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By Sean Durns (CAMERA via JNS)—Washington Post reporting on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency continues to omit key context and mislead readers. A Nov. 19 front-page dispatch, “U.S. cuts add to Palestinians’ misery,” adds to the paper’s poor coverage of the U.N. organization. The Post is unable, or perhaps unwilling, to offer straightforward reporting on the agency. Originally envisioned as a temporary agency, UNRWA was created in 1949, following the unsuccessful attempt by several Arab states to destroy Israel. Over time, UNRWA dev...
This Shabbat is the sixth day of Chanukah, a holiday of eight days duration commemorating, according to Jewish tradition, the miracle of finding a small jar of uncontaminated oil in the defiled Temple to light the Temple Menorah and to rededicate the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. The small jar of oil was sufficient to light the menorah for only one day, but it burned for eight days until a new supply of consecrated oil could be secured; thus the holiday became known as the “Festival of Lights.” The “Festival of Lights” precedes by many centuries ot...
(JNS)—Don’t blame it all on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It’s true that the most notorious member of the Democratic Party’s freshmen class in the House of Representatives was at the center of a media kerfuffle about her tweet comparing the standoff at the U.S.-Mexico border to the Holocaust. But the self-described Socialist firebrand isn’t the only one who’s been peddling this false analogy. The discussion about the Central American migrants who are trying to get into the United States has become inextricably tied to opinions about U.S. Presid...
The Roth Family JCC will host author Jonathan Weisman at its second Literary Events series. The following reviews were written by community members, and aren’t official JCC statements, but reflect the thoughts of two community members who are interested in Weisman’s upcoming visit on Dec. 21, with a 6 p.m. VIP dinner and lecture at 7 p.m. at the Roth Family JCC. (Lecture is $15 ($10 JCC members) and VIP dinner and hardcover copy of his book, $49) Yes, the Trump presidency has fueled the flames of anti-Semitism in America By Susan R. Mil...
