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Standing with Israel in the Wake of Pittsburgh
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
In the wake of the horrific anti-Semitic massacre in a Pittsburgh synagogue, I received numerous emails and messages from Christian friends (as well as seeing many more posted publicly) offering prayers, support, and solidarity with the Jewish people. In most cases I know that the sentiments are meant for the Jewish people on the whole, but that I am a …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
The Venomous Tongue of Anti-Semitism
By BOB WEIR
Weir Only Human When I hear words like “Jews are the anti-Christ, the Satanic Jews, Jews are chosen by Satan, Judaism is a gutter religion,” and many more virulent anti-Semitic comments, I know exactly who’s speaking. There’s only one person in this country evil enough to utter such hate-filled diatribe, while knowing full well that he has immunity from public …
By BOB WEIR
Death at the Tree of Life Synagogue
By Dr. PAUL G. KENGOR
“Pray for us, I will call you later.” That was the text message we received from our 16-year-old daughter at 10:16 a.m. on Saturday morning as we drove down Liberty Avenue toward Pittsburgh’s Strip District. My wife called her immediately. “Are you okay? Were you in an accident? What’s happening?” I heard a gasp from my wife and braced myself. …
By Dr. PAUL G. KENGOR
An Anti-Semitic Wake-Up Call in Pittsburgh
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
Anti-Semitism thrives and is unleashed, among other things, when hate is fostered and allowed to go unchecked. But anti-Semites rarely need an “excuse” to do so. Following the attack on the Pittsburgh synagogue this week, many blame the current president and his rhetoric for that. Perhaps. However no less significant is when former president Clinton shared the stage with and …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
John Bailey, White Plains CitizeNetReporter Publisher/Editor, Michael Edelman, Esq., National Political Analyst, and Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Editor-at-Large on Westchester On the Level – Monday, October 29, 2018th @10am EDT
Share your perspective or inquiry. Call: (347) 205-9201. Computer access to Monday’s broadcast “Live” or “On Demand” is accomplished via this hyperlink … http://tobtr.com/s/11029761. WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — White Plains CitizeNetReporter Publisher / Editor John Bailey opens the Monday, October 29, 2018th broadcast with respect to issues impacting the City of White Plains and Westchester County government. one encouraging sign …
Israel Defense Forces and Civil Search and Rescue Teams Flown to Jordan After Flash Flooding Claims 17 People, Mostly Schoolchildren; Several Are Missing
DEAD SEA, JORDAN — October 25, 2018 — IDF and civil rescue teams have been dispatched to Jordan after a bus carrying 37 schoolchildren and seven teachers was swept away by flash floods on the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea. At least 17 are dead; more than 20 were injured. Several are missing. The IDF sent helicopters and soldiers …
Washington’s Silent War Against Hezbollah in Latin America
By JOSEPH M. HUMIRE
On July 11, 2018, the government of Argentina took its first action against Hezbollah by freezing the financial assets of 14 individuals belonging to the Barakat clan in South America. Last week, Brazilian Federal Police arrested the leader of this clan, Assad Ahmad Barakat, who was sanctioned by U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in 2004 and is considered one of …
By JOSEPH M. HUMIRE
Four Jarring Omens and a Funeral
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
This week’s murder of a neighbor in a terror attack carried out by a teenage Palestinian Arab was glaring and jarring in many ways. First and foremost, his death is a great loss for our community and Israel on the whole, but mostly for his wife, four children, parents, siblings and many other family and close friends who survived him, …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN