The Tehran Times complains that Israel has too many friends on the internet. Read the story here.

It is hard to make this stuff up.

It is apparently perfectly acceptable to require that Palestinian lands be Judenrein, free of Jews.  We (our administration) are even pressuring Jews NOT to build within the borders of  Jerusalem.

It would be unconscionable to allow the Jews in Israel to make any of Israel free of Palestinians? There are 1.5 million Palestinians living in Israel as citizens.

Yet Jordon is revoking the citizenship of  thousands of  Palestinians ” to avoid a situation in which they would be “resettled” permanently in the kingdom   “  Jordan is probably the most tolerant of any of the Arab  countries toward the Palestinians: at least they are allowed to become citizens. (James Taranto WSJ)

But  wait;  King Abdullah’s Queen Rania is of  Palestinian descent.  Will she be stripped of her citizenship?

Is this not a parallel  of the story of Purim where Persian (Iranian)  King Ahasuerus is lobbied  by the evil Haman to kill the Jews but they are saved by the Jewish Queen Esther and Mordecai?

Jordon was created in the 1920’s from a significant portion of Palestine that the British set aside for the Jewish Homeland.  One could reasonably argue that the Palestinian homeland was established then.  But tribal differences have kept Jordon from being recognized as such.

Years ago during my first trip to Israel I woke up and had breakfast in the Crown Plaza in Jerusalem. As I ate I noticed that the guy making the omelet was Jewish. Then I noticed a few other guys serving juice and coffee were Jewish.

And then it hit me- everyone here was Jewish. I put my fork down and got a bit choked up because I had never been in a city or a state where I was not in a minority. (OK New York City is close). I also realized that there is no other country in the world where this is the case.

While the United States is the most tolerant and free country, there are still constant reminders that non Christians are a minority. Those who are “tolerated” are seemingly somehow a little less free than those doing the tolerating. There is a big difference between being free and being tolerated.

Americans are largely “ethno centric” especially outside of the major metropolitan areas where ethnic subcultures thrive. We have a hard time seeing beyond our religious and cultural lens. This often includes our political preference as well. Few American Christians imagine living as a minority, even when our media and culture sometimes seems hostile to Christian values (Christaphobic).

Yet I also believe that America is more understanding of much of the rest of the world than they are of us. It is rare in history for one nation to fight to free another nation without seeking material gain as a result.

America is a very special place. We just need to understand that it is not the only special place.

A riot ensued at the Shawarma King Restaurant over a non kosher hot dog.

Read the story here.

You can bet your ass I won’t order a cheese burger here.

Temple Emanu-El in Dothan Alabama is offering $50,000 for Jewish families to relocate to Dothan, Alabama.

Small southern Jewish communites have faced stagnation for decades. The large starting salaries for rabbis make them practically unaffordable for many small communities. This Alabama synagogue has taken a very bold step to stem the attrition.

Hundreds of families have applied and 60 have qualified. For the rest of this story that just has Rebel Yid written all over it go here.