JNS The Daily Syndicate - Monday, August 14, 2023

Monday, August 14, 2023


	THE DAILY SYNDICATE

from the editor-in-chief

Then-President Barack Obama talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call from the Oval Office, on June 8, 2009. Credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza via Wikimedia Commons.

Jonathan S. Tobin

Do Obama’s obsessions explain Biden’s Iran appeasement?

“Channel 14” workers and supporters protest against then-Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid outside the Tel Aviv Government Complex on Oct. 11, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Jonathan S. Tobin

A monolithic media, essential to the left, imperils democracy

The Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, seat of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

New Jersey Supreme Court: Religious schools have right to ‘teachers who follow their faith’

“This decision is a victory for all religious schools in the state of New Jersey, but it is especially important for Orthodox Jews,” stated Eric Rassbach of the nonprofit firm Becket.

The Jewish community of Oz Zion is seen from Burqa during the funeral of Palestinian Kosai Ma'atan, Aug. 5, 2023. Credit: Flash90.

What happened in Burqa

Akiva Van Koningsveld

Yehiel Indore arrives for a hearing at the Jerusalem District Court, Aug. 14, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Suspect in killing of Palestinian to stay in custody

Ido Sarfati stands outside the remains of his businesses that were destroyed by wildfires last week that swept through Lahaina on the island of Maui, Aug. 14, 2023. Photo courtesy of Ido Sarfati.

Maui fire survivors tell of Chabad’s assistance in wake of disaster

Two Hawaii Army National Guard CH47 Chinooks perform aerial water-bucket drops on the island of Maui to assist in fighting the wildfires, Aug. 9, 2023. Credit: U.S. National Guard Video by Air Force Master Sgt. Andrew Jackson.

Jewish Federation of Greater Washington aids recovery from Maui fire

Fitch Ratings headquarters in New York, Feb. 1, 2019. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Fitch reaffirms Israel’s A+ rating with ‘stable’ outlook

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan of Chabad Flamingo with former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2009. Credit: Courtesy.

Accidental YouTube sensation Rabbi Mendel Kaplan has led a Toronto Chabad for 25 years

Ultra-Orthodox Jews board the bus to the Lag B'Omer festivities at Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee, May 8, 2023. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.

Netanyahu condemns discrimination against women on buses

Energy Minister Israel Katz (l) meets UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology Sultan Al Jaber in Abu Dhabi, Aug. 13, 2023. Credit: Twitter.

Israel Katz first minister in Netanyahu gov’t to visit UAE

Mark Margolis at the movie premiere of “Noah” at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City in 2014. Credit: Kristin Callahan via Wikimedia Commons.

Celebrated character actor Mark Margolis dies at 83

Amar'e Stoudemire during EuroLeague 2019-20, Round 24 basketball game between Fenerbahçe and Maccabi Tel Aviv, at the Ulker Sports Arena in Istabul, Turkey, on Feb. 7, 2020. Credit: KCube, Kaan Baytur/Shutrterstock.

Phoenix Suns to retire jersey of former basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire

Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen seen during an interview at the ministry in Jerusalem, June 12, 2023. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Israeli FM heads to Paraguay for presidential inauguration

Etgar Lefkovits

Kobi Sarmili removes chickens that died during the heat wave at a farm in Moshav Margaliot, northern Israel, Aug. 14, 2023. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

Israel broils, breaks record for electricity use

Israeli terror victim Chen Amir. Credit: Courtesy of the family/TPS.

Tel Aviv terror victim’s corneas transplanted to two people

Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G speaking to the Harvard class of 2004 in front of Memorial Church in Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Mass. June 9, 2004. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Actor Sacha Baron Cohen to revive comedic persona Ali G

El Al Airlines. Credit: Courtesy.

El Al announces new flights between Fort Lauderdale and Tel Aviv

Saudi-Israel normalization: What’s the deal?

Would Saudi-Israel normalization be good for Israel? Does Saudi Arabia even want peace with Israel? "Our Middle East: An Insider's View" with Dan Diker and guest Irina Tsukerman.

featured column

Benjamin Kerstein

Art and the antisemitism dilemma

What do you do when one of your favorite writers supported killing Jews?

With anti-Israel vote, anthropologists support greatest hoax since the Piltdown man

Uri Pilichowski

Zionism, normalization and integration

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