Most Jewish foundations support the equivalent of Bubbeh's chicken soup: Israel, synagogues, youth groups, Jewish education, Jewish studies programs, etc. But over the past ten years or so, as the ideological battle within Israel has intensified with a rightward nationalist drift, a number of foundations have led a drive toward the increasing politicization … [Read more...]
Glenn Beck at ZOA Dinner: ’18 Months to Save World, I Know How to Do It’
Mort Klein and ZOA provide endless enjoyment for anyone with an acute political satiric sense. Take their latest fundraising gala last night covered by Haaretz. There was so much to delight in, I hardly know where to start. Why don't we begin with the Bar Ilan University professor, who boasted that his Orthodox institution was the only remaining … [Read more...]
Israeli Settler MK to Huckabee: ‘We’re Connected to This Land No Less Than Your Indians’
Mike Huckabee and Israel's radical settler movement are almost always fodder for a good laugh. I thank Ofer Neiman for providing one in the form of an Arutz Sheva article, in which settler MK Nissim Zeev brags about his friendship with Mike Huckabee, who he brought to Israel and hosted last week. Among the other things Huckabee did was tour and nod … [Read more...]
Palestinian Attempts to Buy Bankrupt East Jerusalem Real Estate Project, Debtholders and Residents Scandalized
The East Jerusalem real estate project known as Nof Tzion has been in deep financial difficult for months. Then along came a white knight who offered to buy it, invest in it and pay off the outstanding loans of debt holders (at 60 agurot on the shekel). The buyer's attorney was Dov Weisglass, former confidant of Ariel Sharon. All appeared to be glatt … [Read more...]