The 15 Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings in the US This Fall – Robb Report

After a flurry of activity this past summer as many pandemic-delayed restaurants finally got to open their doors, fall looks to be a little quieter on the restaurant-opening front. The slowdown is understandable, especially as the Delta variant has put a bit of a crimp on the industrys roaring return

LGBT rights in Israel – Wikipedia

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) rights in Israel are considered the most developed in the Middle East.[1] Although same-sex sexual activity was legalized in 1988, the former law against sodomy had not been enforced since a court decision in 1963. Israel became the first country in Asia to recognize unregistered cohabitation between same-sex couples, making it the first country in Asia to recognize same-sex unions in any capacity.

Not Every QAnon Believer’s an Antisemite. But There’s a Lot of Overlap Between Its Adherents and Belief in a Century-Old Antisemitic Hoax – Morning…

This article is part of a deep dive on the Jan. 6 riot in Washington and creeping authoritarianism in America. See all of our work here.

‘NYT’ runs an op-ed justifying violent resistance, and some Zionists abandon pr duties Mondoweiss – Mondoweiss

Weve said repeatedly that Israel suffered a P.R.

‘We’re not going to be scared’: Rep. Alma Hernandez decries vandalism at Tucson synagogue – The Arizona Republic

A photograph of the vandalism that occurred at Congregation Chaverim at some point between 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m.

History of Israel – Wikipedia

The Land of Israel, also known as the Holy Land or Palestine, is the birthplace of the Jewish people, the place where the final form of the Hebrew Bible is thought to have been compiled, and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity.

The World of Edward Said – Boston Review

Image:Leonardo Cendamo/Getty Attempts to cast Said as the consummate New York intellectual miss the point that his milieu was one of global, and specifically Palestinian, anticolonial struggle. Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said Timothy Brennan On February 2, 1977, Palestinian poet Rashid Hussein died in his New York apartment. Hussein had been born forty-one years earlier in Musmus, a town not far from Nazareth.

Israel and the metamorphosis of the Sabra through the years – The Jerusalem Post

SABRA AS hero: Eight on the Track of One by Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz (Keter Publishing)Its been 90 years since journalist Uri Kesari published the essay We Are the Leaves of the Sabra! in the Doar HaYom newspaper, in which he called for changing the use of the derogatory nickname Sabra into a positive term.This moniker, which was commonly used to refer to people born in Israel, had a negative connotation and brought with it a feeling of derision, contempt and pity, the essay read.

Oakland County community calendar Jan. 3 and beyond – The Oakland Press

Business events Pontiac Chamber of Commerce hosts Fruitful Toast, 5:30-7 p.m.

Palestinian rights and the IHRA definition of antisemitism – The Guardian

We, the undersigned Palestinian and Arab academics, journalists and intellectuals are hereby stating our views regarding the definition of antisemitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), and the way this definition has been applied, interpreted and deployed in several countries of Europe and North America.

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