Analysis
Sunday, October 2nd 2016 / Thursday, October 6th 2016
Rosh Hashanah 5777 Baruch Cohen According to tradition, Rosh Hashanah, the “New Year” and Yom Kippur, the Day of Judgement, are “Yomim Noraim”, “days of awe” – solemn days. The significance, history, and message of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are embodied in the great treasures of Jewish […]
Friday, September 30th 2016 / Thursday, October 6th 2016
As U.S. Election Looms, Terror Bombings at Home & Marginalization in M.E. Portend a Difficult Year Ahead Frederick Krantz As the November Presidential election approaches, several recent events underline the U.S.’s increasingly dangerous domestic and foreign situations. A series of bombing incidents (the perpetrator, an Afghan Muslim […]
Thursday, September 29th 2016 / Thursday, October 6th 2016
As the November Presidential election approaches, several recent events underline the U.S.’s increasingly dangerous domestic and foreign situations. A series of bombing incidents (the perpetrator, an Afghan Muslim terrorist, was quickly caught) occurred across the September 17-18 weekend. One exploded pipe-bomb caused 29 casualties in Manhatten, another exploded harmlessly in a Jersey […]
Thursday, September 1st 2016 / Thursday, September 1st 2016
Cary Nelson, Dreams Deferred: A Concise Guide to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict & the Movement to Boycott Israel. MLA Members for Scholars Rights and Indiana University Press, 2016. 396 pp. ISBN: 978-0-253-02517-3 It is not an exaggeration to say that the diverse community of supporters of Israel sees […]
Wednesday, August 31st 2016 / Wednesday, August 31st 2016
One of the salient characteristics of spiritual life in Europe in the early modern era (the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries) was an increased sensitivity to supernatural phenomena, particularly those ascribed to the demonic realm. In the Christian world in this era, this was expressed in a veritable epidemic of […]
Friday, June 10th 2016 / Friday, June 10th 2016
The festival of Shavuot underlines the spiritually significant lesson that the release from bondage and winning of political freedom does not constitute freedom unless it culminates in the spiritual discipline of duty to Am Israel, and Israel’s acceptance of the Torah. Na'aseh v'nishma: “We will do and we […]
Wednesday, May 25th 2016 / Wednesday, May 25th 2016
On May 12th 2016, the Montreal community gathered to celebrate sixty-eighth birthday at yet another beautiful celebration at Phillips Square. Of course, CIJR was front and center to join in on the festivities and march from Phillips Square to Place du Canada to show our support for Israel. Thanks to everyone who came out […]
Monday, April 25th 2016 / Monday, April 25th 2016
The Arab Middle East today remains beholden to its foundational culture, Bedouin tribal culture. We see Arabs to this day cleaving to their kin groups, their tribes, their religious sects, manifesting in their actions group loyalty, support of closer over more distant, and balanced opposition, each party defined as much by whom […]
Thursday, April 21st 2016 / Thursday, April 21st 2016
In Loving Memory of Malca z”l “And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.” (Passover Haggadah, [Exodus 1.7]) “Even the poorest Jew, a recipient of charity, must, on the eve of Passover, eat only in a […]
Wednesday, February 24th 2016
There is currently much tension in the European Union both among member countries and in their relationship with EU leaders in Brussels. As a result, the continued existence of the Schengen open borders agreement, the Euro and even the EU itself has been brought into question by leading politicians, such as EU president […]
Thursday, February 11th 2016 / Thursday, February 11th 2016
To the already-crowded military field in Syria, with its various Sunni Muslim and Alawite-Shiite militias, Iranian, Lebanese Hezbollah, and Russian actors, as well as the U.S., British, and French-led allied air coalition, we now learn that both Saudi Arabia and Turkey may also soon be directly involved. This fraught and […]
Monday, January 18th 2016 / Monday, January 18th 2016
One skill of a true statesman is the ability to learn from the experience of other countries and peoples. The number of European politicians who have managed to learn anything from Israel’s experiences over the last decades seems minimal. The outbreak and handling of the recent mass sex assaults in Cologne and other […]
Please select all the ways you would like to hear from the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research:
We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices.
