From Helen Freedman: Were back from a short break and apologize for being out of touch with our members and readers when every day there are so many critical issues that need to be addressed. Fortunately, our Chairman, Mark Langfan, continues to write tirelessly for Arutz Sheva and other outlets, so that the AFSI message is always out there. AFSI offers our most sincere condolences to MK Yuli Edelstein, on the loss of his beloved wife, Tatiana (Tanya). Both Yuli and Tatiana were refuseniks in the former Soviet Union before making aliyah. In Israel, Tatiana worked as a civil engineer for the Israeli Aviation Authority and Yuli, who became a good friend of AFSIs during the struggle to save Gush Katif, is now Speaker of the Knesset. We pray that the family will know no more sorrows and that they will be comforted among the mourners of Zion. AFSI offers sincere condolences to the family of long-time AFSI member Ruth Schnall. Baruch Dayan Emet. Kudos to Scarlett Johansson for ignoring the ridiculous boycott of SodaStream and agreeing to be the spokeswoman for the popular make your own soda at home product from Maale Edumim, a large community in disputed eastern Jerusalem. The BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanction) crowd ignores the fact that the SodaStream plant employs 1100 workers - mostly Arabs from Judea and Samaria, who, under Israeli law, get paid the same salary as the Jewish workers, which is more than ten times what they might get in the Arab world. Im glad to say that I own and enjoy the product and gift SodaStream to all my friends and family to whom I wish to give a special treat. I urge everyone to buy the product for themselves. Kudos also to CAMERA for its giant billboard in plain view of the NY Times bulding in NYC. The billboard reads, Would a great newspaper slant the News against Israel? The NEW YORK TIMES does. The ad continues, accusing the Times of Misrepresenting facts, omitting key information, and skewing headlines and photos. It concludes with the demand, STOP THE BIAS. CAMERA plans to keep the billboard up for the next six months. We loudly applaud CAMERA for this action and I must add that I cancelled my NY Times subscription years ago when I became aware of the relentless attacks against Israel, not only in their editorials and op-eds, but actually within the reporting itself. We encourage readers to cancel their subscriptions also, if, indeed, they are still subscribers
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 01:06:37 +0000
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