Category Archives: Holocaust

70 years after the Wansee conference

Posted on 01/27/2012 by Meryl Yourish

70 years after the Wansee conference, where Hitler gathered his top men to discuss how to eliminate the entire Jewish population of Europe, these things are happening now: The world ignores Iran’s continuing calls to “wipe Israel off the map”: … Continue reading →

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Thursday, briefly

Posted on 01/05/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Woo, what a great ally! Turkey says if there’s an attack on Iran, it won’t be from Turkey. Yeah, we kinda knew that, what with Turkey refusing to allow American forces to pass through Turkey on their way to Iraq … Continue reading →

Posted in American Scene, Gaza, Hamas, Holocaust, Syria, The One, Turkey | 2 Comments

Israel’s relevance on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Posted on 05/01/2011 by Meryl Yourish

From Shimon Peres’ speech: “We, members of the Jewish people, were victims of racism, persecution and discrimination but we never abandoned the obligation to honor every person, we were not blinded by darkness. Even in a dark world, we have … Continue reading →

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Monday, briefly

Posted on 04/11/2011 by Meryl Yourish

And the word “Muslim” does not appear in this news story: French immigrants of “North African” descent attacked and badly beat a Jew for being a Jew. I think they meant to attack him for being a Zionist, and the … Continue reading →

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Thursday news briefs

Posted on 03/31/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Those wily Jews: Israel may be the third nation on the moon. Expect the Palestinians to claim they did it using stolen Palestinian technology. UC-Irvine facilitates secret meeting with Hamas: And a Jewish organization footed the bill. Utterly, utterly, UTTERLY … Continue reading →

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My life, my blog

Posted on 03/13/2011 by Meryl Yourish

I just paid off the last of my credit card debt accrued from years of under- and unemployment (not profligate spending). I am now officially debt-free, except for my mortgage. I am solidly in the black for the first time … Continue reading →

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Wednesday, briefly

Posted on 03/02/2011 by Meryl Yourish

America hearts Israel: Support for Israel is near an all-time high. Let’s hear again how Jews control Congress, and that’s why the U.S. supports Israel, because it’s not like, oh, 63% of Americans sympathize more with the Israelis than the … Continue reading →

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Post-SOTU briefs

Posted on 01/26/2011 by Meryl Yourish

I didn’t bother watching the speech, ’cause it was over 9k words long: Plus, I can’t stand watching Obama. He’s so arrogant. (I listened to a bit of it on the radio. He’s much better heard than seen.) Anyone who … Continue reading →

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Friday, briefly

Posted on 11/12/2010 by Meryl Yourish

So it’s only bad when Israel does it: Remember all the brouhaha over Israel’s refusing to go along with the UN’s one-sided Gaza war investigation? Well, there doesn’t seem to be an eye being batted over Hezbollah declaring that no … Continue reading →

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Thursday morning briefs

Posted on 11/11/2010 by Meryl Yourish

The more you learn, the worse it gets: Really, first we learn (shock!) that German diplomats were complicit in murdering Jews. Now we learn that at least a third of the German war effort was supported by stolen Jewish wealth … Continue reading →

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