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 […]
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Yasher Koach to Kristina Harrigan, Scott Levin, Julia Bell re: Claytoonz
Once again the SF Reporter editor, Julie Ann Grimm, exhibited poor judgment by re-printing the anti-Semitic Claytoonz cartoon that we first reported in a posting on May 17. There was no cause to repeat such repugnant behavior. Grimm felt the […]
Read moreBetween dignity and cruelty; “Disproportionate”; Kudos to Lance Bell; Roadmap to Jerusalem
The Attempted Gaza Invasion – Between Dignity and Cruelty There have been many articulate, rational, explications of what has happened with the attempted Gaza invasion of Israel in the past few weeks. The sermon delivered by Temple Beth Shalom’s Rabbi […]
Read moreThe SF Reporter Displays No Wisdom, Just Repugnance
What do you think of this cartoon, published in the Santa Fe Reporter, May 16-22, 2018? “The Wisdom of Repugnance” In the June 2, 1997 issue of the New Republic, bioethicist Leon Kass argues in his article about human cloning (underline added): “Offensive.” […]
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 moreThis Just In: Abbas Buys $60million Airplane for Personal Use
CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, points out: CAMERA SnapShot (Blog): http://blog.camera.org/archives/2018/01/_wheres_the_coverage_palestini_2.html January 25, 2018 Where’s the Coverage? Palestinian Leader Buys $50 Million Private Jet The President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas, has bought […]
Read moreMore on the Haas’ My View, Jerusalem
It’s been a busy week for pro- and anti-Israel writings in the New Mexico media. Yasher Koach to Ruth Moss (“Israel not to blame for Palestinian suffering”), Berel Levertov (“Community Celebrates Chanukah Together”), Zach Benjamin (“Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, Period”), for […]
Read moreKristina Harrigan in the New Mexican – Yasher Koach!
Briefly: L’Shana Tovah U’Metukah – a happy and sweet New Year to all. Making New Year resolutions? We suggest: resolve for the year 5778 to use your shofar to expand your pro-Israel voice through media and political advocacy, and volunteering […]
Read more(1) A Rabbi’s Response, published on Tish’a B’Av; (2) Iran fomented Palestinian Temple Mount Riots
Yashar Koach to Rabbi Levertov, in the Letters to the Editor in the Santa Fe New Mexican, August 1, 2017, as we remember on this Tish’a B’Av: A grandfather, his son and daughter, Yosef, Elad and Chaya Salomon, are butchered to death in […]
Read more(1) Misleading Headlines; (2) Populism; (3) “Words=Violence?”; (4) Jewish Federation of New Mexico
Misleading Headlines and the Temple Mount: “3 Palestinians and 3 Israelis die in new violence.” We’ve seen it before in the Santa Fe New Mexican – headlines that attempt equivalency when none really exists. The text in this article from July […]
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