Via JPost: A senior Zionist official stationed in Switzerland during World War II was likely the first person to receive information from a German source regarding the plan for the systematic extermination of Europe’s Jews, according to a new book published by Yad Vashem. Chaim Pazner, head of the Jewish Agency’s Palestine Office in Geneva, immediately forwarded the information to senior British officials and to Jewish officials in British-ruled Palestine, and the report reached the top echelons of the British government, according to the book, Chaim Pazner – The Man Who Knew. The book – written in Hebrew by Menahem
Read More +I have not read this book but am posting this media release that I received directly from the publisher: “An epic tale of ‘The Chosen People’ [Entine’s ABRAHAM’S CHILDREN] serves as an excellent catalyst for discussion as many continue to ask the question, ‘What does it mean to be Jewish?’ Engaging and informative reading for Jews and non-Jews alike”–– Kirkus Reviews Can Identity or Religious Roots be Found in a Pinprick of DNA? Geneticists Are Mapping the Threads of a Shared Ancestry between Modern Christians, Mormons, Muslims and Jews ABRAHAM’S CHILDRENRace, Identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People Jon
Read More +I have not read this book but received this publicity email directly from the author, Marcus Wilder: “The purpose of the burkah is to prevent arousing uncontrollable urges in passing men. Presumably, women cannot be expected to resist these uncontrollably urged men. In fairness, rape is common – burkah or no burkah. . . . To prove rape, a woman must have four male witnesses. Since the male witnesses are invariably the rapists, this defense tactic never works. If there are not four male witnesses to testify for her, the woman is blamed. She can be flogged. She can be
Read More +Jewish World Review Oct. 9, 2007 / 27 Tishrei 5768 New book takes us on the trail of objects taken from Second Temple By Richard Di Dio The boundary between quest and obsession is not defined until it is crossed. By then it is too late — and extremely perilous. This is inevitable when the search is for some of the most precious and potentially explosive objects in the world: religious icons that, if found, will further agitate the roiling cauldron that is the Middle East. In “G-d’s Gold: A Quest for the Lost Temple Treasures of Jerusalem,” archaeologist Sean
Read More +Books: How to Understand Islam
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If you want to understand how the enemy of G-d thinks. From How to Understand Islam: A review of Arguing the Just War in Islam by John Kelsay, Islam: Past, Present and Future by Hans Kung, Jihad in Islamic History: Doctrines and Practice by Michael Bonner, Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Secularism Confronts Islam by Olivier Roy.
Read More +The Saudi Roots of 9/11
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From The Saudi Roots of 9/11: In The Siege of Mecca, Wall Street Journal writer Yaroslav Trofimov pulls back the curtain surrounding events that the Saudis would very much rather the world forgot. The November 1979 siege of the Grand Mosque in Mecca laid the groundwork for al-Qaeda and the events of Sep. 11. Juhayman al-Uteybi led the siege. Driven by Wahhabi orthodoxy, Juhayman hated all infidels. America’s then-president Jimmy Carter’s naive faith in peacemaking was no match for fundamentalist fury. Carter’s administration was busy propping up the Saudis even as outlandish conspiracy theories implicating the U.S. swept the Muslim
Read More +The “Israel Lobby” Myth
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Written by George Shultz who was secretary of state from 1982 to 1989, this is excerpted from his introduction to The Deadliest Lies: The Israel Lobby and the Myth of Jewish Control by Abraham Foxman. Via DailyAlert from The “Israel Lobby” Myth: Israel is a free, democratic, open, and relentlessly self-analytical place. To hear harsh criticism of Israel’s policies and leaders, listen to the Israelis. So questioning Israel for its actions is legitimate, but lies are something else. The catalog of lies about Jews is long and astonishingly crude, matched only by the suffering that has followed their promulgation. Defaming
Read More +Arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat’s doctor has confirmed the long-circulating rumors that the PLO chairman had AIDS – though the doctor insists Israel poisoned Arafat as well, causing his death. From INN: Rumors have long circulated in both Israel and the Palestinian Authority that Arafat’s symptoms prior to his death were caused by AIDS. Within the PA, Israel has always been accused of poisoning the PLO chairman. Now, Arafat’s private doctor has joined other PLO officials in acknowledging that Arafat had the HIV virus, but is holding on to the claim that Israel was responsible for his ultimate demise, in a French
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