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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

How I grew up respecting all people, then came to Israel and learned not to trust Arabs (Judean Rose)

Disclaimer: the views expressed here are solely those of the author, weekly Judean Rose columnist Varda Meyers Epstein.“Never trust an Arab—even when he is dead!” So said Abu Musa to my husband some 40-plus years ago. Abu Musa was a shyster contractor who knew how to overcharge his Jewish customers and get away with it. Dov was a student in the yeshiva under the tutelage of...

A small Syrian antidote to all the stories about antisemitism

Some nice news for a change.JIMENA, Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa, published a video of a portion of a Jewish wedding ceremony celebrating the bridegroom according to Syrian Jewish tradition that occurred in New York City.I'm not familiar with this responsive chant, but apparently this part is nearly identical to a traditional Syrian Muslim...

Egyptian Writers' Union expels three members for "normalization," warns of Zionist "penetration of Arab culture"

Cairo24 reports that Dr. Alaa Abdel-Hadi, head of the Egyptian Writers Union, stressed the union's firm position rejecting normalization with Israel, warning of the danger of this entity penetrating Arab culture. What exactly does that mean? How can Israel "penetrate Arab culture?"Perhaps we can get a hint of what this means from the steps being taken to expel three members...

How pathetic are Israel's Arab neighbors? A tiny but telling example.

Egypt's El Balad and Jordan's Ammon News describe an Israeli TV report that some 12,000 Israelis visited Jordan during the Jewish holidays over the past month, as many Israelis felt that it was less expensive than going overseas. Most of these visitors went to Aqaba as a cheaper alternative to Eilat. That's a fairly significant number of visitors, and Jordan's tourism...

Cairo Book Fair (again) features antisemitic books

The Cairo International Book Fair is starting. And as it has in the past, it is pushing antisemitic themes.One of its featured books on the website is a translation of an 1889 work by Gustave Le Bon, his chapters on Jewish civilization in his "Les premières civilisations." For the most part, Le Bon is not impressed with Jewish civilization, and his first paragraph...

Cairo Book Fair - that Israeli and US ambassadors visited - featured Mein Kampf, Protocols of Elders of Zion

I reported yesterday that the Israeli ambassador to Egypt visited the Cairo International Book Fair. Although when Egyptians found out about it after the fact they were upset, he praised the fair. The US embassy had a pavilion there, too. Over at Hall 1, Booth A38, is the Dar Al Kitab Al Arabi Publishing Company, which goes every year to the Book Fair. Every year that company...