Sura and Pumbedita: Stephen Schecter, New English Review, February 2019 — As soon as I came across those names in a book about the history of the Jews, I was entranced. Sura and Pumbedita, I murmured to myself, imagining them as fabled and gabled as that Ur whence Abraham ventured forth. Here his progeny had returned some fifteen centuries later, two temples destroyed, Jerusalem laid waste, the land conquered and the covenant reformulated into a millennium of Torah study.
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Antisemitism is Not Only A Jewish Problem: Joel Goldenberg, The Suburban, July 22, 2021 –– Former federal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler addressed last week what he termed an “explosive” rise in anti-Semitism globally and in Canada, most recently in light of the Israel-Hamas conflict that sparked incidents in Montreal and many other locales.
Is the ADL a greater threat to liberty than the extremists it targets?
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Ben & Jerry’s Defense Is Hard To Swallow: Alan Dershowitz, Daily News, Aug. 1, 2021 — Bennett Cohen and Jerry Greenfield’s self-righteous defense of boycotting disputed territories in Israel fails to put their namesake ice cream company’s actions in a proper context.
The West’s Tsunami of Antisemitism: Melanie Phillips blog, Aug. 3, 2021 — In this podcast with Allen Roth, president of Secure America Now, I discussed the “tsunami” of antisemitism in the west and the inadequacy of the responses to it.
Ruth Pearl, Mother of Murdered Reporter Daniel Pearl, Dies at 85: Clay Risen, NY Times, July 30, 2021 — Ruth Pearl, the mother of Daniel Pearl, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal who was brutally murdered by Muslim extremists in Pakistan in 2002, thrusting her and her husband, Judea, into the global spotlight, died on July 20 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 85.
Do Our Elected Officials Care About The Rule Of Law Any More?: Preston Manning, The Globe and Mail, July 31, 2021 — Canada’s constitution authorizes Parliament to make laws “for the peace, order and good government of Canada.”
