11/02 Links Pt2: The Holocaust Is Not Your Metaphor; The Balfour bogeyman; AOC’s ‘obsession’ with Israel is ‘shameful’; LA Council Passes IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

From Ian: The Stories She Never Told My mother loved to talk politics, real estate, and cooking. She’d happily offer intelligent insights on nearly any subject except one: her own life. With stops in prewar Hungary, Auschwitz, the Sorbonne, Mexico, and finally Manhattan, my mother’s life was extraordinary, but she kept it to herself. I hated that, but I knew why. So tender-hearted...

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The child and the bus: a tale of Israel in 15 seconds

This video of a Jewish child, no more than 6, flagging down a bus in Beit Shemesh and getting on by himself is starting to go viral:Imagine a place where children could, without fear, go out by themselves and take the bus around town. It sounds utopian, doesn't it?And parents outside Israel would naturally flinch at seeing a video like this. So many dangers to worry about...

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We are family: the secret of Israel's success

The Economist reports that the birthrates of Israeli Jews has been rising and that of Arabs in Israel and the territories has been dropping - and the Israeli Jewish birthrate is bucking the trends around the world. In short, the demographic bomb that was predicted for decades to destroy Israel has nearly fizzled. But the article then touches on an important point...

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