Roundup Of New Haggadahs Hitting The Shelves This Year

Times of Israel Steve Lipman 4/9/2019 Many Haggadahs seek to fulfill the imperative of making the seder participant feel that he or she is experiencing the exodus from the biblical land of slavery on the journey to the Bible’s Promised Land. The StandWithUs Passover Haggadah: “From Ancient Egypt to Modern Israel,” published by the Los […]

Jewish, pro-Israel groups react positively to US designation of IRGC as terrorist group

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Jackson Richman 4/9/2019 Firing a Zelzal 3 in the Great Prophet VI military exercise by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on June 26, 2011. Credit: Mohammad Sadegh Heydari via Wikimedia Commons. Prominent Jewish and pro-Israel organizations reacted positively to the Trump administration announcing on Monday that the United States will officially designate […]

ADL, Other Jewish Groups Applaud Airbnb for Changing Its Policy

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 4/9/2019 The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and other Jewish groups applauded Airbnb for announcing on April 9 that it would be rescinding its policy of de-listing Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria. As first reported by Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Airbnb’s reversal came as part of a settlement with Shurat Hadin-Israel Law Center, […]

Israeli Cornell Student Told to ‘Quit Complaining’ by Pro-Palestinian Campus Group

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 4/10/19 A pro-Palestinian group at Cornell University mocked an Israeli student whose home was struck by a rocket from the Gaza Strip by telling her in a Facebook comment to “quit complaining about how it ruined your brunch plans.” The student, Shir Kidron, wrote in an April 7 op-ed for the […]

Academic ‘Afikomen’: Apart From Family, Campus Students Create Their Own Passover

The Algemeiner JNS.org/Jewish News Syndicate Deborah Fineblum 4/10/2019 “There’s no place like home,” said Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. But if she’d been Jewish, the heroine would no doubt have said, “There’s no place like home … for Passover.” It’s no contest. Passover (or Pesach in Hebrew), which begins this year at sundown on […]

Letter to Emory President Claire Sterk

April 9, 2019 VIA EMAIL : csterk@emory.edu Claire E. Sterk, PhD President, Emory University 408 Administration Building 201 Dowman Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30322 Dear President Sterk, We write on behalf of StandWithUs (SWU), an international, non-profit, Israel education organization, in regard to the anti-Semitic mock eviction notices (notices) recently posted on doors in residential halls […]

Airbnb reverses decision over blacklisting Jewish properties in Judea and Samaria

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Jackson Richman 4/9/2019 The online hospitality service Airbnb announced on Tuesday that it has reversed its November decision to blacklist about 200 Jewish-owned properties in Judea and Samaria and has settled all lawsuits. “Under the settlement terms, Airbnb will not move forward with implementing the removal of listings in the West Bank […]

Airbnb Succumbed To Pressure-Reversed discriminatory policy on de-listing Jewish properties 4-9-2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Airbnb Succumbed To Pressure Reversed it’s discriminatory policy on de-listing Jewish properties in West Bank We applaud the individuals who spoke out against this policy, including the 8,000 people who wrote emails of opposition via the StandWithUs Action Center, and the plaintiffs who filed lawsuits challenging the legality of the policy. We […]

Israel’s Democracy Deserves Your Respect

The Times of Israel Michael Dickson Dear World, This week an amazing thing will happen in the Middle East. Keep that in mind, because your local media may not represent it that way. Millions of citizens, men and women, regardless of gender, ethnicity, race or religion, will head to the polls. Totally free, democratic elections, […]

Brown Divest referendum ‘deeply harmful’

Jewish Rhode Island Jessica Raviv April 4, 2019 Unfortunately, on March 21, 2019, Brown University students voted to support a discriminatory divestment referendum against Israel. As a proud member of Brown Students for Israel (BSI) and a StandWithUs Emerson Fellow, I stood with my community against this deeply harmful campaign. Introduced by Brown Divest, the […]

Linda Sarsour whitewashes Rep. Ilhan Omar’s antisemitism – StandWithUS

The Jerusalem Post April 6, 2019 Linda Sarsour whitewashes Rep. Ilhan Omar’s antisemitism – StandWithUS Sarsour also excused Omar’s antisemitic comments because Omar is Somalian-born, and wouldn’t have known better Women’s March co-chair and BDS supporter Linda Sarsour whitewashed Rep. Ilhan Omar’s antisemitism in a video released on Thursday by StandWithUS, a pro-Israel advocacy group. […]

Columbia University Professor Compares Israel to ISIS

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 4, 2019 Hamid Dabashi, an Iranian studies professor at Columbia University, compared Israel to ISIS in a March 30 Facebook post. Dabashi began his Facebook post by asking what the difference between the two was, and then answered his own question by stating that “no decent human being on planet […]

Emory President Says Mock Notices ‘Exposed Several Flaws’ in Flyer Approval Process

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 5, 2019 Emory University President Claire E. Sterk acknowledged in a letter to members of the Emory community that the Palestinian mock eviction notices “exposed several flaws” in the university’s process for approving flyers. The notices, which were found on the doors of students living in dormitories on April 2, […]

South African activists talk apartheid, Arab-Israeli conflict

Michigan Daily Liat Weinstrein April 1, 2019 South African activists talk apartheid, Arab-Israeli conflict On Monday evening, South African activists and educators Klaas Mokgomole and Mmamalema Molepo spoke to a group of more than 30 students in the Ross School of Business about the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its relation to the apartheid government in […]

Mock Palestinian Eviction Notices Found at Emory University Dorm

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 3, 2019 Several mock eviction notices were found outside the doors of student dorm rooms at Emory University on the morning of April 2. The notices state, “We regret to inform you that your suite is scheduled for demolition in three days.” It proceeds to state that “eviction notices are […]

Sarsour: ‘White Jews’ Who Label Omar An ‘Antisemite’ Base Their Criticism In ‘A Stereotype’

The Daily Caller Mike Brest April 5, 2019 Progressive activist and Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour accused “white Jews” who are critical of Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar of basing their criticism in stereotypes while speaking at an event earlier this week. “A black Muslim woman congresswoman, her ancestors wildest dreams that in America, a […]

NYU SJP Says They’re Receiving Award for ‘Exemplary Contributions to the NYU Community’

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler April 4, 2019 New York University’s (NYU) Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter announced in an April 4 Facebook post that they are receiving an award from the university later in the month for their “exemplary contributions to the NYU community.” The post features a screenshot from an apparent email […]

Israel will thrive regardless of the election results

The Jerusalem Post Dov Lipman April 4, 2019 Israel will thrive regardless of the election results Israel survives and thrives despite its leadership and not because of it. ‘We are doomed.” “Israel is now run by weak leftists and will be destroyed.” “The fascist Right will now bring about the end of Israel as a […]