The Ugly Truth

TIMES OF ISRAEL – NEW ORLEANS – One rainy afternoon earlier this summer, Rabbi Gabe Greenberg stood on the backyard patio of the new Beth Israel synagogue telling the story…

TIMES OF ISRAEL – Over 300 rabbis have signed a letter in support of the Iran nuclear accord. “As rabbis, we support the agreement,” the letter begins. Signed by 340…

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YNET – Jerusalem police on Sunday arrested a Haredi man, who is about 40 years old, after he spat on a 15-year-old girl because she was supposedly not dressed modestly…

Ed-note (Sabba) – UN, ICC, EU etc: all are organizations created by and for the greater good of the chosenites. If some IDF butchers are indeed tried and found guilty,…

JERUSALEM POST – “Syria is the golden ring of resistance against the Zionists,” Ali Akbar Velayati told Iranian state media.

JERUSALEM POST – Two jewish were arrested on the Temple Mount on Sunday morning for incitement and disturbing the public order, police said.

TIMES OF ISRAEL – Hamas is about to sign a “comprehensive” agreement with Israel for the lifting of an eight-year blockade placed on the Gaza Strip in return for a…

Ed-note (Sabba) – no name, no ethnic origin, no religious background on this suspect. Am I being über suspicious in thinking that had he been a Christian or even a…

TIMES OF ISRAEL – A Spanish music festival demanded Jewish-American reggae star Matisyahu endorse Palestinian statehood, and then canceled his upcoming show after the singer declined, Spanish media reported Saturday.

YNET – Analysis: Israel is willing to do anything to thwart the nuclear deal, including publicly threatening Iranian scientists, interfering with the internal affairs of the US, and dividing US…

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On this Sunday, I would like to suggest to all my fellow students at TUT Uni a most amazing book. It is very short (about 25 pages) and is a…

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THE JEWISH CHRONICLE – The Israeli government is struggling to convince diaspora Jews that it is committed to peace with the Palestinians, a report has shown. While there was broad…

TIMES OF ISRAEL – Opposition lawmakers criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Friday decision to appoint Science Minister Danny Danon, an outspoken opponent of Palestinian statehood, as Israel’s next UN ambassador.

TIMES OF ISRAEL – Usually when I think of Vanity Fair, I think of celebrities, purses, and shoes. That’s why I was so surprised when I read its August report:…

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Jpost Former prime minister Ariel Sharon pulled out of Gaza in 2005 to save the settlement blocs and to improve Israel’s security, said Dov Weisglass, a close confidante of Sharon…

JERUSALEM POST – Two stabbing attacks in the West Bank left two Israeli security personnel lightly wounded and a teenage Palestinian attacker shot dead by border police in the span…

JERUSALEM POST – Thank God, Israel has been very successful at achieving military victories. But, unfortunately, we are on the verge of losing one of our most critical battles –…

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JERUSALEM POST – Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a televised speech on Friday which was viewed by the Shi’ite movement’s followers who marked the nine-year anniversary of the Second…

jpost The link between Jewish nationalism and Jewish settlements is crucial. Jewish nationalism, zionism, the reestablishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Yisrael, the homeland of the Jewish people, rooted…

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE – Proposals for a strictly Orthodox housing development in Hemel Hempstead have passed the first hurdle.

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE – More than 60 Jewish activists from around the world have gathered in Austria to launch an international forum aiming to further the rights of gay, lesbian,…

THE ALGEMEINER – The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Texas Rangers announced on Thursday that they had identified a suspect in the recent antisemitic graffiti attack in a predominately…

THE ALGEMEINER – A summer art exhibition at a Manhattan gallery has drawn the ire of several in the Jewish community for visualizations that seem to augment Jewish stereotypes of…

THE ALGEMEINER – Now is the time to launch an Israeli-Gulf alliance that will act as a counterbalance to the growing regional threat from Iran, a columnist for a Kuwait…