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May 21, 2021
Members of the Autonomous National Socialists, a neo-Nazi group, posed next to the Holocaust memorial outside of the Gordon Jewish Community Center in Nashville. While antisemitic incidents declined by 4 percent after hitting an all-time high in 2019, 2020 was still the third-highest year for […]
May 19, 2021
From left, Vardit Shterenbach and Meitav Menachem by Richard Friedman The Israeli people are made of steel. They carry with them a collective experience forged in fire, which at times of conflict sustains and strengthens them, propelling them forward in the face of daunting challenges. […]
May 17, 2021
Hannah Vinsant speaks at the Birmingham rally on May 16 Accusations of Israel perpetrating white-supremacist ethnic cleansing and calls for Israel’s elimination were part of “Nakba 73: End Apartheid in Palestine,” a rally held on May 16 in downtown Birmingham. Nakba is the Arabic term […]
May 17, 2021
Despite protests over their Gaza office being destroyed, the Associated Press is still managing to get the news out by Richard Friedman So figure this one out. On May 15, after warning those inside to evacuate, Israel demolished a Gaza high-rise that housed Hamas military […]
May 16, 2021
By Richard Friedman Every Israeli is on the front lines. This Zionist truth, embedded in the Jewish psyche upon Israel’s rebirth in 1948 as a modern Jewish state, has never been more true than it is today. And one of those on the front lines […]
May 16, 2021
Piles of stones inside the Temple Mount mosques, in preparation for unrest against Israel. Photo courtesy Ambassador Gilad Erdan’s Twitter feed. by Larry Brook On May 12, our friends at the Birmingham Islamic Society issued a statement about the current conflict in Gaza. Reading over […]
May 16, 2021
Arnie Fielkow and Bobby Garon A joint statement by Arnie Fielkow, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, and Bobby Garon, executive director of the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana. Dear Friends, It has been a very difficult week for Israel and its […]
May 15, 2021
By Richard Friedman I have a good friend, a very thoughtful person who I’ve known for a long-time. She and I were reporters together at the Birmingham News and she went on to work for the Associated Press. I respect her a lot, so I […]
May 13, 2021
Patti Herrington speaks at the Mississippi National Day of Prayer event. Facebook screenshot. At the Mississippi National Day of Prayer event on May 6, the Secretary of State cited the approaching End Times in calling for more Christians to run for public office in the […]