A video about the ways that many Sephardim celebrate Purim. Sara Malka's videos are always interesting. 🙂 (And yes, I know, there are some minor factual errors in this, but it doesn't detract from the beauty of the video.)
"Trump wants everyone to believe that Jews=Israel, but this is an extraordinarily dangerous idea. It’s not an accident that it’s exactly what today is being used to justify antisemitism directed against Jews. …
Trump himself seems to believe that if he says this often enough, eventually Jews will start moving toward the GOP."
"If there’s any good news, it’s that at a moment when American Jewish opposition toward the current Israeli government has probably never been higher, the effort to turn Jews into Republicans is particularly likely to fail.
It isn’t any mystery why. First, most American Jews are liberals, not because they’ve been deceived about who their real friends are, but because their people have a historical experience of oppression and value justice."
"Second, Jews despise Donald Trump — according to a recent Pew Research Center poll, 79 percent have an unfavorable view of him — regardless of his support for Israel, because he’s exactly the kind of dangerous authoritarian bigot they’ve been running from for centuries."
21 March 1936 | A French Jewish girl, Gitla Smutek, was born in Paris.
She arrived at Auschwitz on 29 September 1942 in a transport of 1,004 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among the 698 people murdered after selection in gas chambers.
20 March 1943 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Bernhard Sanders, was born in Schalkwijk.
He arrived at Auschwitz on 27 January 1944 in a transport of 948 Jews deported from Westerbork with his mother Johanna and father Willem. All three were probably murdered in a gas chamber.
Thanks to Israel, the fascist crimes on which it's built & the genocidal **** crimes it's committing for multiple generations since, incl ones it's committing now with such brazenness, I am afraid there is legitimate increase in anti-Semitism that I can see on hell site.
It's not just Jewish fascists that are from Israel or those who support this Jewish fascist state of Israel who cry wolf to shield Israel from all its crimes & attack those who seek justice, rather there is genuine anti-Semitism ****-right is pushing so much forcefully & trying to mainstream, which unfortunately I see non-insignificant chunk of non-Jews seems to be buying into (based on what I looked at on hell site), falling for the de-legitimisation campaign against Jewish people suffering from the past.
I saw multiple Jewish people mentioning the harm Israel is doing to not just Palestinians but also the safety of Jews all around the world. Unfortunately, this cycle only goes up the longer the fascist entity is allowed to commit crimes, gaslight & behave like deranged psychopath with no remorse.
Jewish Americans opposing American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the most powerful wing of Israel's lobbying in the US, write,
"In contrast to AIPAC, we are American Jews who believe that US support for foreign governments should only be extended to those that respect the full human and civil rights, and right to self-determination, of all people."
20 March 1911 | Polish Jewish woman, Jenna Einhorn was born in Warsaw. She emigrated to France.
Deported to Auschwitz from Drancy on 30 June 1944.
No. A-8606
She was transferred to Theresienstadt and liberated there.
She died in hospital in Lariboisière on 7 June 1945.
"Anti-Jewish targeted hate crimes have risen drastically in Tronto (sic) since the start of 2024 and since the October 7 Hamas perpetrated massacre. 989 hate crime calls have been reported."
18 March 1935 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Mirjam Hoogstraal (left), was born in Apeldoorn.
In February 1944 she was transferred from Westerbork to Theresienstadt and deported to Auschwitz on 4 September 1944. She was murdered in the gas chamber with her sister Johanna Wilhelmina.
#Israel / [l’état-c’est-moi] Netanyahu: Israel won't give in to int'l pressure trying to end war, force elections
As expected, Netanyahu seems to be melding criticism of his personal leadership with criticism of #Israel's policies and actions, leaving no nuance or separation between the two in his comments.
Netanyahu criticized international pressure trying to end Israel's military operation in Gaza before achieving its goals. He also accused the international community of making "false accusations" against Israel's military, government and himself in an attempt to stop the war prematurely.