RA: Ukraine Relief: How to help those who cannot escape.

By Amy Zewe The Jewish Community of Dnipro, Ukraine, is large, robust, and deep-rooted. Michael and Inna Rogatchi of The Rogatchi Foundation, dear personal and organizational friends of our founders Jim and Pat Hutchens and long-time partners in Holocaust Education, have generational roots and personal connections to the community in Dnipro. Inna and Michael personally…

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The Iran nuclear deal may be imploding. Good.

By Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe— FORMER PRESIDENT Barack Obama never submitted his 2015 Iran nuclear deal to the Senate for ratification as a treaty. Had he done so, it would have been rejected. A majority of senators — including New York’s Chuck Schumer, now the majority leader — opposed the agreement, known as the…

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Israeli government websites back online after suspected Iranian cyberattack

By Assaf Golan , i24NEWS and ILH Staff— A suspected cyberattack took Israeli government websites offline for several minutes Monday evening until the National Cyber Directorate was able to restore them. The directorate confirmed that it had identified an attack on the sites’ suppliers, which prevented users from accessing them, and affected all sites that…

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A Tale of Besieged Cities

By Inna Rogatchi— We are seeing it in front of us daily. For the twenty days by now. Beautiful, full of life, cities of Ukraine, one after another are not only bombed, shelled, destroyed, but also sieged. The self-proclaimed ‘liberators’ methodically apply the same tactics as attacking Ukrainian densely populated large cities: they cut off…

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Palestinian terror factions could ‘seek escalation’ for fear of losing limelight to Russia-Ukraine war

By Yaakov Lapin, Jewish News Syndicate— Palestinian terror factions disturbed by the sidelining of their conflict with Israel could seek new attacks to escalate the situation and regain the international spotlight, a former Israeli defense official has warned. Col. (res.) David Hacham, a former Arab-affairs adviser to seven Israeli defense ministers and a senior research…

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Why Are the Biden Administration, EU, Appeasing the Iranian Regime?

By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute— While the European Union has leveled different kinds of sanctions on Russia, including restricting access to the EU’s capital and financial markets, the EU nevertheless continues to appease Moscow’s staunch ally, the world’s largest sponsor of state terrorism, Iran. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is opportunistically using the humanitarian…

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Bible Fiber #22: Nahum 1

OR Follow Bible Fiber wherevery you listen to your podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Sticher,  Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, etc. Welcome to Bible Fiber where we are encountering the textures and shades of the prophetic tapestry in a year-long study of the twelve minor prophets, one prophet each month. I am Shelley Neese, president of The…

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Germany loosens asylum requirements for Ukrainian Jews amid ongoing war with Russia

By Toby Axelrod, JTA— Germany is easing immigration requirements for Jewish refugees from Ukraine, the country’s main Jewish umbrella group announced today. In a deal worked out with the federal government, refugees who have papers proving their Jewish roots will have an expedited path to German citizenship. Jewish leaders welcomed the news even as they…

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Iranian media slanders Zelensky with antisemitic article

By Seth J. Frantzman, JPost— Iran’s Fars News, which is a pro-government media outlet linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, ran a long article bashing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and using antisemitic tropes. In the March 10 article that appears on its website’s homepage, Zelensky is accused of being a hedonist who seeks to…

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Zelenskyy appeals to US Jewry for help against Russia’s ‘pure Nazi behavior’

By ILH Staff and News Agencies— Ukraine’s Foreign Minister apologized Tuesday for accusing El Al airlines for refraining from imposing sanctions on Russia and continuing to accept funds via the Mir Russian payment system, the Times of Israel reported. “While the world sanctions Russia for its barbaric atrocities in Ukraine, some prefer to make money…

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Israel Warns Against Iranian Aggression as Nuclear Talks in Final Stretch

By Sharon Wrobel, Algemeiner— Israel’s defense minister warned Monday that Iran remains a “threat to global peace and to regional stability,” shortly after the Israeli military revealed that it downed two Iranian drones launched toward its territory last year. “It is during this important time, when a nuclear agreement is being negotiated in Vienna, that…

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Bible Fiber #21: Micah 6-7

Welcome to Bible Fiber where we are encountering the textures and shades of the prophetic tapestry in a year-long study of the twelve minor prophets, one prophet each month. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of the people of Israel, both ancient and modern.…

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Red Alert: Why is Antisemitism Everybody’s Problem? Find out with Barry Shaw! Part 2

Why is Antisemitism Everybody’s Problem? Find out this week and next (February 23 and March 2, 2022) with special guest Barry Shaw of the Israel Institute of Strategic Studies. Barry brings us a wealth of research and personal experience on the topic of advocating for Israel and combatting antisemitism. Barry’s repertoire of work includes the YouTube interview program called “The…

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