Daily Archives: June 26, 2017

“Palestine & OZ”

On Friday, December 23, 2016, the "U.N. Security Council" condemned Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in a 14-0 vote. The Obama administration betrayed the historic American alliance with Israel by...

Ben Gurion feedback to the Reform Movement 47 years ago was prophetic

In 1970, during my first months in Israel, I lived with two fellows who were learning at HUC, the Hebrew Union College. They very much wanted to live in Israel. Yet they and their fellow Reform...

Jerusalem, one nation’s capital throughout history

Introduction Jerusalem and the Jewish people are so intertwined that telling the history of one is telling the history of the other. For more than 3,000 years, Jerusalem has played a central role in the...

The Battle of Regent Street

On the 4th October 1936, The Battle of Cable Street took place in London’s East End. On that day, the Metropolitan police were protecting a march by members of The British Union of Fascists...

AP This Week: “Millions of Palestinian Refugees and Their Descendants” – What, Again?

From: Jerry Verlin, Editor Subj: Brith Sholom Media Watch Alert #860, 6/25/17 WHILE YOU STAND ON ONE LEG: This week, the AP resurrected the canard of “millions of Palestinian refugees and their descendants.” When the...