The Seattle Jewish federation had planned to hold its annual community meeting tonight at the University of Washington Hillel. At the event, it planned to give several awards to various groups and individuals for their contribution to the life of Seattle's Jewish community. One of these was to be the Tikkun Olam Award, to be bestowed on Seattle Police … [Read more...]
Seattle Mosque, Synagogues Faithwash Israel-Palestine
The local Seattle Jewish "lifestyle magazine," Jewish in Seattle, features a story this month promoting a "Jewish -Muslim dialogue group." The group is composed of 20 individuals, who are Muslim members of MAPS, a Redmond-based mosque; and Temple Herzl Ner Tamid and Congregation Kol Ami of Mercer Island. I was struck by the photograph that accompanies … [Read more...]
‘BDS and the Future of Israel-Palestine’ Panel Discussion
Last week, the organized Jewish community hosted a very unfunny roast of BDS entitled, Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Campaign Against Israel: Bad for Jews in Seattle and Beyond. It was a full house as Ari Shavit and a Detroit African-American pastor who'd been hosted on multiple Aipac-sponsored Israel junkets comforted Seattle Jews with the message that … [Read more...]
NYPD Arrests Suspect in Subway Murder, Hate Crime Charged
New York police arrested a 31 year-old woman suspected of murdering a man in Queens by pushing him in the path of an oncoming subway train a few days ago. Though she fled the scene, she was found and taken into custody today thanks to video footage of her that was aired. The statements she made to police caused the prosecutor to charge her with … [Read more...]