admin | February 4, 2020
US Senator Bernie Sanders and US Senator Elizabeth Warren speak on the first night of the second 2020 Democratic US presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan, US, July 30, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Lucas Jackson. I view Bernie Sanders from the perspective of a historian knowledgeable about Jews and the American Left.
admin | February 4, 2020
The 26th annual Virginia Festival of the Book has added four new headlining programs to its schedule, bringing music, poetry and films to the interdisciplinary mix. A screening of the film Dark Waters, director Todd Haynes thriller about author Robert Bilotts 20-year legal struggle with DuPont to expose environmental contamination, will begin at 8 p.m
admin | February 4, 2020
File- Children place flowers at the Holocaust Memorial commemorating the persecution of the Jewish people during World War II, in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos) THESSALONIKI The 14th annual David Tiano lecture, established in memory of an American consulate staff member who was executed by Nazi occupation powers in February 1942, was dedicated this year to the Jewish students of Thessaloniki and of the Holocaust, at an event held in the city on Monday
admin | February 4, 2020
AUTHOR READINGS PRESENTED BY THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN FEBRUARY The Seattle Public Library will feature writers and their work at several locations throughout Seattle in February.SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Sarah Abrevaya Stein 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m
admin | February 4, 2020
Cuba confounded us.
admin | February 4, 2020
The plenum hall of the Israeli parliament on the opening of the 22nd Knesset in Jerusalem, Oct. 3, 2019. Photo: Hadas Parush/Flash90.
admin | February 3, 2020
Western and Israeli propaganda never tire of telling the world of the age-old Israeli quest for peace, and how much Israel longs to be accepted by Palestinians and the rest of the Arab peoples as a Jewish state - an oasis of European civilisation lodged smack in the middle of the Arab world. Indeed, the racist wisdom of former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban (born in South Africa as Aubrey Solomon Meir) that Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity for peace was recently reiterated by US President Donald Trumps son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner.
admin | February 3, 2020
In March, Peter Beinart wrote an article in The Guardian titled Debunking the myth that anti-Zionism is antisemitic. Now, he wants a seat in the World Zionist Congress. Every five years, the WZO holds elections to determine the fate of almost $1 billion dollars to be spent on projects in Israel and the Diaspora.
admin | February 3, 2020
In 1917, Lord Arthur Balfour, Britains foreign secretary made the memorable statement that many hold responsible for the century-old conflicts between Palestinians and Zionists. The statement, which came to be known as the Balfour Declaration, was in the form of a letter from Lord Balfour addressed to Walter Rothschild, the head of the British Jewish community. In the statement, Britain publicly pledged to establish a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine
admin | February 3, 2020
Unlike some previous proposals for the creation of a Palestinian state, the recent U.S. peace plan leaves the easternmost area of the West Bank under Israeli control. This arrangement also strengthens the security of the Kingdom of Jordan, writes Efraim Inbar, which has itself long seen the Palestinian national movement as a threat: Israel and Jordan share various interests, including support for the American presence in the region, opposing pan-Arab and pan-Islamic movements and, of course, fighting the rise of radical Islam, Sunni or Shiite
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