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Israel News Why The Balfour Declaration Didn’t Impress The Forverts Editor
The Forverts did not care much for the Balfour Declaration, the November 2 letter that pronounced British support for a Jewish home in Palestine, in the heat of World War One. Forverts editor Ab Cahan discounted the Declaration, issued by Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour to express his support for “the establishment in Palestine of a…
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Fast Forward Religious Zionist Youth Movement Reopens In Germany — 79 Years Later
(JTA) — A religious Zionist youth movement is officially reopening in Germany, 79 years after being shut down under the Nazis. Bnei Akiva Deutschland is one of several Zionist organizations to return to Germany in recent years. In this case, the group’s aim is to encourage Jews to leave Germany for Israel. Status as a charitable…
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News Europe’s Far-Right Proves It’s Possible To Be Pro-Israel And Anti-Semitic
Last year, a website known for being pro-Israel referred to the political commentator Bill Kristol as a “renegade Jew.” The website, Breitbart News, was co-founded by a Jewish lawyer, has an office in Jerusalem and calls itself “unapologetically” pro-Israel. Across Western Europe, this phenomenon of being both pro-Israel and anti-Semitic has also appeared among political…
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Fast Forward Stephen Bannon Will Speak At ZOA Dinner In First Official Public Appearance Since Firing
(JTA) — Stephen Bannon will speak at the Zionist Organization of America dinner in November in his first official public appearance since he was fired from his post as chief strategist for President Donald Trump. ZOA President Morton Klein confirmed to The Atlantic on Monday that Bannon will speak at the Justice Louis D. Brandeis Award Dinner…
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Opinion As a Religious Zionist, My First Encounter With A Palestinian Changed My Life
In a well-lit basement room in the East Jerusalem neighborhood Sheikh Jarrah, a group of kids and adults are standing in a circle tossing a ball. This group is made up of seventh graders — Muslim, Christian and Jewish — all residents of Jerusalem; their parents and counselors are also present. I am in the…
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The Schmooze String Cheese Incident Drummer Sounds Off On ‘Jewish Banking Cartel.’ Not A Wise Move.
It’s hard to know how many lives will be ruined before the human race finally learns not to engage in Facebook debates. Michael Travis, drummer of the popular jam band “String Cheese Incident,” hopefully learned a lesson after publishing a self-reflective Facebook post about the controversial anti-fascist group “Antifa.” “Does warring with Nazis really make…
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Community Sorry, Richard Spencer: Comparing Zionism to White Nationalism Is A Rotten Comparison
Richard Spencer, the prominent “alt-right” white supremacist, recently described himself to an Israeli TV interviewer as “a white Zionist.” That claim, coming from the leader of such a viciously antisemitic movement, is ironic and ridiculous. But if Spencer’s hope was to win sympathy from Zionists, his claim of an analogy between Zionism and white nationalism…
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Opinion Zionism Cannot Be Compared To Nazism — Even If Richard Spencer And JVP Say So
It was offensive enough when, in the aftermath of the deadly events in Charlottesville, Virginia last weekend, the white supremacist leader Richard Spencer called himself a “white Zionist,” comparing his form of Nazism to the belief in a homeland for the Jews. It was even more distressing to read on these pages a supportive rendering…
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