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Monday, July 25, 2016

Wonder Woman - the most feminist superhero movie ever - attacked by feminists. Because Gal Gadot is Israeli.

The Wonder Woman trailer released two days ago has already been viewed 14 million times on YouTube and who knows how many more on other sites. But supposed feminists, pejoratively known as "social justice warriors" or SJWs, are willing to overlook the message being given by a major film studio to create a movie with a strong female superhero - because the actress playing...

On Friday, Mrs. Elder and I visited the Kotel HaKatan for the first time since 2007. The famous Kotel, the Western Wall, only comprises a small section of the entire western wall of the foundations of the second Temple. Most of the wall is used for various Arab buildings in the area. The most northern yet accessible part of the actual western wall is the Kotel Hakatan,...

EoZTV: Harold Rhode on Jerusalem, Shiites and Sunnis

Here is part 2 of my interview with Islam expert Harold Rhode. I asked him something I had always wondered: Does Jerusalem have any sanctity to Shiites? He answered that it doesn't; Shiites consider Jerusalem to be a Sunni innovation to Islam and therefore forbidden. However, Ayatollah Khomeini, a smart politician, chose to use Jerusalem as a rallying cry to attract Sunnis...

EoZTV: #HasbyAwards Part 10: Father Naddaf and Leora Eisenberg

The final section of the Hasby Awards. We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please donate today to help get the message out and to help defend Israe...

I spoke recently with Middle East scholar and expert on Islam, Harold Rhode. The entire interview is fascinating but this section particularly so. Rhode describes how Jerusalem was not important in early Islam, and relates a story of Ka'ab al Ahbar, an early Jewish convert to Islam, and Caliph Umar who conquered Jerusalem. Ka'ab al Ahbar accompanied Umar to the Temple...

EoZTV: Hasby Awards Part 9: William Daroff presents to Alexandra (Lex) Markus

Best Young Defender of Israel award (part 1) We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please donate today to help get the message out and to help defend Israe...

EoZ and BDY discuss how out of proportion the criticism of Israel is compared to what Western democracies practice, Amnesty's lies and the definition of "children" killed in war. We have lots of ideas, but we need more resources to be even more effective. Please donate today to help get the message out and to help defend Israe...