Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

The Turkey-Syria-Iran axis

The Turkey-Iran quid pro quo has been announced. Imposing fresh sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program would hurt the region’s countries and contribute nothing to resolving the Mideast conflict, Turkey’s ambassador to Cairo said Wednesday ahead of a UN … Continue reading

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And to all a good night

AOL picked up my post about Helen Thomas. My blog was the second link in a search on “what did helen thomas say exactly” in its various forms. So there was an influx of anti-Semitic morons. This was my absolute … Continue reading

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Say, what’s wrong with what Helen Thomas said?

Soccerdad has the right idea, but too narrow an angle. It’s not just the Palestinians who won’t acknowledge the Jewish history in Israel. Take a look at some of the comments from the Washington Post: It was an idiotic comment, … Continue reading

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The Helen Thomas media blitz: She got fired for WHAT?!

Funny. The major news outlets did not cover Helen Thomas’ anti-Semitic remarks until she got fired for them. The Washington Post barely touched it. The wire services didn’t have anything on it, not even after Ari Fleischer called for her … Continue reading

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Gaza Flotilla: One more news roundup

Fool me once: France’s foreign minister is volunteering the EU to inspect all ships heading into Gaza. I have two words for you, Mr. Kouchner: UNSC 1701. In case anyone forgot, the reason Israel left the buffer zone in Lebanon … Continue reading

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The rabbi who interviewed Helen Thomas

Roger Friedman interviewed the rabbi who got Helen Thomas on video telling Jews to “get the hell out of Palestine.” In case Helen tries to wiggle her way out of her current trouble by pretendig she was the victim of … Continue reading

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The Gaza Flotilla: The Biggest Demagogue

Let’s take a look at two of the latest editions of “Who Wants to Be the Biggest Demagogue?” Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is considering a trip to Gaza in order to break the siege imposed on the Strip … Continue reading

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The common sense Flotilla response—downplayed

The Washington Post issued an editorial that’s vehemently against Turkey’s behavior regarding the terrorists hiding among the Free Gaza flotilla fools. But they published it on Saturday, the least-read day of the week. WESTERN GOVERNMENTS have been right to be … Continue reading

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I like being a Jew

I got home late tonight from a former student’s bat mitzvah party. She led services this morning, chanted Torah (wonderfully), haftarah (wonderfully), smiled happily throughout the wonderful kiddush lunch (delicious), and danced with her friends and family pretty much the … Continue reading

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Helen Thomas, your anti-Semitism is showing

So we’ve all seen the despicable quotes from Helen Thomas by now telling the Jews of Israel to go back to Germany, Poland, and the U.S., right? Lair Simon has an excellent idea. He’s inquiring into buying her a guest … Continue reading

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Caturday sillies

Via Sarah. Pictures of Tig and Gracie to come later. I have another former student leading services today.

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An eyewitness account of the Turkish “activists”

The Jerusalem Post has the account of one of the IDF soldiers from the attack on the Mavi Marmara, whose story contradicts the “peace activists” that are now speaking up. This was the situation he encountered: The 15th and last … Continue reading

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Newest Flotilla video: We Con The World

Jack passed this one along to me. Thanks, Jack! Update 6/12: Cowardly YouTube removed it. EyeblastTV put it up. Hence, the change. For background: And this: And where’s the MEMRI video? I seem to have misplaced the link. Well, someone … Continue reading

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Fish heads to lighten the mood

Barnes and Barnes wrote a song and created a video that, during the 1980s, gave my friends and me hours of amusement. (All Dr. Demento fans will remember this one.) As a matter of fact, I developed an entire theory … Continue reading

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New IDF videos of Turkish terrorists activists

Fresh from the IDF: Theme song here should be “I Wanna Be A Martyr” (taken from Blotto’s “I Wanna Be A Lifeguard“) My suggested lyrics: I wanna be a martyr I wanna end my life I wanna be a martyr… … Continue reading

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