ramming attack carried out by an Arab with Israeli citizenship, wife, kids, and job at a supermarket. Will the Palestinian Authority financially reward his family for this?

Jerusalem Post, 30 Nov 2022, pg 1.
Israeli Jewish Mafia is still in operation:
Jerusalem Post, 30 Nov 2022, pg 6.
The ongoing “Operation Break the Wave” is now six months long. It began in March 2022 after Arabs killed 20 Jewish Israelis.
Jerusalem Post, 29 Nov 2022, pg 1.

 

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Double Bombing in Jerusalem

24 Nov 2022, Samaria:  Happy Thanksgiving to friends from the USA.
Today and tomorrow I have Oratorio rehearsals in Jerusalem.

Yesterday two bombs were remote detonated on two buses in Jerusalem, a half hour apart. A third bomb was prevented by security. Last I knew it was 19 injured, 1 dead:  16 year old Aryeh Ahechopek, a Canadian-Israeli yeshiva boy. Bombs were packed with nails and screws dipped in poison to increase carnage.I’m riding the buses in Jerusalem today for one rehearsal tonight, another on Friday morning.

Thanksgiving Day, Jerusalem Post 24 Nov 2022, pg 1.
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Zionism, Judaism

22 Nov 2022, Samaria:  “Zionism had produced one of the most dynamic, creative, powerful, and unerringly democratic nations in the world–the only ‘ism’ of the 20th century to succeed and succeed massively. All that we would forget just because some American students were labeling Zionism racist?”  – Michael Oren, Israel’s Ambassador to the US during 2009-2013.

“Reclaiming Judaism,” Brian Blum, Magazine, Jerusalem Post, 4 Nov 2022 pg 42.

 

“Zionism by any other name would still be condemned by those who hate Israel.” – Michael Oren.

 

“Reclaiming Judaism,” Brian Blum, Magazine, Jerusalem Post, 4 Nov 2022 pg 42.

 

A Michael Oren article:

https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-719600

 

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Israel Now 14 Nov 2022

Three current news items – for a look at today in Israel:  An Orthodox view on exercise, an ammunition theft from an IDF base, and machinations in politics as the Orthodox continue their effort to keep their kids out of the Army.

Benefits of physical exercise according to Jewish religious commentaries:

Jerusalem Post, 14 Nov 2022 pg 11.

 

Next article: Israeli soldiers suspected of collaborating with Arab criminals in ammunition and weapons thefts:

Jerusalem Post, 14 Nov 2022 pg 9.

 

And finally, religious parties representing a minority of the population wish to keep their kids in Bible school indefinitely to avoid the draft:

Jerusalem Post, 14 Nov 2022 pg 9.