Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: Birthright

Showing posts with label Birthright. Show all posts

Friday, November 25, 2022

Some 2022 antisemitic incidents you haven't heard about

The ADL keeps a database of extremist incidents, including antisemitic incidents. They list over 1700 so far for this year. I have been looking though their list for 2022, specifically incidents that mention Israel.Here are only a few of them:January, Brooklyn NY: Graffiti that read, "Kill Israel and the Jews" was found on the campus of a middle school.January, Mountain View CO:...

Pure hate at Northwestern U

Last week, junior at Northwestern University Lily Cohen wrote an op-ed for the campus newspaper the Daily Northwestern about her pride at being Jewish in the face of antisemitism. It took up a full page in the print edition, with the headline "I am more proud of my Jewish identity than anyone can ever hate me for it."She described how the slogan "From the river to the...

What you need to know about J-Street's "Birthright" style trip (Daled Amos)

By Daled Amos The Birthright program is often in the news, mainly because of the tremendous work it does to strengthen the Jewish sense of identity of young Jews by creating the opportunity for them to visit Israel for free. The Birthright trips have expanded over the years and now you can choose your own theme/itinerary: o Active: Dive-in to the ultimate outdoor...

IfNotNow co-founder claims Birthright forces participants to create faux checkpoints, IDF pushes pins into their chests

Max Berger, co-founder of IfNotNow, made some very bizarre and almost certainly false claims about Birthright on Twitter last night: Every birthright trip includes a heavy dose of right wing propaganda. My trip leader was a settler who told us all Arabs were terrorists and threatened to throw me off the trip for my "Arab beliefs." American Jews were hazed by Israeli...

IfNotNow's fabulous self-own

If Not Now tweeted this graphic: So the original name for the areas is meant to erase the history of the one that came thousands of years afterwards. Beyond the stupidity of that assertion, the West Bank is a Jordanian name, not a Palestinian name. (The term was not consistently capitalized until after the Six Day War.) Even the UN referred to Judea and Samaria...

Kweansmom on Twitter takes down "proud" sabotagers of Birthright

A thread from "kweansmom," a great Tweeter: (((kweansmom))) Subscribe @kweansmom 12 hours ago, 12 tweets, 5 min read Read on Twitter Bookmark Save as PDF You're proud of the young Jews who are bashing Birthright, the organization which your family personally benefited from for years? Wow, what an ingrate. #BiteTheHandThatFeedsYou. (This...