Monthly Archives: April 2010

The next round in the Obama-Netanyahu fight

Posted on 04/06/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly stated that he will not be agreeing to a freeze in building Jerusalem. Let the next round begin. The Mimouna celebrations, a traditional North African Jewish holiday held a day after Passover has long become a … Continue reading →

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Monday briefs

Posted on 04/05/2010 by Meryl Yourish

When the AP is more balanced than the Voice of America, well… Seriously. Read the AP blurb on the Gaza clothing shipment, then read the VOA, and tell me which is the more balanced. Who runs the VOA? The State … Continue reading →

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Happy Easter to my Christian readers

Posted on 04/04/2010 by Meryl Yourish

I almost forgot, but not quite. Hope your [bread-filled] dinners were yummy. Sigh. Two more days of matzoh.

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You can’t be Syria-us

Posted on 04/04/2010 by Soccerdad

Barry Rubin mines the Pesach Haggadah to illustrate how Syria has been working against American interests in the Middle East: Back to Ford and Syria. Yet even if Syria is not building apartments in east Jerusalem, it might still be … Continue reading →

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Sunday morning briefs

Posted on 04/04/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Yeah, it’s just like anti-Semitism: Some fool priest compared criticism of the Catholic Church’s reaction to priests’ sexual abuse of the children in their parishes to “collective violence” against Jews over the centuries. Yeah, because being angry about covering up … Continue reading →

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Fluffy Caturday post

Posted on 04/03/2010 by Meryl Yourish

It’s Caturday. Time to go out, sit in the sun, and watch my nephews play lacrosse. First, my girl in the sun. Next, this is as close as I got to getting a kippa on Tig. Go out and enjoy. … Continue reading →

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The Passover brisket disaster

Posted on 04/02/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Monday night I hosted my first-ever Passover seder in my own home. I’ve been bouncing around at various friends’ houses the last few years, and haven’t led a full seder in, well, I can’t remember how long. I always helped … Continue reading →

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Friday Israel briefs, terrorism edition

Posted on 04/02/2010 by Meryl Yourish

What part of “Death to Israel” don’t you understand? The Obama administration is indirectly talking to Hamas via “ex-US diplomats” who are talking to Hamas without official sanction. Really? Talking to the terrorist organization that swears at every opportunity it … Continue reading →

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Christians in Jerusalem: No riots, no attacks, no problem

Posted on 04/02/2010 by Meryl Yourish

Since Israel took back the eastern half of Jerusalem in 1967, the shrines of all three faiths have been open to all three faiths’ worshippers. Today, Christians from all over the world are making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. … Continue reading →

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The twisted logic of the peace process

Posted on 04/01/2010 by Soccerdad

The other day, the Wall Street Journal ran an article How the next Middle East War could start, by Ronen Bergman. Unfortunately the article is mostly behind the Journal’s pay wall. A quick summary of the article is that all … Continue reading →

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Fixing the narrative, one letter at a time

Posted on 04/01/2010 by Meryl Yourish

In the last week or so, I wrote a letter to the AP complaining about their one-sided version of the history of Hebron, which had a thriving Jewish community until the massacre of 1929, after which the British allowed Muslims … Continue reading →

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Thursday snarks

Posted on 04/01/2010 by Meryl Yourish

More of Obama’s outreach dividend: Hassan Nasrallah, speaking from a secure, undisclosed location, says that Israel is going to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque. Note the timing; tomorrow are Friday prayers for Muslims. Watch for riots. And oh, yeah—he thanked Syrian … Continue reading →

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