Scripture Reading for April 2, 2016
Torah: Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47, “Shemini” (Eighth … ) Haftorah: Ezekiel 36:16 – 38 New Testament: Hebrews 8:1 – 6 Gospel: Matthew 13:10 – 16, “Bimshaleem” (In parables … )
Larry Summers: Colleges have become hypersensitive to racial prejudice. Why not anti-Semitism?
By Lawrence H. Summers, Washington Post— It has seemed to me that a vast double standard regarding what constitutes prejudice exists on American college campuses. There is hypersensitivity to prejudice against most minority groups but what might be called hyper-insensitivity to anti-Semitism. At Bowdoin College, holding parties with sombreros and tequila is deemed to be…
Why Record Numbers of Ukrainian Jews Are Fleeing to Israel
By Katie Engelhart, Vice News— On a recent afternoon, a large white van pulled up to a red brick building on the outskirts of Dnepropetrovsk, a city in eastern Ukraine. A woman with a plump face and dark eyes stepped out. She smiled hesitantly, looking out at one of several newly built transit centres for…
Shapiro: US vigorously opposes BDS
By Ynetnews— US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro rebuked the BDS movement and stated clearly that the US government strongly opposes its activities. “The United States of America vigorously opposes efforts to isolate or boycott Israel. We have demonstrated this commitment for decades and continue to devote substantial resources in our government to this fight.…
Our embassy in Israel belongs in Israel’s capital
By Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe— VENERABLE POLITICAL NORMS have been upended during this crazy election season, but at least one presidential-campaign tradition remains intact. Every four years, candidates for the White House firmly pledge that, if elected, they will relocate the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 2016 has been no exception.…
BDS is the modern form of anti-Semitism
By RONALD S. LAUDER, JPOST— I wish there wasn’t a worldwide effort to isolate Israel. To undermine Israel. To destroy Israel. But there is, and it is called the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. I was in Buenos Aires two weeks ago for a plenary meeting of the World Jewish Congress, the organization I…
Quote of the week
“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.”—Thomas a Kempis
Scripture Reading for March 26, 2016
Torah: Leviticus 6:8 – 8:36, “Tzav” (command …) Haftorah: Jeremiah 7:21 – 8:3; 9:22 – 23 New Testament: Hebrews 7:23 – 8:6 Gospel: John 18:36 – 37, “Malchuti” (My kingdom … )