Analysis
Friday, March 14th 2025 / Thursday, March 13th 2025
Jenna Weissman Joselit Jewish Review of Books, Mar. 13, 2025 “The former conversos in the Portuguese Jewish community of Amsterdam embraced the Esther story as their own.” Purim—the whole shebang, from the ancient story on which the holiday is based to the contemporary ways in which it’s celebrated—always struck me as raucous and overegged. After seeing the […]
Tagged
Thursday, March 13th 2025 / Thursday, March 13th 2025
By Allan M. Levine, Ph.D. Purim 2025 Once upon a Purim Eve—not too long ago but certainly before gluten-free pastries took over—the streets of a bustling Jewish neighborhood were alive with merriment, mischief, and the scent of freshly baked, 3-cornered hamentashen (hamentash – singular). Two Jews, rushing home with oversized, triangular hamentashen the size of […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
Thursday, March 13th 2025
Israel Redrawing Its Borders in Syria and Lebanon: Yoni Ben Menachem, Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, Mar. 6, 2025 Lebanon-Israel Border Disputes: Can Talks Lead to a Lasting Truce?: Rita El Jammal, The New Arab, Mar. 12, 2025 95 Coffins, Countless Wounds: Lebanon Grapples with Hezbollah’s ‘Victory’ Over Israel: Nabih Bulos, LA Times, […]
Thursday, March 13th 2025 / Wednesday, March 12th 2025
Yoni Ben Menachem Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, Mar. 6, 2025 “Israel is redefining its borders in Syria and Lebanon according to its security needs while strengthening ties with its Druze allies in Syria.” On February 24, 2025, protests erupted in southern Syria, with several hundred demonstrators rallying in multiple locations against Prime […]
Rita El Jammal The New Arab, Mar. 12, 2025 “Abi Rashed points out that the total number of disputed points is 13, starting with Ras al-Naqoura at what the UN terms BP1, which is considered to be of great strategic importance.” Developments have emerged on Wednesday on the Lebanon-Israel front regarding arrangements for a ceasefire agreement and the release of prisoners. Alongside […]
Nabih Bulos LA Times, Mar. 11, 2025 “People talk about victory. What victory? All this destruction and death? What was this for?” The procession of coffins was heard long before it came into view, a chorus of ambulance sirens drowning out the crowd assembled at the main square of this devastated village. “Arise, Aitaroun! This […]
Neville Teller Jerusalem Post, Feb. 24, 2025 “Israel’s confidence in the UN’s peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) is at a low ebb after 47 years of its total inability to control Hezbollah.” The unhappy truth is that despite Hezbollah having received a military thrashing at the hands of the IDF, the organization still possesses considerable political power within Lebanon. On […]
Communiqués
Wednesday, March 12th 2025 / Wednesday, March 12th 2025
Citations de la semaine: “Jolaní nous verra chaque matin depuis le palais présidentiel à Damas” Israel Katz, Ministre israélien de la Défense Table des Matières Le Hamas publie pour […]
Wednesday, March 12th 2025
TAKING CONTROL WATCH: Speaker Mike Johnson Responds to the Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil: The Washington Examiner, YouTube, Mar. 11. 2025 Mahmoud Khalil, Up with Whom We Need Not Put: Hugh Fitzgerald, Israpundit, Mar 11, 2025 — I was amazed when I listened at NPR on March 10, because on every newscast all day long […]
Elder of Zyon, Mar. 10, 2025 When you read the relevant US codes, the case to deport Mahmoud Khalil is unassailable. U.S. immigration agents arrested Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student who acted as a leader of the Columbia University group that led pro-Hamas protests. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated that Khalil was […]
Outside Source
Andrew Silow-Carroll/JTA Jerusalem Post, Mar. 11, 2025 “While conceding that Khalil deserves “due process protections,” the Anti-Defamation League was fast out of the gate with a statement saying that they “hope that his action serves as a deterrent to others who might consider breaking the law on college campuses.” The campus pro-Palestinian protests that erupted […]
Wednesday, March 12th 2025 / Tuesday, March 11th 2025
Erez Linn Israel Hayom, Mar. 11, 2025 “Mahmoud Khalil, like every other ICE detainee, should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.” Columbia University professor Shai Davidai, a vocal advocate for Israel and critic of campus pro-Palestinian activism, surprisingly came out with reservations about the attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a reported leader of Columbia’s Boycott, […]
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.
