Birthright For Christian Millennials

By Gary Rosenblatt, Times of Israel— Melaney Thull, 21, grew up with positive feelings about Israel, based on stories she heard from family members who had visited. But when she arrived on campus at Princeton as a freshman two years ago and witnessed anti-Israel BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) demonstrations, she was shocked and upset.…

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Blacklist of Hate Groups Lumps Christian NGOs With KKK and Neo-Nazis

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, BIN— A prominent civil-rights organization just published its annual list of hate groups, lumping right-wing and religious groups with neo-Nazis and the KKK. The list has caused damage to several non-profit charitable organizations and has been labeled as fraudulent by many, but is still used as the standard for judging an…

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Christian Zionism and a positive relationship with Jews and Judaism

By Faydra Shapiro, JPost— In response to the racist and antisemitic events that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia recently, the media has done a great deal of virtue signaling, sometimes even accompanied by thoughtful reporting and discussion. One well-known media outlet, however, made a terribly irresponsible choice, and it’s one we need to talk about.…

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Antisemitism on the left

By Steve Kramer, BIN– I was shocked, but not surprised, to see the Washington Post feature an op-ed this weekend (August 19) stating that the left has eschewed political violence. Author Yoav Fromer admits that there is some violence on the left, but for decades it hasn’t compared to the “methodical, organized and strategic violence…

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How will the Netanyahu-Putin meeting affect the region?

By Herb Keinon, JPost— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to go to Sochi on Wednesday for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, his fourth visit to Russia in the last 16 months. For reporters who cover Netanyahu, the drill is well known. Following the premier’s meeting with Putin, either he or one of…

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Jews misread America’s cultural civil war

By Melanie Phillips— The cultural civil war that has now exploded in America is an immensely dangerous moment for the west. It is also perilous for the State of Israel and the Jewish people. Yet in both Israel and the diaspora, too many Jews just don’t get it. They are parroting instead the double-dealing and…

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Trump and the Jews

By Caroline Glick, JPost— On Wednesday, President Reuven Rivlin sent a letter of support to the American Jewish community in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, last Saturday. On the surface, his move made sense – the largest Diaspora community is concerned about the growing profile of viciously antisemitic forces on the Right.…

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When will messiah come? It depends on the Jews

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, Breaking Israel News— If the Jewish people behave well, they can bring the Messianic era quicker, according to Rabbi Elan Adler. But when Jews shame God’s name or even treat each other poorly, they push the Messiah further away. Rabbi Adler, who discusses the notion of Jewish unity, sanctifying and defaming God…

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Palestinian-North Korean Alliance? Abbas Sends Message to Kim Jong-Un

BY JNS— Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas sent a warm greeting to North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un, congratulating him for “Liberation Day,” a holiday marking the end of Japanese colonial rule. In his letter to the communist North Korean leader, Abbas said the Korean people “sacrificed the most precious sacrifices for its freedom and honor”…

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