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Obama just took a parting shot at Israel — and Trump — at the UN

By abstaining — instead of vetoing the resolution, as the United States has reliably done to similar measures for decades — the Obama administration allowed the highly symbolic measure to make it through the chamber.

It was the first time in nearly 40 years that the Security Council has passed a resolution critical of Israeli settlements. It was also a firm rebuke of both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had strongly argued against it, and President-elect Donald Trump, who had taken the highly unprecedented move of weighing in Thursday and pressing for the measure to be vetoed. The measure demands that Israel “immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem,” and declares that the establishment of settlements by Israel has “no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law.” -more

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Yes, Aleppo is Part of Obama's Legacy

As you know, my Dry Bones cartoons fight against antisemitism and BDS. I distribute these Dry Bones cartoons through many channels, at no charge to you and to my other readers, but the operation costs me an annual $100,000. So how, I wondered, can I find this annual $100,000? I then thought of “the 36”. The Lamed Vavnikim. Let me explain. Medieval Jewish mystics wrestled with a baffling question; “Given the wickedness of humanity and the cruelty of the world, why doesn’t an angry Creator simply destroy his creation?” Pouring over both Biblical and “hidden” texts they deduced that in every generation there are 36 people, hidden from view, whose righteousness prevents the divine destruction of our world. In the Hebrew numerological system, the two Hebrew letters Lamed and Vav, written as a word, represents the number 36. And so the hidden righteous “thirty-sixers” who save the world are called the Lamed Vavnikim.

So how will I raise our annual budget of $100,000?
The answer is simple. But the search is difficult. I need to find my Thirty Sixers. . . . my “Lamed Vavnikim”. Thirty Six righteous people who would each give $3,000 a year to help turn this often wicked world into “a better place” (Tikun Olam).

It'll be YOUR legacy.

If you are unable to join the 36, please give what you can.

http://drybonesproject.com/give/

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BTW a great, meaningful, and really classy gift for either occasion (Hanukka or Christmas) is the fabulous Dry Bones Passover Haggadah.
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Why Trump’s Victory Makes Me Fear For My Family

My parents are good people. They made me feel safe while I was growing up; they’ve supported my goals and shared in my greatest joys and pains. They are loyal friends, phenomenal grandparents, philanthropic, well-traveled and well-read. They raised not only me but also my mentally disabled brother. You probably know where I’m going with this. They both voted for Trump.

We’ve barely spoken since the election.

The emails fly back and forth between my mother and me (my father doesn’t communicate over email; he’s old-school like that) and though I try to remain calm in the face of the emails, rife with well-researched right-wing positions, I usually devolve into yelling or tears, and end up writing or saying the same thing: How could you?

It’s not as if their votes for Trump (not in a swing state, thank God) were a huge shock, but I’d held onto some pathetic hope that they hadn’t fully crossed over. My father didn’t reveal his vote in the last two elections, but I know that my mother — after agonizing — voted for Obama. I wasn’t raised in a Republican household. My parents’ migration to the right seemed to take on real fervor in the post-9/11 Neo-Con heyday. They’re both passionate Zionists, active in AIPAC. Their love of Israel is matched by an equal fear of Muslim extremism. When I’ve expressed that I, too, love Israel, and I, too, fear Muslim extremism (as well as every other kind of extremism), they seem to look at me askance. As if I couldn’t possibly understand what is at stake.

About a decade or so ago, it became too explosive and upsetting whenever my husband and I touched on politics with my parents, and I finally declared ours a political discussion-free relationship. I argued that no one was getting any younger, that we had to preserve our bond and — perhaps most important — our children’s bond with my parents. There was no room for screaming fights anymore. No leaving restaurants. No driving away. None of us had the stomach for it anymore.During the lead-up to this election, the political elephant tromped around the room whenever we were together. I thought it could be contained, especially because we certainly had good reason to believe that Hilary would win. The Donald would live on for many of us, as a reminder that xenophobia is alive and well in the USA, but also that Alec Baldwin is a comic genius.

The morning after Election Day, I snapped. I sent the first of many emails. Where we live in Brooklyn, people are actively mourning; it’s as if there had been a death in everyone’s family on November 8.

In the days since the election we’ve heard about the uneducated bigots, the misogynists and xenophobes— “the deplorables.” These are fellow citizens; they voted and were counted.Coming together and railing about ignorance and hatred is a natural way to blow off steam, to denounce bigotry and commune as like-minded individuals in the quest between good and evil. It’s not that I don’t want to participate in these dialogues and peaceful protests; I have, and heartily, but I’m left with a racing heart, a private despondency and incredulity (my parents!). My parents are hardly deplorable. I love them. And yet, I cannot reconcile their reasoning.

Have I mentioned we are Jewish? Have I mentioned that my mother speaks about Jewish values with passionate and sacred belief? I was raised to understand the importance of social equality; the Holocaust offered us a lens through which to see the world. I hear American Jews like my parents reassure themselves that someone like Steve Bannon isn’t an anti-Semite (Alan Dershowitz says so!) and I fear this segment of American Jews is gravely missing the point. How on earth, I wonder, does being “pro-Israel” excuse this new kind of anti-Semitism, this alignment with an “alt-right” culture? Their candidate has risen to power celebrating anti-immigrant, misogynist, anti-LGBTQ, anti-Muslim and, yes, anti-Semitic rhetoric. How can this be excused?

My mother has sent me article after article about anti-Semitism in leftist circles, anti-Semitism on college campuses. I believe these are serious problems. But what will my parents have left of their Jewish values if they identify with those on the far right, whose positions they downplay or even excuse in the name of support for Israel?

Trump and his team used tactics straight from the Führer’s playbook, and I don’t see how anyone — Jew or otherwise — can be remotely comfortable with that. In the wake of Trump’s victory, and the legitimization of this “alt right,” I fear for the safety of the most vulnerable members of our society. I fear for the future of our planet and I fear the irresponsibility of climate change deniers; I fear for the loss of Jewish fellowship.

I fear for my family.

Labels: America, American Jews, Elections, Israel, Politics, President, trump, Zionist

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If you are unable to join the 36, please give what you can
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Labels: BDS, Boycott, History, Israel, Karl Marx

At a time when Jews and Christians are both the targets of Islamist terrorism around the world, it seems appropriate that we share a feeling of togetherness. It also seems appropriate to emphasize my strong opposition to Christian missionary attempts to convert Jews. This holiday season we should celebrate the joy of our sister and separate religions and so it gives me great pleasure to wish all Jews a hearty Happy Hanukka and to our Christian brothers and sisters a joyous and Merry Christmas.

Labels: Chanukah, Chanukkah, Christmas, Festival of Lights, Hanucca, Hanukka, Hanukkah, Happy Hanukka, Holiday, Jewish, Jewish Culture, religion, Santa, Santa Claus, Xmas

If you can and will become one of our Dry Bones 36 (Lamed Vavnikim) by joining this special group, just click on this Link.
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If you are unable to join the 36, please give what you can
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Labels: BDS, Boycott, Federation, Israel, Judea, Samaria, Territories, US Jewish Federation, West Bank

Every year, for the past 43 years of doing the daily Dry Bones cartoons, I face the same mind-cracking question; how to spell the name of our eight-day Festival of Lights!
The Hebrew word Chanukah (or Hanukka, Hanukkah, Chanukka, Hanucca,) means dedication and it celebrates our re-dedication of our Holy Temple in Jerusalem after its having been defiled by the Syrian/Greeks occupiers. This year the first night of Hanukka ( Hanukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah,Hanucca,) is December 24th. Have a happy!

BTW a great, meaningful, and really classy gift for the occasion is the fabulous Dry Bones Passover Haggadah.
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British University Rugby Team ‘Excited’ to Openly Support BDS With Palestinian Flag on New Uniform

A British university rugby team said it is “excited” to show support for the anti-Israel boycott movement by wearing the Palestinian flag on its uniform, the UK’s Jewish News reported on Tuesday.
The rugby team of Goldsmiths, University of London announced the addition of the flag to its newest uniform on Facebook last week, calling it “part of our Student Union’s continued commitments to supporting BDS.”
“We’re hoping through our work with Goldsmiths Palestine Society this year we can encourage more societies and clubs to endorse and raise awareness about BDS,” the team stated.-more

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If you can and will become one of our Dry Bones 36 (Lamed Vavnikim) by joining this special group, just click on this Link.
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If you are unable to join the 36, please give what you can
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"Israel’s government has accused arsonists of sparking half of a wave of wildfires that has paralysed parts of the country and forced 60,000 people to evacuate from their homes. The flames began on Tuesday but have grown more powerful because of dry weather and strong winds and by Thursday fires were raging inside the port city of Haifa. No one has been killed by the fires but several dozen people were taken to hospital and eight neighbourhoods were evacuated inside Haifa, a city of 270,000 people.

Gilad Erdan, the public security minister, said half of the roughly 200 fires has been “deliberately set”. Police said they were investigating several potential arson sites but that their main focus was on putting out the fires and carrying out evacuations. Within the febrile context of the Middle East, the fires quickly became politicised.The hashtag “Israel is burning” began to trend in several neighbouring Arab countries like Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon." -more

So how will we raise our annual budget of $100,000?
The answer is simple. But the search is difficult. We need to find our Thirty Sixers. . . . our “Lamed Vavnikim”. Thirty Six righteous people who would each give us $3,000 a year to help turn this often wicked world into “a better place” (Tikun Olam).

If you can and will become one of our Dry Bones 36 (Lamed Vavnikim) by joining this special group, just click on this Link.
http://drybonesproject.com/36/

If you are unable to join the 36, please give what you can
http://drybonesproject.com/give/

Labels: BDS, Boycott, Israel, Thanksgiving, Turkey

So how will we raise our annual budget of $100,000?
The answer is simple. But the search is difficult. We need to find our Thirty Sixers. . . . our “Lamed Vavnikim”. Thirty Six righteous people who would each give us $3,000 a year to help turn this often wicked world into “a better place” (Tikun Olam).

If you can and will become one of our Dry Bones 36 (Lamed Vavnikim) by joining this special group, just click on this Link.
http://drybonesproject.com/36/

If you are unable to join the 36, please give what you can
http://drybonesproject.com/give/

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"At the time of the United Nations vote on November 29, 1947, the Jewish community in Aleppo numbered around 10,000 and went back around two thousand years.

After the vote in favor of the partition of Palestine, the Syrian Government abetted and organized Aleppo's Arab inhabitants to attack the city's Jewish population. The exact number of those killed remains unknown, but estimates of those killed are put at around 75, with several hundred Jews wounded. Ten synagogues, five schools, an orphanage and a youth club, along with various Jewish shops and 150 houses were set ablaze and destroyed. Damaged property was estimated to be valued at US$2.5m. During the pogrom the Aleppo Codex, an important medieval manuscript of the Torah was lost and feared destroyed. The book reappeared (with pages missing) in Israel in 1958.

Following the attack, the Jewish community went into a steep decline. The wealthy Jews escaped the day after the progrom and many more fled in small groups in subsequent months. Their property was forfeited and on December 22 the Syrian Government enacted a law forbidding Jews from selling their property. Within years after the pogroms, most Jews left Aleppo, a large majority of them to Israel. By 1959, about 2,000 Jews remained in Aleppo.

As of 2012, no Jews lived in Aleppo." -more

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So how will we raise our annual budget of $100,000?
The answer is simple. But the search is difficult. We need to find our Thirty Sixers. . . . our “Lamed Vavnikim”. Thirty Six righteous people who would each give us $3,000 a year to help turn this often wicked world into “a better place” (Tikun Olam).

If you can and will become one of our Dry Bones 36 (Lamed Vavnikim) by joining this special group, just click on this Link.
http://drybonesproject.com/36/

If you are unable to join the 36, please give what you can
http://drybonesproject.com/give/

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So how will we raise our annual budget of $100,000?
The answer is simple. But the search is difficult. We need to find our Thirty Sixers. . . . our “Lamed Vavnikim”. Thirty Six righteous people who would each give us $3,000 a year to help turn this often wicked world into “a better place” (Tikun Olam).

If you can and will become one of our Dry Bones 36 (Lamed Vavnikim) by joining this special group, just click on this Link.
http://drybonesproject.com/36/

If you are unable to join the 36, please give what you can
http://drybonesproject.com/give/

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So how will we raise our annual budget of $100,000?
The answer is simple. But the search is difficult. We need to find our Thirty Sixers. . . . our “Lamed Vavnikim”. Thirty Six righteous people who would each give us $3,000 a year to help turn this often wicked world into “a better place” (Tikun Olam).

If you can and will become one of our Dry Bones 36 (Lamed Vavnikim) by joining this special group, just click on this Link.
http://drybonesproject.com/36/

If you are unable to join the 36, please give what you can
http://drybonesproject.com/give/

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If you are unable to join the 36, please give what you can
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Please help our battle against BDS and become one of our "Dry Bones 36” (Lamed Vavnikim); A group of righteous people who each give us $3,000 a year to help us defeat the danger we face. For info just click on this Link.
http://drybonesproject.com/36/

2. If you are unable to join the 36, please give what you can
http://drybonesproject.com/give/

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1. Please become one of “our Dry Bones 36” (Lamed Vavnikim); A group of righteous people who each give us $3,000 a year to help us defeat the danger we face. For info just click on this Link.
http://drybonesproject.com/36/

2. If you are unable to join the 36, please give what you can
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1. Please become one of “our Dry Bones 36” (Lamed Vavnikim); A group of righteous people who each give us $3,000 a year to help us defeat the danger we face. For info just click on this Link.
http://drybonesproject.com/36/

2. If you are unable to join the 36, please give what you can
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Labels: BDS, Campus Life, Islamophobia, rewriting history

Translation for non-Israelis: It's a 4-day weekend. Yikes!

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NOW is the time to FIGHT BACK against the BDS attempt to take over universities and colleges!
We offer you two possibilities:

1. Please become one of “our Dry Bones 36” (Lamed Vavnikim); A group of righteous people who each give us $3,000 a year to help us defeat the danger we face. For info just click on this Link.
http://drybonesproject.com/36/

2. If you are unable to join the 36, please give what you can
http://drybonesproject.com/give/

Labels: Campus Life, student debt, student loans

NOW is the time to FIGHT BACK against this BDS attempt to takeover and rewrite history!
We offer you two possibilities:

1. Please become one of “our Dry Bones 36” (Lamed Vavnikim); A group of righteous people who each give us $3,000 a year to help us defeat the danger we face. For info just click on this Link.
http://drybonesproject.com/36/

2. If you are unable to join the 36, please give what you can
http://drybonesproject.com/give/

Labels: BDS, Campus Life, Islamophobia, rewriting history, terror