JNS The Daily Syndicate - Thursday, December 7, 2023

Thursday, December 7, 2023


	THE DAILY SYNDICATE

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) asks a question during a House committee hearing about antisemitism on campus with the presidents of Harvard, Penn and MIT, Dec. 5, 2023. Credit: Courtesy of the office of Rep. Stefanik.

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Jonathan S. Tobin

The problem is bigger than three college presidents

The woke ideologies that govern academia enable the antisemitism that the heads of Harvard, Penn and MIT refuse to say breaks their rules.

The annual lighting of the National Menorah on the Ellipse, south of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 7, 2023. Photo by Andrew Bernard.

Washington marks start of Chanukah with lighting of National Menorah

Andrew Bernard

U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden attend a Chanukah reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House on Dec. 19, 2022. Credit: Erin Scott/Official White House Photo.

Nearly 24 hours into Chanukah, a presidential X post but no statement

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lights the first Chanukah candle at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Dec. 7, 2023. Photo by Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Netanyahu lights first Chanukah candle at Kotel

White House: No ‘specific, credible threats’ related to Chanukah

‘We are in Khan Yunis city center,’ 98th Division commander says

The IDF division, which includes the commando brigade dismantling a Hamas stronghold, will fight "for as long as it takes," said IDF Brig. Gen. Dan Goldfus.

Yaakov Lappin

Palestinians at the site of an Israeli air strike in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Dec. 7, 2023. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.

Hamas supporters protest in New York, May 15, 2021. Credit: Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock.

‘Economist’ poll: 27% of Americans say Israel trying to wipe Palestinians out

Andrew Bernard

Israeli troops operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Dec. 7, 2023. Credit: IDF.

Half of Democrats say Israel to blame a lot for Gaza war, per Pew

JNS Staff

Video footage showing two attackers stalking a Jewish woman, whom they beat unconscious and robbed, December 2023. Source: X/Shomrim (Stamford Hill).

Teens rob, beat Jewish woman, reportedly leave her for dead in London; police said she declined treatment

Temple Israel in Albany, N.Y. Source: Google Street View.

Hours before Chanukah, 28-year-old arrested for shooting near Albany synagogue

Sign at the building entrance to CAIR headquarters. Credit: DCStockPhotography/Shutterstock.

White House removes CAIR from national strategy on antisemitism

Destruction caused by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Nov. 21, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

240,000 Israelis living in limbo after Oct. 7

Amelie Botbol

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Credit: SINITAR/Shutterstock.

Donor ‘appalled’ by Penn’s ‘stance on antisemitism on campus’ pulls $100 million

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) speaks during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event in Harlem in New York City on Jan. 17, 2022. Ron Adar/Shutterstock.

J Street maintains support for Bowman, other pro-ceasefire progressives

Leo Dee at the 75th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem on April 25, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israeli special envoy Rabbi Leo Dee urges US students to use their acumen

Mike Wagenheim

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Source: Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield via Twitter.

US threatens to withhold UN veto unless Israel ups Gaza aid, fuel

Shirit Avitan Cohen

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter Gaza at Egypt's Rafah crossing, Nov 25, 2023. Screenshot: IDF.

Families of hostages blast increased gas deliveries to Gaza

Sveta Listratov

Israeli troops operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Dec. 8, 2023. Credit: IDF.

IDF strikes 450 terror sites in Gaza in past 24 hours

Charles Bybelezer

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal (left) meets with P.A. head Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo, Feb. 23, 2012. Photo by Mohammed al-Hums/Flash90.

PA envisions ruling Gaza with Hamas as a partner

Akiva Van Koningsveld

Israeli troops operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Dec. 8, 2023. Credit: IDF.

Israeli warriors: A glimpse into Gaza

Israel Defense Forces operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Dec. 7, 2023. Credit: IDF.

‘10/7 Project’ to counter pro-Hamas propaganda, merge communication among US Jewish groups

Israeli President Isaac Herzog attends the opening ceremony of an exhibition in Tel Aviv in memory of those murdered at the Nova Festival, Dec. 6, 2023. Photo by Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Herzog attends exhibition in memory of Nova festival victims

Dozens of Palestinian terror suspects were reportedly arrested by the Israel Defense Forces in the northern Gaza Strip on Dec. 7, 2023. Source: Screenshot.

Gaza photos said to show surrender of Hamas terrorists

Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, Dec. 7, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Israeli Labor Party leader Michaeli to quit politics

Danielle and Emilia Aloni. Source: X.

Emilia Aloni welcomed back to kindergarten after Hamas captivity

Yair Mohr

Families of Israelis still being held captive by Hamas terrorists in Gaza attend a candle-lighting ceremony on the first night of the Jewish holiday of Chanukah at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on Dec. 7, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Biden, Netanyahu discuss ongoing efforts to free remaining hostages

An ANC delegation and South African Communist Party leader Solly Mapaila hold a bilateral meeting with Hamas and Fatah delegations at Chief Albert Luthuli House in Johannesburg, Dec. 5, 2023. Source: ANC SECRETARY GENERAL | Fikile Mbalula/X.

ANC official meets with Hamas delegation

Rolene Marks

Asaf Eyal, a graduate of Columbia University, started a campaign to show his dissatisfaction with the administration's response to extreme antisemitism in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel. Source: Screenshot.

‘Flip Your Diploma’ effort responds to failure to curb campus antisemitism

David Swindle

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) speaking with attendees at the 2019 Young Americans for Liberty Convention in Philadelphia on April 13, 2019. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.

Rep. Massie accused of antisemitism after sharing controversial meme

Volunteers. Credit: Masa Israel Journey.

Masa Israel intros program for Diaspora volunteers during war

Chanukah

"Dreidel Menorah" by Mark Podwal. Credit: Mark Podwal.

Mark Podwal

‘Dreidel Menorah’

"Menorah Dreidel" by Mark Podwal. Credit: Mark Podwal.

Mark Podwal

‘Menorah Dreidel’

chanukah opinions

Chanukiyah with oil candles. Credit: Ri-Ya/Pixabay.

The Chanukah light and moral clarity

Marc Erlbaum

Chanukah menorah. Credit: Saildancer/Pixabay.

Chanukah, canceled

Gidon Ben-Zvi

Chanukah menorah. Credit: Cottonbro Studio/Pexels.

Finding meaning this Chanukah season

Jan Lee

Chanukah menorah. Credit: tomertu/Shutterstock

The search for success

Rabbi Yossy Goldman

Chanukah candles. Credit: Ri-Ya/Pixabay.

How to talk with kids about Israel when lighting Chanukah candles

Rachel Fish

Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.

dry bones

Dry Bones

Hamas public relations

The Hamas attack of Oct 7 was an outrage.

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video

Caroline B. Glick

The making of sadistic terrorists: interview with Mordechai Kedar

“The Caroline Glick Show” with Arab literature professor Mordechai Kedar

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Dan Diker

The Arab revolt against Hamas: Israel’s golden opportunity?

“Our Middle East: An Insider's View.”

opinion

Jerome M. Marcus

Let the world know: It’s not 1945

Kylie Ora Lobell

They called me a baby killer. So I handed out Shabbat candles.

Relatives of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza hold a press conference in Tel Aviv, Nov. 29, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Chanukah: Flames of hope burn during another dark time for Jews

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