JNS The Daily Syndicate - Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Wednesday, June 7, 2023


	THE DAILY SYNDICATE

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaking at an event celebrating Israel's 75th anniversary in Washington, D.C. on June 6, 2023. Source: YouTube.

Harris comments on ‘independent’ Israeli judiciary at otherwise jubilant embassy event

It wasn’t immediately clear if the vice president knew that Knesset member Simcha Rothman, the “architect” of judicial reform, was in the audience.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaking at a political rally on Dec. 7, 2019. Credit: George Sheldon/Shutterstock.

Announcing presidential bid, Pence says he wasn’t raised to stay on the sidelines

“It has been my honor to serve you, the people of this state and nation,” the former vice president said at an Iowa rally, during which he preached civility.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland on March 6, 2014. Photo by
Christopher Halloran/Shutterstock.

Chris Christie enters 2024 presidential race swinging at Trump

“I believe that America’s greatness resides out there. Among all of you,” Christie said at a New Hampshire town hall.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum. Credit: Office of the Governor, State of North Dakota via Wikimedia Commons.

Deep-pocketed, Burgum enters presidential race as ‘small-town values’ candidate

Doug Burgum, governor of North Dakota, leads the nation’s fourth least-populated state.

Daniel Aschheim speaking about his book, which was released in November 2022. Credit: Courtesy.

Israeli diplomat found his way from Jerusalem to Chicago … via Senegal

Daniel Aschheim, author of a book on a controversial world leader with a mixed record on Israel, promotes Israel’s interests in the Midwest.

UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini (second from right) addresses the pledging conference of the Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly for the announcement of voluntary contributions to UNRWA. At right is U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. Credit: United Nations.

UNRWA to cut services after fundraising falls short

The U.N. agency for Palestinians is on “the verge of financial collapse,” according to the secretary-general of the United Nations.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Azerbaijani President Ilham Heydar Oghlu Aliyev on Dec. 13, 2016. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Azerbaijan’s relations with US, Israel, ‘not against’ anyone

It's "impossible" for Azerbaijan to stay on the sidelines of the Turkey-Israel relationship, says Ambassador Khazar Ibrahim.

An Azerbaijani Jewish dance group at the Khari Bulbul Music Festival in Shusha, May 12, 2021. Credit: President.az via Wikimedia Commons.

Times are good for Azerbaijan’s 30,000 Jews

Mountain, Ashkenazi, Georgian and Sephardi Jews make for a diverse community.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (head of table) meets in Paris with representatives of France's Jewish communities and organizations, on June 7, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Israeli finance minister meets with Jewish leaders in France

“I came here to strengthen and embrace the Jewish community in Paris,” said Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Nov. 29, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel poised to release world’s first digital government bond

The initiative “marks a significant milestone in revolutionizing the settlement and issuance processes.”

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen in Seoul, June 7, 2023. Photo by Shlomi Amsalem/GPO.

Cohen talks ‘fight against Iran’ during visit to Korea

Tehran works with North Korea to develop missile technologies.

Adi Yehuda (blue uniform, center) and the Special in Uniform band perform their 500th show, at the Zappa Club in Tel Aviv, June 2023. Credit: Judy Lash Balint

IDF’s ‘Special in Uniform’ band hits 500-show milestone

“Their musical journey serves as an inspiration to us all," says JNF-USA’s Disabilities Task Force chair.

Judy Lash Balint

from the editor

Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II and Monument to the Motherland in Kyiv, Ukraine. Credit: Alexander Vovck via Wikimedia Commons.

featured column

Jonathan S. Tobin

Why can’t we talk about Ukrainian antisemitism?

Nazi imagery prevalent among Kyiv’s soldiers points to a horrific past and problematic present. Noting this doesn’t justify Putin. But silence about it won’t defend freedom.

Dershowitz parts with Israeli left over ‘extortion’

Caroline B. Glick

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant with senior officers during a visit to the IDF Northern Command, June 6, 2023. Photo by Ariel Hermoni/Israeli Ministry of Defense.

Gallant tours IDF Northern Command, warns Hezbollah, Iran

MK Karine Elharrar during a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, May 29, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Yesh Atid’s Elharrar opposition’s pick for Judicial Selection panel

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides attends a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, Sept. 11, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Nides approved nearly $1 million grant to support delegitimizing Israel

President Joe Biden welcomes President Isaac Herzog to the Oval Office, Oct. 26, 2022. Source: POTUS/Twitter.

Herzog says he plans to address Congress soon

Cars drive on a flooded road at the Ad-Halom Junction following heavy rainfall near Ashdod, Jan. 9, 2020. Credit: Flash90.

Israeli researchers develop tool to predict extreme rainfall

Israeli authorities recover 20,000-plus assault rifle rounds stolen from a bunker at the Tze’elim training base in the Negev, June 7, 2023. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

Two Israeli Bedouin nabbed for massive IDF ammunition heist

Hamas members attend a rally in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 30, 2021. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.

US think tank calls for end to Israel’s ‘mow the lawn’ Gaza policy

GCRP general coordinator Sheikh Yusuf Abbas presents an award to MEP Manuel Pineda at a ceremony in Beirut, May 29, 2023. Source: Facebook.

Hezbollah-affiliated group honors European Parliament member

Roger Waters wears a Nazi-style uniform during a concert in Berlin on May 17, 2023. Source: X.

US calls Roger Waters Berlin show antisemitic

Kamala Harris. Credit: Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock.

Israeli foreign minister: Harris couldn’t name one clause on judicial reform

A SWAT team found a man dead on a roof in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood on June 2, 2023. Source: Twitter.

SWAT finds Chicago man dead on roof with flamethrower, swastika flag

Robert Kraft serves as keynote speaker at the United Hatzalah gala in New York, attended by 1,500 people, on June 6, 2023. Photo by Eli Weintraub.

At New York gala, attendees raise $11 million for work of United Hatzalah

Forget Biden’s strategy, (A)I have the solution to antisemitism

I couldn’t have said it better myself—my genuine self. These are precisely the steps needed.

Rabbi Yossy Goldman

The intriguing Jewish life cycle.

Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson

How Hebrew shapes Jewish thinking

Language doesn’t just convey our thoughts and emotions; it shapes the way we think and feel.

‘Israelism’ assaults the truth and hurts Palestinians

It’s ironic that a film that specializes in withholding information complains about the same thing.

A new book’s indictment of American Jewish leadership

In the name of progressivism and universalism, the Jewish establishment is enabling antisemitism.

Israel’s obligations in Abbas’s war

It should protect its people, not serve as the P.A. leader’s Praetorian Guard.

The Saudi-Jordanian marriage

In the Middle East, marriage is a way to strengthen alliances and bury the hatchet.

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