by Jerry Gordon (senior editor of New English Review), NY Jewish Culture Examiner The winds of change are blowing across the landscape of American Jewish institutions, fanned by grassroots revolts against local Jewish Federation leaderships for their support of positions and programs that threaten Israel. This is not simply a right-wing versus left-wing divide, but rather a demand that local leaderships either change or find themselves with seriously reduced support, popular and financial. On August 10th, the Jewish Telegraph Agency published an opinion piece by Abe Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) titled, at least on the ADL site, “Shout Down the Sharia Myth Makers.” Within a few weeks, the Foxman op-ed, which attacked those who who are wary of the inroads sharia law is making in the United States, had been, in lockstep fashion, printed in more than two dozen Jewish weeklies subsidized by Jewish Federation charity organizations, ranging from North Jersey’s Jewish... “You wouldn’t want to be a Turkish Royal Prince!” A long series of “You wouldn’t want to be” books (e.g. “You wouldn’t want to be a Roman Gladiator”) educates children about quaint historical practices. Here is how they did things in the Ottoman Empire (the remnants of which are now causing trouble for Israel); you wouldn’t want to be a Turkish Royal Prince! The Sultan often fathered anywhere from a dozen to over a hundred children during his rule, and upon his death, all were eligible for the throne. Truth is, for 9 out of a 10, being born to a Sultan was a death curse. When the Sultan died a sort of deadly musical chairs for would-be Sultans began. Often, the son who was closest to the throne at the time of the Sultans death, literally the one nearest in physical distance from the throne, would become the new Sultan by jumping into the chair and declaring himself so. Upon ascending to the throne, the... Universities, colleges “may be liable for massive damages” if they fail to prevent anti-Semitism on campus, Israel Law Center warns. Hundreds of US college and university presidents were set to receive warning letters on Thursday morning, instructing them of their legal obligations to prevent anti-Semitism on campus. The letters also remind universities it is their legal duty to prevent university funds from being diverted to unlawful activities directed against the State of Israel. RELATED: “Anti-Israel rallies and events frequently exceed legitimate criticism of Israel and cross the line into... Avi Bell drew to my attention a very important clause that I had not noticed which necessitated a total rewriting of my article. By Ted Belman I fully expect “Palestine” to be recognized as a state by the GA this month thereby opening the possibility that it will lodge a complaint with the ICC referencing “crimes” committed by Israel which are in the jurisdiction of the ICC. But first it must become a signatory to the Rome Statute thereby opening themselves up to prosecution. That will include prosecution for crimes committed by Hamas in Gaza. It is far from certain that it will be willing to open up this can of worms. Israel is not a signatory to this treaty but can still be prosecuted under a notion known as “universal jurisdiction”. Matters can also be referred to the ICC by the Security Council or by the Court’s Prosecutor. But I want to focus on an article in HAARETZ today or the possibility of Israel’s settlement policy being... By Rick Moran, AMERICAN THINKER The Russian version of the Stinger Missile is a formidable weapon – especially if you want to use it to shoot down civilian air planes. CNN: Grinch SA-24s are designed to target front-line aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles and drones. They can shoot down a plane flying as high as 11,000 feet and can travel 19,000 feet straight out. A couple of thousand of these beauties are now in the hands of Libyan rebels of unknown loyalties, and just about anyone else who walked into Gaddafi’s unguarded special forces armories and helped themselves: Fighters aligned with the National Transitional Council and others swiped armaments from the storage facility, witnesses told Human Rights Watch. The warehouse is located near a base of the Khamis Brigade, a special forces unit in Gadhafi’s military, in the southeastern part of the capital. The warehouse contains mortars and artillery rounds, but there are empty crates for those items... David Harris is a lawyer and former officer in the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and internationally recognized commentator on security issues both in Canada and the US. I count him among the few clear-eyed counter-terrorism intelligence analysts who know what exposure our neighbor to the north and we in the US have confronted during the decade since 9/11. In today’s Calgary Herald, Harris points out in his opinion piece, “Ten Years After What Kind of ally is Canada?“, what he knew and prior to and following 9/11 about terrorism threats that have faced both countries. He also has seen constructive efforts in Canada hobbled by penchants for political correctness and multiculturalism that have abetted infiltration and condonment of theologically- motivated Muslim extremists. I found that out the hard way in 2004. Brigitte Gabriel tried vainly to convince Liberal Government Justice and Immigration Ministers in Ottawa to stop... By Arlene Kushner Days go by, and life intervenes, but here I am at my computer and prepared to write. Please follow this posting to the end for a link to a video on this issue, and information on how you can be involved. ~~~~~~~~~~ On Monday, I attended a presentation at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs by Tammi Rossman-Benjamin on anti-Semitism on the campuses of the University of California. Rossman-Benjamin, who lectures in the Jewish studies department at the Santa Cruz campus of the university, focused on such UC campuses as Santa Cruz, Berkeley, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Irvine. But her words apply in at least some measure to a host of other N. American universities, as well. General Tibbets (Enola Gay pilot): metal fillings provide instant warning of nuclear detonation Your immediate reaction to a nuclear detonation can mean the difference between relatively unscathed survival and death or serious injury including blindness and serious burns. General Tibbets, the pilot of the Enola Gay, was the first person to recognize that metallic dental work can provide an instant warning of a nuclear detonation. “My teeth told me more emphatically than my eyes of the Hiroshima explosion,” Tibbets wrote: there was a tingling sensation, as his fillings interacted with the radioactivity. We suspect that “radioactivity” is not the right term, and that electromagnetic pulse was the most likely source of the sensation. EMP develops electric currents in wires (which is why it demolishes electronic equipment) and apparently even in metal fillings. Tibbets’ interview with Studs Terkel adds, I tell people I tasted it....Grassroots revolt against Jewish Federations’ support of Israel’s enemies
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by Bill LevinsonUS colleges to receive warning letters on anti-Semitism
Opinion: Can universities study anti-Semitism honestly?
UC-Irvine students secretly met with Hamas official
Civil rights group the Israel Law Center (Shurat HaDin) is carrying out the legal campaign in response to “an alarming number of incidents of harassment and hate crimes against Jewish and Israeli students on US college campuses.”Israel may be found guilty of a war crime.
Thousands of surface to air missiles stolen in Libya
Is Canada fighting terrorism?
“Anti-Semitism on US Campuses”
“Anti-Semitism,” as it is referred to here, appears in the guise of anti-Zionism. This is the new anti-Semitism: A double standard is applied to Israel; comparisons are made between Israel and the Nazis; claims are made that the Holocaust is invented or exaggerated.Dental Fillings May Provide Early Warning of Nuclear Terrorism
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