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The Shomer: Temple Sinai Welcomes The Green Prince To Tell His Story Of Growing Up In ‘A Death Cult’
“Hamas is literally a death cult.”
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The Shomer: Jews Are Not Your Political Football
“There is no place for antisemitism in the State of Colorado.”Governor Jared Polis spoke briefly last night at Temple Emanuel in Denver to a standing-room only crowd commemorating the first anniversary of the terrorist massacre and hostage-taking incursion into Israel staged by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.
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The Shomer: Racist Sign Poster Charged, But No Culprits Identified for Antisemitic Sign Posters
It was late March when the professional-looking, xenophobic and racist signs popped up along the E. Colfax corridor near the Capitol building in Denver. And then more appeared in late August.
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The Shomer: 5 Americans Still In Hamas Captivity
What’s the first really big news story you can remember?
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The Shomer: Vicious Antisemite Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
It was just days before the unprecedented terrorist attack that Hamas staged against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, when U.S. federal officials returned an indictment against 67-year-old Indiana resident Andrzej Boryga.
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The Shomer: It’s the First Day of Passover. And Pogroms Loom.
Every year of my life, my family has hosted a Seder on Passover. From my earliest memories, my mother did all the cooking — matzoh ball soup, brisket, chicken, Hungarian meatballs, matzoh kugel — and my father conducted the Seder.
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Let’s Talk About Genocide
Genocide has a very specific definition, which has become muddied in the waters of the Gaza conflict. The best illustration of why this conflict does not meet the legal standards of a genocide was provided by the Jan. 26 International Court of Justice ruling in the case South Africa brought against the government of Israel. In that ruling, they were careful to *not* rule that Israel is committing genocide. Indeed, while the court expressed concern that some of the acts alleged by South Africa (who filed the suit) taken by Israel, “appear to be capable of falling within the provisions of the Genocide Convention,” the ICJ didn’t even go as far as to order a ceasefire. The ICJ abides by the United Nations Genocide Convention of 1948 and the definition of the term therein. Here’s that definition as laid out in Article II of the Convention:
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The Shomer: The Sophisticated 23-Year Plot To Ignite a Global Campaign of Jewish Hate
It was a test run. A proof of concept. A dress rehearsal.