Why Jews vote leftist?
Ben Shapiro takes a clear-eyed look at why American Jews vote for the anti-Israel Left.
A closer look at the Jews of France
By INTL. CHRISTIAN EMBASSY— With an estimated 550,000 members, France currently has Europe’s largest Jewish community and ranks third in the world behind Israel and the United States. The perception that most are native, well-off French Jews of Ashkenazi descent is wrong, as much of that community was either wiped out, or fled during the…
EU states said to be planning fresh sanctions on Israel
By JUDAH ARI GROSS, TIMES OF ISRAEL— European Union member states are planning new sanctions against Israel that will be implemented if peace negotiations with Palestinians do not resume following the March elections, it was reported Tuesday. The proposed plan would include “sanctions against companies that conduct business over the Green Line, support in the…
Scripture Reading for February 14, 2015
Torah: Exodus 21:1 – 24:18, “Mishpateem” (Judgments … ) Haftorah: II Kings 12:1 – 17 New Testament: Colosians 1:15- 20 Gospel: Matthew 17:1 – 11, “Histanah” (He was transfigured …)
Netanyahu: Israel in profound disagreement with Obama admin
By ISRAEL TODAY— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday released a statement explaining that he intends to go ahead with a contentious address to the US Senate on March 3 in order to dissuade the Obama Administration from negotiating with Iran a nuclear agreement that would endanger the Jewish state. “I am going to the…
The courage to pack up and leave
By FRANCINE KLAGSBRUN, JEWISH WEEK— ‘Picture the sudden change it was for him, without knowing how to read or write or even speak the language,” my father wrote in a memoir about his father’s coming to America from Russia in 1910. “They were the brave, the daring, the pioneers … our parents.” Through the ages,…
The Dems’ Pro-Israel Litmus Test
By DAVID RUBIN— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to the joint houses of Congress has stirred up an unprecedented political storm in both Washington and Jerusalem, but there are several positive developments that are being overlooked by the media. I have always emphasized that in the muddy world of politics, in which evasion…
ZOA blasts disunity among Jewish-American groups over PM’s speech
By TIMES OF ISRAEL AND JTA— The right-wing Zionist Organization of America suggested Monday that some American-Jewish groups’ behavior surrounding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned address to Congress is similar to that of the “Jewish leaders of the 1930s,” in reference to the lack of unity and organization in the American-Jewish community in the years…
UK: Anti-Semitic Vicar Banned from Social Media
By ARI SOFFER, ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS-— A British Christian minister with a long record of online anti-Semitism has been handed an ultimatum to stop speaking or writing about the Middle East conflict or lose his job. In a highly unusual move, the Church of England has also banned Reverend Dr Stephen Sizer from using social…