"Lily's Room"

This is an article collection between June 2007 and December 2018. Sometimes I add some recent articles too.

Entries from 2014-09-01 to 1 month

Lessons we can learn

What are the lessons we can learn from the below? (Lily) Algemeiner(http://www.algemeiner.com) (1) Anti-Semitic Flyers Distributed in Sydney Again; Neo-Nazi Group Wants Jews Out of Australia , 29 September 2014The Australian Online Hate Pr…

Malaysian Jihadists in IS

Malay Mail Online(http://www.themalaymailonline.com) Eat. Pray. Jihad. Malaysians fighting for IS in Syria say Prophet demands it ,29 September 2014 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 ― Ahmad Salman Abdul Rahim chose to leave his job at a Malaysian c…

Saul Alinsky and Hillary Clinton

As for Saul Alinsky, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140610)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140629). (Lily)Spero Forum (http://www.speroforum.com) Hillary Clinton has some explaining to do about…

The Jewish New Year message

There are deep meanings in the Jewish interpretation and understanding of the Hebrew Bible. Especially, their emphasis on history (memory) should be considered as significant. (Lily)Algemeiner (http://www.algemeiner.com) (1) The Rosh Hasha…

Whither Turkey?

Algemeiner(http://www.algemeiner.com) Turkey’s Erdogan Abruptly Cancels Scheduled Meeting With Jewish Leader in New York , 23 September 2014 by Dave Bender Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday abruptly canceled a planned meetin…

Religious confluence

Some people may think that a religious confluence to celebrate‘together’concurrently in racially mixed areas could lead to 'mutual understanding' and 'peaceful coexistence'. How naive they are! (Lily) Algemeiner(http://www.algemeiner.com) …

Independence of Scotland?

No wonder! University of Edinburgh in Scotland has the Alwaleed Centre to promote ‘a better understanding of Islam through world-leading research and outreach’. Prof. Hugh Goddard knows well about the Islamic history in Scotland. And Scotl…

Arab fund and anti-Semitism

See (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=%22Daniel+Pipes%22). (Lily)1.Tablet (http://www.tabletmag.com) How Peace Negotiator Martin Indyk Cashed a Big, Fat $14.8 Million Check From Qatar One Middle Eastern nation does indeed pay …

Leonard Bernstein

As for the late Leonard Bernstein, please refer to my previous posting (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20131105). (Lily)Tablet(http://www.tabletmag.com) ‘Leonard Bernstein: An American Musician’, 16 September 2014 by Allen Shawn ・In a…

Terror Warning List

Malaysia and Indonesia are included as always in the past. (Lily) Algemeiner(http://www.algemeiner.com)Western Europe, Turkey, on Israel’s Holiday Terror Warning List; Attacks by Returning ISIS Fighters Feared , 15 September 2014by Dave Be…

Threat from Christianity?

This story is nothing new to me. You can find similar stories in the local newspaper archives at least since the 1980s. (Lily)Malaysian Insider(http://www.themalaysianinsider.com) Complainants against anti-Christian talk are being seditiou…

Shame on me?

1. Free Beacon (http://freebeacon.com) Anti-Israel Group Plots Secret BDS Vote, 11 September 2014 Aim to ram through divestment measure on Jewish Sabbathby Adam Kredo Anti-Israel activists at the City University of New York (CUNY) have lau…

Wording and funding problems

1.Tablet(http://www.tabletmag.com) Yale Chaplain Who Wrote Controversial NYT Letter Resigns, 8 Septemebr 2014 Claimed ‘best antidote’ to anti-Semitism was for Jews to pressure Israel by Yair Rosenberg Rev. Bruce Shipman, the Episcopal chap…

French Jews to America

As for this topic, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20120320)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140521)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/20140718). (Lily) Algemeiner(http://www.algemeiner.com) Major I…

M’sia for UN security council?

Union of Catholic Asian News(http://www.ucanews.com) Malaysia to face more scrutiny if elected to UN security council, 8 September 2014 Climate of repression' remains a major problem by Sheridan Mahavera for The Malaysian InsiderThere wi…

Hitler’s childhood home

Tablet(http://www.tabletmag.com) Hitler’s Childhood Home to Become a Museum, 2 September 2014 Nazi leader’s former residence in Austria will be a ‘House of Responsibility’ by Alexander Aciman Earlier this year, in an act of misguided apolo…

Rev. Dr. Mark Durie

I have long waited for these kinds of Christian discussions on current Islam/Islamism. I am especially glad to learn that Rev. Dr. Durie, an Anglican, holds firm views on this particular issue. He has done research about Aceh, too. (Lily) …

Stefan Zweig and anti-Semitism

Stefan Zweig was one of my favorite novelists in my 20s when a partial German text from "The World of Yesterday" (Die Welt von Gestern) was introduced in a radio programme I regularly listened to.See (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily/20110…