SEATTLE – About one hundred anti-Israel activists gathered in Seattle’s Westlake Park today to commemorate the day in 1948 in which five Arab armies failed in their stated desire to exterminate the Jews… Continue reading
To whom can embattled Jewish students turn when often their own Jewish studies professors share the same sentiments as their tormenters?
Seattle – On April 12th, The University of Washington Stroum Center for Jewish Studies will host Ivy Sichel, Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who will lecture on Hebrew… Continue reading
Anti-Israel activists thought it would be easy to stop an “Israeli” ship from being offloaded in the Seattle port, they were in for a big surprise.
Responding to community concerns following a TMR exposé, organizers of Seattle Limmud have reconsidered restrictions they had placed on pro-Israel presentations at their two day educational seminar. Limmud announced in a Facebook post last… Continue reading
Limmud is an international phenomenon, the festival of Jewish learning being embraced by dozens of Jewish communities worldwide from Moscow to Mexico. In most cities the Limmud festival has been met with enthusiasm,… Continue reading
Rabbi David Basior’s Kadima Congregation & Cong. Kol Ami’s Rabbi Kinberg join BDS friendly group in anti-Israel protest. Shielding themselves from the persistent Seattle drizzle, about a dozen protesters huddled under a protective overhang… Continue reading
Less than a week after Seattle’s Temple De Hirsch Sinai was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, the Seattle congregation is hosting Rabbi David Basior, a man who vigorously embraces and promotes the Boycott, Divestment… Continue reading
FEDERATION REMOVES KADIMA PURIM EVENT FROM COMMUNITY CALENDAR “WE DON’T CONDONE ANTI-SEMITISM OR VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND” Readers of The Mike Report expressed shock and disbelief upon learning that Rabbi David Basior and… Continue reading
Radical Rabbi recruits Seattle Jews to harass Israeli authorities.
Taxpayer funded voter’s guide provides platform for Jew hatred and Shoah denial.
With his ready smile and gentle demeanor Rabbi David Basior’s disarming persona has earned him a loyal following as spiritual leader of the Kadima Reconstructionist Community of Seattle, WA. This past Shavuot the… Continue reading
As Seattle’s Jewish community becomes increasingly divided over the question of what constitutes support of Israel, the Stroum Center at UW has for the most part managed to remain above the fray, until now.… Continue reading
Jews the world over will soon be celebrating Passover, the Jewish Holiday of liberation. For most, Passover is a joyous celebration where friends and family gather to recount the miraculous events leading the Israelites… Continue reading
UW PROF GRABS HUSKY MOM’S IPAD TO STOP HER FROM RECORDING ANTI-ISRAEL LECTURE A recent study found that more than half of all Jewish college students have experienced anti-Semitism on US campuses, that… Continue reading
Palestine and the Public Sphere, the controversial initiative of the University of Washington’s Simpson Center for the Humanities, proclaims as its purpose – “to create possibilities for more sustained, open, and critical exchange” on the… Continue reading
On Shabbat morning, January 31st Jason Bernhard, a member of the AEPI Jewish fraternity at UC Davis had just left his frat house when he saw the hated symbol spray painted on the side… Continue reading
In perhaps one of the more interesting, if not transparent responses to calls for the boycott of Israeli academics, a group of professors, including Israeli Professor Yomi Braester at the University of Washington, has called… Continue reading
Back in 2010 when the Olympia Food Co-Op passed a boycott against carrying Israeli goods in their store, a small group of pro-Israel co-op members challenged what they saw as unethical procedural manipulations used… Continue reading
UNIONS SLAM BDS BLOCKTHEBOAT ACTIVISTS AS ANTI WORKER As predicted earlier this week by Pro Israel Bay Bloggers, the Zim Djbouti sailed in and out of the Port of Seattle today, unloading its… Continue reading
