Topics of Interest

Photo: Former Israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett, speaks at Duke University, March 22, 2023 In our new world order, a small, very aggressive and vocal minority of university students can decide what all their fellow students do–and do not–get to hear. Listening to a variety of information and opinions, formerly […]

Photo: Anti-Israel protesters attack pro-Israel counter-protesters in Raleigh, NC on May 13, 2023 What does Jew-hatred feel like? A punch in the gut. Literally. Let me explain. On May 13, a “Nakba” rally was held in Raleigh, N.C. It was one of many such rallies held around the USA. These events […]

Caption: Steve Schewel (center) with an anti-Israel candidate Nida Allam (left), and city council member Javiera Caballero, who supported the 2018 BDS resolution Some Antisemitism Bull in Durham Why would a synagogue invite an antisemitism promulgator onto a panel to instruct the community about antisemitism? Why invite a person who […]

A Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) Article Reminds Us That Jews Should Fight For Jewish Lives Many people are familiar with the names of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and more recently, Shireen Abu Akleh. However, few people know of Doris Yahbas, Moshe Kravitsky, Lora Yitzhak and Menachem Yehezkel, who were run […]

Caption: Susan Newman teaches Holocaust Education at Carrboro High School As the years pass since the Holocaust, there are fewer witnesses to tell the story. Younger generations are ill informed about the genocide against the Jewish people. A Pew study in 2020 showed that 48 percent of U.S. Millennial and […]

Caption: Displaced Iraqi Jews, 1951 Most people are unaware of the one million Jewish refugees from Arab lands since Israel was established. They don’t know how that these Jews suffered discrimination, pogroms and violence in places like Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Algeria, Tunisia. They don’t know that most Muslim […]