Analysis
Thursday, September 26th 2019
By Jacques Chitayat Strange things happen every day, so often that one can easily become indifferent when reading an outrageous and bizarre headline. Still, when Linda Sarsour, the infamous Palestinian-American political activist, announced that she would be Bernie Sanders’ campaign surrogate, many an eyebrow must have risen. Indeed, this close alliance between a Jewish presidential […]
Friday, September 13th 2019
Frederick Krantz One of the most enduring modern images summing up mankind’s indomitable drive for freedom was the deeply moving image of a single unarmed man in a white shirt courageously bringing a massive, hulking Red Army tank column to a halt, during the ultimately crushed June 1989 Tienanmen Square student demonstrations. Today, […]
Tuesday, September 10th 2019
Despite a shared heritage, successful careers with the White House, and even similar physical features, Stephen Miller and Jonathan Greenblatt receive different treatment by Jewish leadership. By Ray McCoy There is a legend, unproven as many are, that when he heard that George Washington had surrendered his military commission to Congress thereby […]
Wednesday, September 4th 2019
Doris Strub Epstein For half a century, Israel was accused of just about every atrocity under the sun. This particular accusation, though, takes the cake. In case you missed it, a new term has joined the entourage of anti-Israel jargon making the scene in today’s universities – veganwashing. What is veganwashing, you ask? It’s supposedly […]
Thursday, August 8th 2019
By Ray McCoy While it was founded in response to the IDF’s Operation Protective Edge in 2014, IfNotNow has broadened its activities and intensified its campaign to change the course of US foreign policy in the Middle East, as well as change the attitudes of North American Jews towards supporting Israel. Much of the organization’s […]
Thursday, August 1st 2019
JACQUES CHITAYAT Any student enrolled in a Montreal university can quickly encounter displays of pure or Israel-related antisemitism. BDS groups and ordinary students bashing Israel and spreading outrageous lies about the country and often, about all Jews, is an unfortunate reality. Ideally, this should concern every student wanting to fight discrimination. I just completed […]
Wednesday, July 24th 2019
by Asaf Romirowsky Mark Lilla’s superb book, The Once and Future Liberal After Identity Politics, correctly describes the zeitgeist of identity politics in American society today especially, within left-wing circles. Lilla correctly observes that democratic politics is about persuasion, not self-expression. “I’m here, I’m queer,” will never provoke more than a pat […]
Thursday, July 11th 2019
Wednesday, July 10th 2019
By Ray McCoy Progressive Jewish circles were always divided on whether to support Israel and even during the early stages of the modern Zionist movement, there was a counterreaction from an anti-Zionist Jewish Labour Federation (“Bund”). Indeed, even among the pro-Israel Jewish community, there is controversy over full-fledged support for Israel, the two-state […]
Wednesday, July 3rd 2019
BY JACQUES CHITAYAT Since the beginning of June, military escalation in the Middle East has been taking place in real time: first, a spokesman for the Iran Atomic Agency announced on June 17th that within the coming days, Iran would be exceeding their limit of low-grade uranium that they were allowed to stockpile […]
Friday, June 14th 2019
By Jacques Chitayat On the evening of June 11th, over a hundred guests were gathered in Montreal’s Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue for an event hosted by the CIJR. Its Chairman, Jack Kincler, began the program by welcoming the event’s distinguished guests, such as former Justice Minister and Attorney General Irwin Cotler, Israel’s Consul General […]
Tuesday, June 11th 2019
By Jacques Chitayat On June 1st, Canada’s Jewish community braced for the annual display of hate, lies, and antisemitism directed against Jews and Israel expressed during “Al-Quds day”. Parades took place in various Canadian cities, the most notable one […]
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