By Charles Jacobs, Jpost— Major Jewish establishment organizations are strenuously lobbying for the resettlement of Syrian refugees on American soil. It’s explained as a natural extension of Jewish values and history – “we, too, were refugees once. We, too, were the ‘other.’” The comparison is, to say the least, abstract. It ignores vast differences between…
By Inna Rogatchi ~ Excerpt from DARK STARS, WISE HEARTS BOOK— The wagon was set aside. To enter into that was optional. I found myself inside before realising what I was doing. I have seen similar cattle wagons before, in different places, both inside museum walls and outside, in natural environment, in Auschwitz, at Yad…
By Asaf Romirowsky, Ynet News— The US Senate has unanimously passed the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, introduced by US Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Bob Casey (D-PA). If approved by the House, the bill will give the US Department of Education the statutory tools to examine anti-Semitic incidents in the broadest and effective way possible. The…
By Arutz Sheva— “Shining Souls,” Champions of Humanity Fine Arts Photography exhibition, works by Dr. Inna Rogatchi, will be inaugurated on January 24 at The European Parliament as part of the commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017 there. The European Premiere of this project is in memory of Elie Wiesel, a dear friend of…
By JPOST– International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday, the Diaspora Affairs Ministry released a report surveying antisemitic incidents in the West during 2016. There were notable increases in Germany and Britain. In Germany, the Syrian refugee crisis and the strengthening of the extreme Right contributed to a sharp rise in incidents, from 194 between January…
BY JESSICA STEINBERG, Times of Israel— Jesus and the Jews have had something of a complicated relationship. In “Behold The Man: Jesus in Israeli Art,” a new exhibit at the Israel Museum, curator Amitai Mendelsohn examines that complex iconography up close, through the prism of Jewish and Israeli art. It’s a process he began 10…
By Richard Mather, Arutz 7— Syria is dying, Islamists are murdering European civilians, ISIS and affiliated groups are on the rampage in the Middle East, food and water are in short supply in Africa. And so it is remarkable that the nations of the world have gathered against tiny Israel in order to dispossess Jews…
By Adelle Nazarian, Breitbart— The Anti-Defamation League’s Jonathan Greenblatt said that President-elect Donald J. Trump “walks into the Oval Office with a more intimate relationship with the Jewish people than any other president in the history of the United States of America.” Greenblatt made the statement while participating in a “dinner-style information conversation” about political…
By Zalman Shoval, Israel Hayom— The disagreements over religious issues between Jewish Americans and Jewish Israelis have now taken on an additional factor that has the potential for crisis. That factor is U.S. President-elect Donald Trump — or, in the name of precision, Trump and Israel. As we saw once again in the recent U.S.…
By Isi Leibler, Israel Hayom— Throughout the 2,000 years of Jews living in the Diaspora, there has been no precedent comparable to the behavior of major liberal mainstream sectors of the American Jewish community. They are undermining themselves and provoking massive waves of resentment from Americans, many of whom were favorably disposed towards them. The…