Israel's Channel 13 aired recordings (the Jerusalem Post has a highly truncated version of the story) of two senior rabbis at the Orthodox military preparatory academy in the settlement of Eli, as they taught their students lessons on race, the Holocaust, and the evils of "secular pluralism." Rabbi Eliezer Kashtiel lectured his students: "Yes, we're … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Settler Suspects in Murder of Palestinian Mother Name Alleged Killer
מקור ביטחוני: צבי נריה לב הוא הקטין שהושאר במעצר בחשד לרצח הפלסטינית עאישה א-ראבי. ארבעת חבריו שוחררו לאחר שהפלילו אותו In a follow-up of my reporting which broke the original story concerning settlers suspected of murdering Palestinian mother of eight, Aisha Rabi, Israeli media reports that four of the five suspects in custody have been remanded to house … [Read more...]
Tablet Magazine Publisher Once Accused of Sexual Harassment
Tablet Magazine is one of New York's leading Jewish publications. I've profiled it here before and some of its writers as well. It's well-funded by far-right pro-Israel foundations. It's slick, it's glossy. It prides itself on being trendy, while retaining a strong Jewish cultural identity. New York Magazine called “a must-read for young politically and … [Read more...]
Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Calls African-American Children “Monkeys”
Israel's Sephardic Chief Rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, delivered one of those mystifying sermons (English) that only true believers can fathom. The problem is that they live in such a cocoon insulated from the rest of the world that neither their spiritual leader nor themselves understand how tone-deaf (aka "racist) they are. In a dvar torah (sermon) he delivered … [Read more...]
