Haaretz reports that a senior Israeli rabbi ruled against an image of an Israeli poet on a banknote because the poet’s wife was Christian. The rabbi said: “in our tradition, there are grave things written about whoever [lives his life] with a Christian. Tied to him like a dog. [People like that are] called apostates.” The ruling impacts ultra-Orthodox Jews living throughout Israel…
JTA and the Times of Israel report that 30 top ‘social media savvy’ women, including a former Saturday Night Live member, are visiting Israel on a a free trip to Israel “focused on Jewish values” that partners with 200 other Jewish outreach organizations and Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs….
Many Israelis have refused to serve in Israel’s occupation forces – hear why they’ve sometimes gone to prison rather than take part in oppression…
Haaretz reports that radical separatism, prevalent in Israel, is infecting the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in NYC, with Mayor Bill de Blasio’s blessing. Many of the 57,000 students in New York’s Hasidic yeshivas will graduate speaking little English and with no math skills or knowledge of history or science. As a result they will depend heavily on public assistance… The practice is contrary to mainstream Jewish teachings…
Stories keep pouring in of Israel demolishing Palestinian villages; many of the buildings destroyed were donated by EU organizations; schools have been razed; residents are often required to pay tens of thousands of dollars for the destruction of their own homes; nearly 160,000 Bedouins live in “unrecognized” villages built before 1948 that Israel has designated “illegal” and threatens with demolition…
In open letter, Christian leaders representing dozens of national orgs urge Congress to support free speech, oppose anti-BDS legislation.
AIPAC is targeting high school students for a new generation of political activists and Israel advocates
Only a relatively few historians acknowledge just how close Britain came to losing the First World War. Zionists gave a hand behind the scenes in exchange for help in creating a state.
Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein used former Mossad agents in efforts to silence actresses who accused him of sexual assault. The Electronic Intifada notes “…sexual violence has been a routine part of the methods Israeli intelligence agencies have used against Palestinians.” The UK’s Daily Mail names an Israeli spy used by Weinstein…
After handcuffing and beating two brothers, one a teenager, Israeli soldiers took a “selfie” with the injured prisoners, a common practice. Israeli forces conducted 196 search and arrest operations across the West Bank, including nine children, between October 10 and October 23…