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Jay Zeidman Oct 30, 2024 I thought I’d start today’s update with a report that really highlights the antisemitic degeneracy that has infected our schools, from New York to California. Antisemitism in NYC schools fueled by foreign actors, activist educators: report by Susan Edelman and Deirdre Bardolf with the New York Post An “Arab World” classroom map at Brooklyn’s PS 261 […]

Today’s report is long – as I tried to capture some of the breaking analysis from Israel’s attack in Iran this weekend, now called Operation Days of Repentance, in which all Israeli military aircraft and personnel returned safely to Israel after a successful operation. The Iran Attack From the Times of Israel: Israel launched a long-awaited retaliatory strike

Jay Zeidman Oct 23, 2024 Situational Update   Ynet reports: The IDF confirmed late on Tuesday that senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine was killed in a targeted strike early in October after reports that his body was found in the destroyed Hezbollah bunker three weeks after the attack. Safieddine, Nasrallah’s cousin was considered to be his successor

Jay Zeidman Oct 20, 2024 Situational Update Per FDD, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu charged Iran’s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah with attempting to assassinate him after a drone targeted his coastal home on October 19. Neither Netanyahu nor his wife were present at their home in the coastal town of Caesarea during the attack, and no casualties were

Jay Zeidman Oct 18   Earlier today, Israel confirmed that Yahya Sinwar, the terrorist who orchestrated the horrific events of October 7th and took 251 innocent hostages, was killed. I write tonight with some sense of justice, similar to what many of us may have felt after learning about the death of 9/11’s terrorist mastermind, Osama

I hope everyone who observed Yom Kippur, our Day of Atonement, had an easy fast and as we say in Hebrew, “G’mar chatima tova” (May you be sealed in the Book of Life). Today’s lengthy Sunday update mostly focuses on reflections of October 7th and the multi-front, year-long year that Israel is engaged in. Thank

Jay Zeidman Oct 02, 2024 I first want to wish all of our readers who celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, a sweet, healthy, and happy holiday. It is truly impossible to think about the range of emotions we have all experienced over the past year. Please continue to pray for the people of

By now, I’m sure you know that Israel successfully eliminated the longtime leader of Hezbollah on Friday, a terrorist organization that has killed Jews, Muslims, Christians, and many more, including 241 US military personnel and 58 French paratroopers in a 1983 suicide bombing. The news has moved fast over the past few days, with additional

Situational Update The IDF reports that Ibrahim Muhammad Qabisi, the Commander of Hezbollah’s Missiles and Rockets Force, was eliminated by an IAF airstrike in Beirut. Qabisi was eliminated alongside additional central commanders in Hezbollah’s Missiles and Rockets Force. Hezbollah urged Iran in recent days to launch an attack against Israel as fighting between the Lebanese militant group and the

Jay Zeidman Sep 22, 2024 I thought Israeli journalist Marc Schulman summed up the past few days quite well: The significance of the successes in Lebanon cannot be overstated. The two days of explosions created chaos within Hezbollah and dismantled what they believed to be a secure communication network. This destruction led to a decision that, in