Well, Walt & Mearsheimer know who buys books: The Israel Lobby!
Oh the irony. The Forward tells us that Stephen Walt, …made a presentation at this year’s 9th Annual Jewish Book Network conference. The event, which is run by the Jewish Book Council, connects…
It’s Thursday, so there must be another British boycott on the way
Yup, yet another British organization is planning to hold a vote to determine whether they should boycott Israel. This time it’s UNISON, England’s largest labor union. It has 1.4-1.6 million members (to remind…
If it’s Thursday then we must be in Jerusalem
This evening, we were graced with a nice talk by Leah Stern (top right). Leah is a correspondent for the Israel Broadcasting Authority. A native of Miami, she made aliyah to Israel nearly…
Oh my God!!! Boycott! They’re boycotting!
You might recall that Steven Weinberg, the Nobel laureate decided that this is a bad time for a Jew to visit the UK on an academic exchange. Well, here’s today’s news: The University…
UN Human Rights Council and its Bias
I was visiting Pierre Tristam’s site and someone named Van commented about John Dugard’s latest report on Israel. As always, Dugard finds fault with Israel’s actions in defending itself and “Van” indicated that…
While ck’s fatigue takes root, an Israeli catches a leopard with bare hands
Sure, some people get to travel around Israel meeting lots of new people, seeing beautiful places and educating young Jews about their history as part of an ancient nation and religion. But most…
What Day is it? Taglit-birthright israel kicks my ass…
There are a lot of people that want to be Taglit-birthright israel madrichim (trip leaders). They figure it’s a “free” trip to Israel and all you have to do is go on an…
Hamas using YouTube and Flickr to spread the Jihad Love
Photos of Hamas rally in Gaza Fancy Hamas recruiting and propaganda video This user has 185 videos promoting a terror group in his YouTube Profile. LGF tipped me off to this and has…
More from the Jewlicious Bus
I can’t believe that today is only Monday. The day started with a visit to the ancient city of Acre (aka Akko). Yael our tour guide extraordinaire walked us through the history of…
Free Israel Trip: The Adventure Continues
Hey hey! This is ck, reporting once more on the progress of our Oranim run, Jewlicious sponsored free trip to Israel, which, as you all probably know, came about as a generous gift…
Israeli Couple wins Camera D’Or at Cannes Film Festival
Ah, the Camera d’Or. Awarded to the best debut film, it is the best prize a young filmmaker can win at Cannes other than the top prize, the Palme d’Or. Thirty films from…
An Extremely Important Editorial about Sderot and the Palestinians’ Attacks on the Town
Sderot resides next to Gaza. Even before the Disengagement, Palestinian rockets were being launched at the town. Accuracy was a serious problem and the number of hits was small. Then came the Disengagement,…
Notes from our Free Trip to Israel!
Hi! This is ck reporting from Jerusalem. It’s 3 am Sunday morning and me and my trip participants just got back from hitting downtown Jerusalem, so to speak. Allow me to backtrack a…
Visiting the Land of Israel in 1933
Haifa Bay 1933 The Cohens were German Zionists who came on a visit to Mandatory Palestine in 1933 and captured some great images that Ynetnews brings us as part of their series of…
Saul Raskin’s Art of Jerusalem in the 1920 and ’30s.
Amphitheater at Mount Scopus, part of the Hebrew University campus, overlooking the Judean Desert to the Dead Sea Ynetnews has occasional articles covering art and photographs from the early days of Israel. Recently…
Nobel Laureate declines British invitation and the British respond with hissy fits
Some British people may or may not have supported a boycott against Israel until yesterday (boycotts and attempted boycotts in England include those by their main journalists’ union and by a large academic…
Haredim and the IDF
Well, they don’t serve, except for a tiny number. Ha’aretz had an op-ed criticizing this unfair and unjust practice. The practice was codified into a law called the Tal Law which essentially permits…
Jewish Boy meets Jewish Girl
Okay, when I post these stories, Michael wants to die and Phoebe wants to puke. However, this one has a twist because it involves one of America’s largest fortunes. Apparently, Sergey Brin, co-founder…
Just discovered this blog: Women’s Lens
From their description: Women’s Lens provides a modern take on today’s news which relate to worldwide Jewry, with a specific slant on those originating from Egypt. It is an understatement to suggest that…
Muslim Americans
For those who haven’t seen it, the Pew Research Center has just published the results of an extensive survey of American Muslims. This is a fascinating piece of research and worth your time…
JewCompleteMe: Fear of a Blond Planet
American Jews are so much more Jewish than Israelis… Our boy Noah in Chicago put up part two of the video of his date with Sarah. Noah is doing an online reality-type show…
Norman Finkelstein is a moron has nothing to say; Martin Indyk is soft
In this debate, you get to hear about conspiracies where the “Israel Lobby” and “they” stifle debate and discussion about the Israel “Palestine” conflict. Amazingly, the two proponents of this view, Finkelsteing and…
Thank God for the Ten Commandments
I am not a preacher and not a bible-thumping street corner prophet. I am not a courtroom judge bent on teaching morals to the fabric of society. I am not running for congress…
Shavuot
It’s Shavuot again. Chag sa’meach! (I lost the image source, and can’t provide a link, but it’s from some person’s family trip to Kibbutz Na’an. He called this photo Last Wheat Row).
Professor of Racism at CSU Long Beach
Ever since arriving at California State University, Long Beach, I became aware of its most notorious professor. Long Beach State’s blemish is of the Jew-fearing kind— a real live Jew-hating racist loved by…
