Tag Archives: massacre

Remembering the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre amid calls for unity

Posted on 30 October 2018 by

The final dreadful toll from the Tree of Life synagogue massacre is 11 holy souls. Here are their names and stories: David Rosenthal, 54, and Cecil Rosenthal, 59 The two brothers were very involved in the local Jewish community. “Neither … Continue reading →

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Terror on Shabbat: Israeli family massacred in Halamish

Posted on 23 July 2017 by

The news after Shabbat was the worst possible kind. On Friday night, an Israeli family celebrating the birth of a new grandson were brutally massacred by a Palestinian terrorist who entered their home and stabbed 3 of them to death, … Continue reading →

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The 87th anniversary of the 1929 Hebron Massacre

Posted on 24 August 2016 by

On this day 87 years ago one of the worst Arab massacres of Jews occurred in the ancient Jewish city of Hebron. Prof. William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection has written an excellent recounting of the horrific events of the 1929 … Continue reading →

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Lies of Olympic proportions and other Olympian crimes against Jews

Posted on 9 August 2016 by

The Olympic Games are under way in Rio and as usual, Israel and the Palestinians are in the news for all the wrong reasons. Let’s start with the standard “Israeli is oppressing us” libels.  A recent iteration on the medieval … Continue reading →

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Shiva Asar B’Tammuz 5776 – time for an antisemitism update

Posted on 24 July 2016 by

Religious Jews the world over are marking the fast of 17th of Tammuz today (since the 17th fell on Shabbat, the fast has been deferred to today, the 18th). The fast day, from sunrise to sunset, marks the start of … Continue reading →

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The Valentine’s Day massacre of 1349 and the 120th anniversary of Herzl’s opus

Posted on 14 February 2016 by

For those of you celebrating Valentine’s day I apologize for ruining the mood of the day. But I came across a Facebook post (via Hadassah) which told the story of a massacre which I had never heard of until today. … Continue reading →

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