It is not hyperbole to assert Zohran Mamdani’s electoral win has made New York City the latest victim of Hamas’ October 7 attack against Israel and the aftermath that followed. World events beginning October 7 and continuing for the…
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The Blogs: What Rabin’s Assassination and Oct. 7 Have in Common | Kenneth Jacobson
This week we are remembering what was, until the October 7 massacre, one of the worst days in Israel’s history: the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin thirty years ago.
Unfortunately, these two very different tragic days…
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The Blogs: God’s Will Is For Religious Pluralism | Allen S. Maller
Several parts of the Middle East have witnessed years of fighting, with almost all of the violence perpetrated by Muslims against Muslims in spite of the many verses in the Qur’an that support revering pluralism within Islam and between the…
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The Blogs: The Day After | Ariana Mizrahi
And so, it has begun.
It hasn’t even been twenty-four hours since Mamdani was elected as our new mayor, and already anti-Semites seem to feel they own the city.
This morning, images began circulating of a Jewish school in Brooklyn defaced…
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ADL launches ‘Mamdani monitor’ as Jewish groups retool for post-election advocacy
As New York City woke up to a new mayor-elect on Wednesday, Jewish groups that spurned Zohran Mamdani faced a decision — how to react to a leader whose staunch criticism of Israel flew in the face of their core…
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The Blogs: Netanyahu, Trump and…Hamas: Giving Credit | David Bradlow
Many dates and events are important in understanding Jewish and Israeli history, but for the moment October 7, 2023 is the crucial date. On that day an attack was launched by Hamas in Israel with the barbarous and express intent of…
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The Blogs: From NASA’s Silence to Trump’s Desk – 3I/ATLAS Casts a Giant Shadow | Rafi Glick
Since it disappeared behind the Sun, and until new images and data reach Earth later this month, we are witnessing a fascinating period filled with speculation, theories, and misinformation — much of it fueled by the silence of major space…
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Jacob Frey, Jewish mayor of Minneapolis, defeats challenger who drew Mamdani comparisons
Jacob Frey, the Jewish incumbent mayor of Minneapolis, has won a third term against a Democratic Socialist opponent who had pledged not to affiliate with “Zionist lobby groups” and whose supporters compared him to New…
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The Blogs: What Would Moses Say About ‘the Will of the People’? | Richard Diamond
What Would Moses Say About “the Will of the People”?
Leaders aren’t megaphones; they’re moral compasses. Israel’s founders said as much, the prophets demanded it, and the Torah dramatized it. Invoking “the will of the people” to…
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The Blogs: Israel: How to find out useful information | Reuven Bobby Weinmann
There are a few problems with what is now called legacy media, which is why I don’t rely on it. Some problems are inherent, while others are a function of who works at each of the outlets – usually leftists, with the exception Fox News,…
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