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Listen To Asaf Romirowsky’s Lecture Here!
If you missed Romirowsky’s recent talk have no fear! You can view and listen to his lecture here!
Read moreThe BDS “Movement” Harms Palestinians and Discourages Peace
There are some well-intentioned people – both in Santa Fe and elsewhere – who support the BDS “movement” because they believe it will help bring about peace. Are you one of them? If you are, understand that you are actually […]
Read morePolitical Advocacy Is a Lifelong Marathon, Not a Sprint
by Halley S. Faust This blog posting is based on an article published in the New Mexico Jewish Link in June, 2018. It has been updated with additional information about our newly elected House members for the first (ABQ) and […]
Read moreThe Boycott Against Israel: Myths and Facts – Asaf Romirowsky, PhD
Audrey Goldings introduces the program to 120 audience participants present for the presentation by Asaf Romirowsky, PhD (below) On Sunday, January 6, 2019 Wall Street Journal and New Republic contributor and Middle East expert Asaf Romirowsky, PhD presented “The Boycott Against Israel: […]
Read moreBDS Is, Simply, Wrong. Why? Read On…
What forced 500 Palestinian families to lose good-paying, high quality jobs in the West Bank? No, it wasn’t Israel, it was anti-Israel action through what is known as BDS, or the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. These 500 Palestinian families […]
Read moreHarrigan, Keltz, Upcoming Events in Santa Fe
In this blog issue: Kristina Harrigan’s New Mexican My View about the Lannan Foundation’s speakers. New Mexican prints Iris Keltz’s inaccuracies about Israel’s Nation-State Basic law Announcements TBS’ Israel at 70 Speaker, Nirit Bernstein Santa Fe Jewish Film Festival presents Ronen […]
Read moreYasher Koach to Joe Eigner and Nancy Murray
Media Activism Both Joe Eigner and Nancy Murray had letters to the editor published in the New Mexican on Friday, August 24, 2018. They are reprinted below along with the letters to which they are responding. Bravo Joe When he […]
Read moreACTION ALERT: Gaza on the Plaza – Jewish Voice for Peace Supports Terrorists
On April 1 the Santa Fe New Mexican published “Santa Fe Plaza protest condemns deaths of Palestinians.” This story about the terrorist-supporting, pro-Boycott, anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) lays bare the JVP’s real aim: the elimination of a […]
Read moreTake Action: Refute Inaccurate Haas Op-Ed in the New Mexican
Reproduced below is a highly biased, misleading, and propagandistic article, “Learn about the children of Gaza,” published in the New Mexican on December 2, 2017. The article decries the current conditions in Gaza. Such conditions may be difficult, yet the article doesn’t […]
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