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Articles
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From Ben to Charlie
A saga of ships and the men who ‘sailed’ into modern day Israeli history
By David E. Kaplan
Listening this week to a webinar on Ben Hecht, the great US Jewish novelist, playwright and iconic screenwriter, instantly unlocked a historic gem revealing something in common with a volunteer from South Africa in Israel’s War of Independence. The gem? A ship – the S.S. Ben Hecht.
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Jews who fought back during the Holocaust
By Gabriel Groisman, Mayor of Bal Harbour, Florida.
Too often we hear people ask, “Why didn’t the Jews resist?” The response from the late Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laurette Elie Wiesel is – “The question is not why all the Jews did not fight, but how so many of them did.” The writer reveals some of the inspiring stories of those that fought back.
Jews who fought back during the Holocaust
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False Alarm
NGO sensationalizes false narrative of Israeli ‘Apartheid’ to keep donor taps running
By Shaun Sacks
In a cycle of deceit, ‘information’ providers like the NGO B’Tselem spew out factually contrived Israeli ‘wrongdoings’, which the international media then presents in sensationalized reportage. The writer exposes this assault on Israel and the truth.
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