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07/04 Links Pt1: Melbourne: Attempted synagogue arson, Israeli-owned...
From Ian: Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The Anti-American Academic Who Helped Build the CaliphateFew voices carry as much weight in international relations as John Mearsheimer. But weight shouldn’t be confused with...
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07/04 Links Pt2: Despite the surge of antisemitism, America is worth fighting...
From Ian: Jonathan S. Tobin: Despite the surge of antisemitism, America is worth fighting forPresident Donald Trump’s campaign to punish the universities that have tolerated and even encouraged...
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07/05 Links: Inside the ugly relationship between Islamism and the Left; Man...
From Ian: Inside the ugly relationship between Islamism and the LeftFifty years ago, much of the far-Left was inspired by the Soviet Union’s Middle East propaganda, a pro-Islamist stance in response to...
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Hezbollah makes up an ISIS threat in Lebanon to justify keeping its weapons
Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said last week, "We will not allow anyone to threaten us for concessions, because we will never relinquish our rights, nor will we ever agree to surrender our weapons...
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An illustration of how prevalent honor/shame is in Iranian media
Here is the current Tehran Times English language homepage. I color coded articles as to whether they are meant to honor Iran or shame Iran's enemies.There was no third category.In fact, every article...
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So is violence OK when it is "anti-Zionist"?
For argument's sake, let's take Israel haters at their word that they have no problem with Jews, only Zionists.So some buy who calls himself "Bobby Vylan" leads a large crowd in a chant. broadcast on...
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The Fallacy of False Binaries: A Jewish Challenge to Western Philosophy
There are two kinds of people: those who think that there are two kinds of people and those who don't.This old joke cuts surprisingly deep. It gets at something I’ve come to believe is a fundamental...
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07/06 Links: Can tribal leaders in Hebron bring peace with Israel?; 15...
From Ian: Netanyahu departs for DC: ‘Chance to change face of Middle East even more’Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed Ben-Gurion International Airport aboard “Wing of Zion” on Sunday...
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When Jewish Ethics Are Invoked to Excuse Antisemitism: The "rabbis" who...
Last week, some left-wing, anti-Zionist rabbis published a letter saying they support Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York.Normally I ignore such open letters - they are the cheapest way to get...
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.@Grok apologizes for promoting antisemitic stereotypes - but who will see...
Techcrunch reports:On Friday morning, Elon Musk declared, “We have improved @Grok significantly. You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions.”While Musk didn’t say exactly what...
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Jewish Ethics vs. the Regress Problem: What Secular Philosophy Missed
Anyone with children has experienced t least one day when the child asks "Why?" - and continues to ask "Why?" for every answer given,It turns out that secular moral philosophy has that same problem,...
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The silence by "anti-Zionist" groups on explicit Houthi antisemitism proves...
The anti-Israel crowd that insists that anti-Zionism is not antisemitism are dead silent when it comes to the Houthis.Because the Houthis don't even pretend not to hate Jews.Here is the photo at the...
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07/07 Links Pt1: The Trump-Bibi Bond; How Dare Israel Win a Defensive War!;...
From Ian: The Trump-Bibi BondTrump’s opinion about the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran has been consistent throughout his political career, from his 2016 campaign through his third campaign in 2024....
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07/07 Links Pt2: World’s Jewish population still hasn’t recovered from the...
From Ian: World’s Jewish population still hasn’t recovered from the Holocaust, shocking analysis shows: ‘Reminder of how many people we lost’The world’s Jewish population has yet to recover from the...
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Al Jazeera: Jews aren't really Jews, but the Quran's description of Jews as...
More everyday antisemitism in the Arab world. From Al Jazeera Mubasher:Islamic preacher and expert in the science of Quranic recitation, Sheikh Abdul Rashid Sufi, sparked a remarkable debate about the...
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It would be very difficult to stop Hamas' income streams as long as it...
Can stopping Hamas' revenue streams be a strategy to make it easier for Israel to be flexible about ending the war? Unfortunately, cutting off Hamas' funds to the extent necessary to make it impotent...
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A Covenant of the Ethically Willing: A Jewish Answer to Hume’s Law
Yesterday, I used my AskHillel Jewish ethical chatbot to answer a major philosophical riddle, known as the regress problem. Are there other major unsolved problems in philosophical ethics? Yes, quite a...
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BRICS statement condemns Israel striking Iranian sites, says nothing about...
There was a BRICS meeting in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend, and as usual with these sorts of things, it issued a long statement (31 pages, 126 numbered paragraphs) showing the official position of...
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07/08 Links Pt1: Five IDF soldiers killed, 14 wounded in northern Gaza;...
From Ian: Israel Is America's Trump Card in the Middle EastIsrael is the single most effective force advancing American interests in the Middle East. Iran wishes to destabilize the Middle East, and it...
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07/08 Links Pt2: Dinah Project Report Unveils the Sexual Violence of October...
From Ian: Andrew Fox: The Dinah Project reportNow, however, the truth is out in a way that can be shared with the world’s general audience. The Dinah Project report provides detailed descriptions and...
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Jordanian news compares Israel bombing Iran to Jews assassinating Cyrus the...
This is even more bizarre than most Arab articles.At dawn on June 13, 2025, during the ongoing Zionist genocide against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, Zionist forces, aircraft, and...
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Zionism as a Moral Imperative: A Philosophical Defense
One of the incentives I have had in starting my AskHillel project is to combat bad philosophy - philosophy that encourages or allows antisemitism - with good philosophy, a secularized version of...
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The Growing Voice of the Moderate Arab World Against Hamas (Daled Amos)
By Daled AmosIn 2011, during an interview, Bernard Lewis discussed the beginnings of a phenomenon that later blossomed into the Abraham Accords. In response to a question from Dan Diker about the...
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Beyond Universalism and Particularism: A Tiered Jewish Ethical Response
One of philosophy's long-standing debates is around universalism vs. particularism. Should moral principles should be universal and context-independent, or should they be sensitive to particular...
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Youth Organizations Have Picked a Side—And It’s Not the Jews (Judean Rose)
Disclaimer: the views expressed here are solely those of the author, weekly Judean Rose columnist Varda Meyers Epstein.Youth organizations or organizations actively involved with or concerned with...
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