By: Fern Sidman In the heinous massacre that has rocked the nation to its core, it has been reported that among the 20 children that were killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday morning, December 14th, was six-year-old Noah Posner, a Jewish boy. His twin sister, also a student at [...]
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By: Fern Sidman On Tuesday, December 11th, PLO Executive Committee member, Hanan Ashwari called on those foreign ministers gathered on Monday December 10 at the European Union summit in Brussels to “reconsider” it’s political and trade relations with Israel over what it called “provocations.” The EU’s meeting in Brussels was convened to debate Israel’s approval [...]
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By: Fern Sidman A former Nazi concentration camp guard who has lived for the last 50 years in western Pennsylvania, is now engaged in legal wrangling against deportation proceedings initiated by the government. According to published reports, on Thursday, December 6th, 88-year old Anton Geiser, took his fight against deportation to the nation’s highest immigration [...]
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By: Fern Sidman In an apparent attempt to revivify medieval anti-Semitic blood libels, the Swedish culture and news magazine, “Filter,” ran a 17-page article in its most recent issue in which it vindicated the author of a 2009 polemical piece that charged Israel with “stealing human organs” from young Palestinian men and then killing them. [...]
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By: Fern Sidman Thousands gather for 30th annual Yeshiva Bet El dinner. A palpable electricity filled the air on Sunday evening, December 2nd, as over 2000 people gathered for the annual gala dinner supporting the town of Bet El, a vibrant and growing Jewish community nestled in the hills of the Shromron in Israel. Held [...]
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By: Fern Sidman On Monday, November 26, far-right member of Hungary’s parliament, Marton Gyongyosi, sent shock waves around the world, when he told the country’s legislative body that a “list of Jews” who he believes pose a “national security risk” should be compiled. Gyongyosi, 35, the leader of the Jobbik party, which is the third-largest [...]
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By: Fern Sidman The Iranian city of Isfahan was the scene of a gruesome murder on Monday, November 26th, when a 57-year old Jewish woman identified as Tuba N, was brutally stabbed to death and her body mutilated by Muslim assailants. The alleged motivation for the murder stemmed from a protracted property dispute, according to [...]
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By: Fern Sidman Following the recent war between Israel and Hamas terrorists in Gaza, Italian soccer fans unfurled a banner reading “Free Palestine” at a match last Thursday in Rome when the Italian team “Lazio” played their British rivals the Tottenham Hotspur. Local media initially blamed Thursday’s attack on hard-core fans or ‘ultras’ supporting Lazio, [...]
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A REVIEW OF “FROM SYRIA TO PALESTINE: MY FIGHT FOR A JEWISH STATE” BY: JOSEPH ABOUDI REVIEWED BY: FERN SIDMAN Any voracious reader can attest to the fact that the literary world is brimming with riveting memoirs; some poignant, some tragic, some humorous, some inspirational and some intellectually stimulating. Little did I know when I [...]
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By: Fern Sidman On Thursday evening, November 15th, an audience of several hundred people sat in rapt attention at Temple Israel on New York City’s upper east side, as they heard the compelling narrative of a most unusual man. Kasim Hafeez, 28, is a British born Muslim of Pakistani descent who was raised in an [...]
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