Analysis
Wednesday, April 25th 2012
The Canadian Institute for Jewish Research held its first National Conference in Toronto at Shaarei Hashomayim Congregation on Sunday, 22 April, 2012, 12:00 noon to 3:30 p.m., on “Israel’s Threatened Security: The Failed ‘Arab Spring’, Iran’s Imminent Bomb, and U.S. Foreign Policy, before a large and enthusiastic c audience. Professor Frederick Krantz, Director of CIJR, […]
Tuesday, April 10th 2012
The “Arab Spring” began with a popular uprising in Tunisia a year ago, then spread to Egypt, where Hosni Mubarak, quickly abandoned by America, fell after a few weeks of demonstrations in Cairo. From Egypt it moved to oil-rich Libya, where—with the aid of NATO, and with Barack Obama “leading from behind”—Ghaddafi was finally overthrown […]
Thursday, March 29th 2012
The Dachau concentration camp display entitled Names Instead of Numbers [currently in Winnipeg] is not a Holocaust exhibit. The victims of the Hitler regime were indeed diverse but the victims of the Holocaust were Jewish. This is a fundamental distinction and one that requires further elaboration given recent press coverage (see links below). It […]
Tuesday, March 20th 2012
The “Arab Spring” began with a popular uprising in Tunisia a year ago, then spread to Egypt, where Hosni Mubarak, quickly abandoned by America, fell after a few weeks of demonstrations in Cairo. From Egypt it moved to oil-rich Libya, where—with the aid of NATO intervention, with Barack Obama “leading from behind”—Ghaddafi was finally overthrown […]
Sunday, March 18th 2012 / Tuesday, March 20th 2012
The following article was written by Rabbi Menachem Posner of Montreal’s Congregation Shomrim Laboker following CIJR’s recent Community Colloquium at the synagogue (Click HERE to view pictures of the event.) “Israel is now worse off than before the Arab spring,” was the gist of the fact-filled talks given at a March 4th colloquium co-sponsored […]
Monday, March 12th 2012 / Monday, March 12th 2012
Homogenous units based along tribal lines may be the prescription for Middle East stability, says Mordechai Kedar, whose experience in IDF Intelligence, fluent Arabic, and outspoken views have made him an official Israeli spokesperson to the Arabic media. “We know this because the most stable Arab countries are the Gulf Emirates and every Emirate is […]
Monday, March 12th 2012
Imagine for a moment that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini, at a Martyrs’ Day rally in Tehran, repeated his longstanding call for both the UK and France to be wiped off the map. Imagine then, that after failing for nearly a decade to persuade Iran to abort its nuclear program through diplomatic overtures and intensifying […]
Friday, March 2nd 2012
Benjamin Brown, The Hazon Ish: Halakhist, Believer and Leader of the Haredi Revolution [Hebrew] (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 2011). xiv + 951 pages, + English summary. ISBN: 978-965 -493-528-9 Haredi Judaism, also known as “ultra-Orthodoxy”, is much in the news recently. It has come to be seen as a strong and controversial force on the […]
Tuesday, February 21st 2012
As we enthusiastically follow the “Arab Spring” overthrow of Arab tyrants and dictators, we think, and hope, that “the Arab street” is calling out for democracy and human rights, and that Arab societies are becoming more humane civil societies. But our enthusiasm and expectations are based less on an understanding of the Middle East and […]
Thursday, February 16th 2012
Greenspahn, Frederick, ed. Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah: New Insights and Scholarship. New York: New York University Press, 2011. xviii + 250 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8147-3286-1 If there is any area within the field of Jewish studies that has captured the imagination of people beyond the academy, it is kabbala. A person walking into a bookstore […]
Monday, February 13th 2012
According to Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, “Canada does not stand behind Israel; Canada stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel.” And he’s right. Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s leadership, Canada has unquestionably assumed the mantle, previously held by the U.S., of “Israel’s best friend.” This stems primarily from the fact that Canada’s current government […]
Wednesday, December 21st 2011 / Wednesday, February 15th 2012
Israel, the Jewish people’s miraculously reborn state, faces many serious and concerning current issues. Nevertheless, it is good from time to time to stand back from the periodic crises in order to appreciate the modern democratic polity’s resilient, ongoing strength and truly remarkable achievements. That Israel confronts many cascading and reinforcing threats is self-evident. […]
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