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Friday, June 21, 2024


	THE DAILY SYNDICATE

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony at Nachalat Yitzhak cemetery in Tel Aviv for victims of the 1948 “Altalena” ship incident on June 18, 2024. Photo by Shaul Golan/POOL.

from the editor-in-chief

Jonathan S. Tobin

Netanyahu is right to reject vassal-state etiquette

The prime minister broke protocol by calling out the Biden administration for slow-walking arms shipments. Washington’s real goal, however, is appeasing Iran and toppling him.

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 17, 2024. Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images.

Expert group refutes claims of famine in Gaza

Mike Wagenheim

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres listens during a Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at U.N. headquarters in New York, April 18, 2024. Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images.

Israeli foreign minister decries ‘grossly erroneous’ UN data on Hamas war

Mike Wagenheim

Manhattan District Attorney-Elect Alvin Bragg attends a meeting with activists against gun violence at the SAVE office in East Harlem, N.Y., on Nov. 19, 2021. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.

Bragg declines to charge dozens of anti-Israel protesters at Columbia

Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. Credit: quiggyt4/Shutterstock.

Title VI: Lafayette College did not ‘redress hostile environment’ on campus

Kids at summer camp. Credit: Foundation for Jewish Camp.

Kids head to camp from home with more on their minds, post-Oct. 7

Faygie Holt

Comedian Shawn Pelofsky. Photo by Van Corona.

Comedian Shawn Pelofsky takes a stand for Israel

Masada Siegel

Israel Defense Forces soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, June 21, 2024. Credit: IDF.

Two IDF soldiers killed in Gaza

A view of the Armenian capital city of Yerevan. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Armenia recognizes Palestinian state

Adrienne Krone, an associate professor at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa. Photo by Lenny Zimmermann.

The lay of the land earns educator a Fulbright

Carin M. Smilk

The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. Credit: Friemann/Shutterstock.

Senators demand Justice Department respond to ICC’s anti-Israel efforts

Protesters in support of terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah gather near the White House in Washington, June 8, 2024. Source: X.

How Oct. 7 has changed the lives of US Jews

Nadav Haetzni

Yahaloma Zechut (center), CEO of the Ofakim Resilience Center, receiving the Presidential Volunteer Medal at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, June 19, 2024. Credit: Courtesy.

Herzog honors CAM-supported volunteers for post-Oct. 7 response

Israelis attend a rally at "Hostage Square" in Tel Aviv calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, June 15, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Israel braces for pregnancies in captivity

Maytal Yasur Beit-Or

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators chant anti-Israel slogans in Times Square, New York City, on April 12, 2002. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images.

Photo released of NY man who chanted, ‘Raise your hands if you’re a Zionist’

Miri Weissman

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

New York man pleads guilty to buying gun used against Albany synagogue

Wikipedia. Credit: Allmy/Shutterstock.

Wikipedia deems ADL ‘unreliable’ due to Israel advocacy

Daniela Ginzburg

U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Credit: Thomas Lin/Pexels.

‘You’ve created confusion deliberately,’ Hawley tells judicial nominee who advised anti-Israel group

Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at the Care Can't Wait Action Hosts Town Hall in Washington, April 10, 2024. Photo by Shannon Finney/Getty Images for Care Can't Wait Action.

Elizabeth Warren intends to boycott Netanyahu speech to Congress

Cornell West in New York City in 2015. Credit: A katz/Shutterstock.

Cornel West claims to have ‘far exceeded’ required Michigan signatures

David Swindle

opinion

The Israel Electric Corporation power station in Hadera, Aug. 11, 2011. Photo by Yaakov Naumi/Flash90.

Ruthie Blum

Electric shocks

Should Israelis panic about a potential Hezbollah attack on the national power grid? The IEC and energy ministry say no, but Oct. 7 took its toll on trust.

Political rally in front of Eiffel Tower in Paris, March 27, 2022. Credit: Spech/Shutterstock.

Ben Cohen

A rape in Paris

The act of misogyny is a grotesque means for men to remind women of their physical power. It’s also an act of dehumanization, like it was on Oct. 7.

Yisrael Medad

Diasporic deviance syndrome

An anti-Jewish, anti-Israel graphic circulating in the United States, spring 2024, Credit: Courtesy.

‘Open season’ on Jews: Threats, vandalism, protests, attacks

Firefighters in Israel's north extinguish a border blaze. Credit: Courtesy of the Israel Fire and Rescue Authority.

Jewish National Fund-USA fire trucks on frontlines in Israel’s north

‘Conflicts of Interest’ participants engage in experiential learning together. Credit: Courtesy of The iCenter.

New program helps Jewish educators address Israeli-Palestinian conflict with learners

Film camera. Credit: Jacqueline Macou/Pixabay.

Jewish National Fund-USA launches fund to boost Israeli TV and film storytelling

Teens from Uruguay, Paraguay and Argentina participate in a Shabbaton in Punta del Este, Uruguay. Credit: Courtesy of CTeen International.

South American teens gather in Uruguay for inspiring Shabbaton

Havdalah at Camp Nai Nai Nai, May 2024. Credit: Courtesy of Moishe House.

Hundreds of young adults experience healing, camaraderie at Moishe House’s Camp Nai Nai Nai

Students on the Jewish National Fund-USA “Alternative Break” trip to Israel. Credit: Courtesy.

College students volunteer in Israel on ‘Alternative Break’

Students from the IVDU school, the first special education school to participate in the program, earned first place in a category of the STEAM contest from the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education. Credit: Courtesy of YACHAD/IVDU.

IVDU school wins in category in mainstream STEAM competition

Access to fresh water changes the lives of millions in rural Africa. Credit: Courtesy of Innovation: Africa.

Innovation: Africa marks milestone of impacting 5 million lives

The campus of the Jerusalem College of Technology. Credit: Courtesy.

Jerusalem College of Technology receives $1 million to expand program for English speakers

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