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Hadassah wires $10 million to hospital in Israel to help cover deficit
Jewish Journal
January 15, 2013
Hadassah transferred $10 million to Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem to help cover its subsidiary\’s $50 million deficit.
Hamas releases Gilad Shalit film
Jewish Journal
October 19, 2012
On the one-year anniversary of the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, Hamas has released a film describing the Israeli soldier\’s abduction in 2006.
Former Hamas commander convicted of 46 murders
Jewish Journal
June 27, 2012
A former commander of Hamas\’ armed wing was found guilty in the deaths of 46 people in terror attacks.
Ahmadinejad: Arab world conflicts will lead to collapse of Zionist regime
Jewish Journal
April 4, 2011
The latest conflicts in the Arab world would eventually lead to the collapse of Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday.
Iran will attend ‘12 Olympics despite ‘revolting’ logo
Jewish Journal
March 14, 2011
Iran said it will attend the 2012 Olympics in London despite its protest of the Games\’ logo, which it says spells the word Zion. Bahram Afsharzadeh, the secretary general of Iran\’s National Olympic Committee, on Sunday told Iran\’s Press-TV that \”we will participate and play gloriously in the London games.\” His comments came after British Prime Minister David Cameron told the British community weekly Jewish News over the weekend that Iran is \”completely paranoid\” over the logo.
Petition raps rabbis who support Katsav
Jewish Journal
March 9, 2011
Hundreds of rabbis and Jewish leaders have signed on to an online petition by Rabbis for Human Rights denouncing rabbinical defenders of former Israeli President Moshe Katsav. Late last month, dozens of religious Zionist rabbis sent a letter of support to Katsav, who was convicted in December by a three-judge panel of “rape, sexual harassment, committing an indecent act while using force, harassing a witness and obstruction of justice.”
The sinister one-two punch: Creating hatred again
Jewish Journal
March 9, 2011
The boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against the state of Israel is nothing new. Prejudice, isolation and punishment of Jews, an earlier form of BDS has recurred over the past 2,000 years. In Europe and the Middle East, Jewish people were isolated, demonized, and then persecuted and murdered in pogroms, Inquisitions, and wars. In 1930s Europe, Jews faced economic, cultural, and social boycotts that paved the way for the Holocaust. Since the 1940s, Arab states have imposed strict boycotts of Israel. The players may be different, but they all follow the same playbook: the sinister one-two punch. The first punch unleashes lies and distortions to foment hatred. The second punch demands draconian punishments, such as BDS.
Get ready to sing . . . Hatikvah!
Shoshana Lewin Fischer
April 24, 2008
In 1886, Naphtali Herz Imber, an English poet originally from Bohemia, wrote the words to Israel\’s national anthem, \”Hatikvah.\” Samuel Cohen, an immigrant from Moldavia, wrote the melody
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