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"Where does it say that you have a contract with G-d to have an easy life?"

the Lubavitcher Rebbe



"Failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite."

Rabbi Nosson Scherman



18 Sept 2013

This is education?

Peter Martino has written an article titled Jew Hatred Officially Backed by Belgium. He writes the following:

Belgian children aged 6 to 12 are being instilled with a hatred for Jews that is so deep, that one day "Never Again" might indeed become "Over Again," and with the same victims as before: the Jews.
To continue reading and to see outrageous cartoon, click here.

Some San Diego State University students studying the Arabic language were dismayed when they were handed a map by their professor at the beginning of the semester which labeled the State of Israel as “Palestine.”
Continue reading: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/09/17/calif-college-professor-hands-out-middle-east-map-but-something-big-is-missing/

On September 15th we highlighted the fact that the BBC’s ‘Learning Zone’ website – a resource for teachers – claimed that Egypt and Syria “acted pre-emptively” when they launched the surprise attacks which began the Yom Kippur war forty years ago. 
Via the JTA we learn that the erroneous claim has been removed from the website after the JTA approached the BBC’s Head of Communications.
Read more: http://bbcwatch.org/2013/09/18/bbc-removes-claim-of-pre-emptive-yom-kippur-strike/
 
Hillary Chase writes about a high school textbook.

The authors of United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination have taken it upon themselves to change the Constitution of the United States. The high school textbook contains a summary of each Amendment that alters the initial intent in which they were created.
Continue reading: http://www.yaf.org/ChangedConstitution.aspx


Joshua Kaplowitz writes about his teaching experience in an article titled  How I Joined Teach for America—and Got Sued for $20 Million.

For those who missed the article by Ali Salim titled Hatred of Jews, below are the beginning lines.

We Muslims make the mistake of thinking Europeans really care about is, especially the Palestinians. We are wrong. Europeans simply hate the Jews more than they hate and fear us. The bitter truth is that Europeans usually intervene in a crisis only if it gives them an opportunity for Jew-bashing.
Continue reading: http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3897/hatred-of-jews

Finally, a quick reminder to those who live outside of Israel to prepare an eruv tavshilin before the start of Yom Tov.
 

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