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Articles
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‘RUCK’ & ROLL
From rugby to netball, squash to tennis, the 21st Maccabiah is “rocking”
By David E. Kaplan

After recent years of few tourists to Israel, Israel is flooded with visitors to the world’s third biggest sporting event – the Maccabiah. Even President Biden was present for the Opening Ceremony of the “Jewish Olympics” in Jerusalem. How important is the “Jewish Olympics” today?
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ANTISEMITIC “MAPPING PROJECT” EXPOSES BDS’ REAL AGENDA
Is a Kristallnacht in the USA farfetched or a real possibility?
By Eitan Fischberger and Arsen Ostrovsky

A new website endangering the Jewish community of America by targeting Jewish institutions in Massachusetts, includes a high school, a center for people with disabilities, student groups, synagogues, newspapers, Jewish-run charities, and even a center for Jewish arts. The writers appeal to prevent a future Kristallnacht on American soil!
ANTISEMITIC “MAPPING PROJECT” EXPOSES BDS’ REAL AGENDA
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A 101 -YEAR-OLD-NAZI CONVICTED
Late justice is still justice
By Dr. Efraim Zuroff

“One could sense the tension as the judge entered the courtroom, and everyone stood up,” notes the writer who was instrumental in bringing Josef Schütz to this long-awaited point. A long life also meant that the unrepentant Nazi lived long enough to hear a German judge sentence him for being an accessory to mass murder.
A 101 -YEAR-OLD-NAZI CONVICTED
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