NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 21: For the fifth day, pro-Palestinian students occupy a central lawn on the Columbia University campus, on April 21, 2024 in New York City. Earlier in the week over 100 students were arrested by the police and suspended by the university for demonstrating against the war in Gaza and demanding the University divest from Israel. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Hamas College Takeovers

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Over the past week, we have seen anti-Israel college takeovers with protestors openly declaring their desire to kill Jews and to render Israel—from the river to the sea—Juden Rein. The brazen tactics and bullying have left many Jewish students and faculty members afraid to venture onto campus. As we approach …

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Yom Hazikaron: We Remember

Submitted by Lazer Gurkow on May 10, 2019 – 9:23 amNo Comment | 1,867 views

Sweeping vista
Lifeless plane
Victory hollow
Heart of pain

Land mass strewn
friend and foe
Lie forever
Battle throe

Sand storm rising
Sinai beckons
A soul asunder
Wanders, reckons

Patience try
Today on high
Was it worth it
An anguished sigh

A rising wave
A tidal crest
We won the war
We lost our best

Victory sweet
A price so steep
Oh please dear G-d
My brother keep

Sinai captured
Fires cease
Dead, secure
A lasting peace

Will our neighbors
See the light
Will they give up
The endless fight

Your loss protected
The lives of others
A grateful country
Sisters brothers

You gave your life
You formed a nation
A sacrifice
For generations

In death you serve
We cry forever
We live for you
But see you never

Your body broken
A missile a mine
Your soul complete
A sacred shrine

A burning coal
A glowing ember
Eternal hero
We remember

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