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Wednesday, October 5th 2016

              MEDIA-OCRITY OF THE WEEK: “There are crackpots who believe that the earth is flat, and they don’t deserve to be quoted without explaining that this is an, er, outlying view, and the same goes for a crackpot who has argued that climate change is a Chinese-made hoax, who has called […]

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 […]

Analysis

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 […]

Friday, September 30th 2016

  CIJR's recent publications       Alexandra Markus interviewing Prof. Richard Landes       Liora Chartouni, Managing Editor of Dateline: Middle East     Rabbi Whitman (Adath Israel) greeting the audience     Prof. Frederick Krantz (CIJR) addressing the guests              

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Friday, September 30th 2016 / Monday, September 21st 2020

            TRUDEAU « INQUIET » DE L’ETIQUETAGE DES PRODUITS DES IMPLANTATIONS                    AFP, 13 Nov., 2015    Le nouveau Premier ministre du Canada Justin Trudeau s’est dit « inquiet » jeudi de la mise en oeuvre par l’UE de l’étiquetage des produits originaires des colonies israéliennes dans les Territoires palestiniens occupés. « Je […]

Friday, September 30th 2016 / Tuesday, November 1st 2016

Start Date/Time:  Mon, 2016-10-31 19:30 CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH AND CONGREGATION TIFERETH BETH DAVID JERUSALEM   THE US ELECTIONS, 2016 PANEL DISCUSSION   Featuring: Machla Abramovitz (Mishpacha Magazine) Prof. Frederick Krantz (Director, CIJR) Prof. Ira Robinson (Concordia U.) Prof. Harold Waller (McGill U.)   Moderator:   Jack Kincler (National Chairman, CIJR)   TOPICS:   […]

Isranet Daily Briefing

Friday, September 30th 2016

Shimon Peres — the Eternal Optimist: Rafael Barak, National Post, Sept. 29, 2016— In April 1993, I got a phone call that would change my life. I was the deputy head of mission at Israel’s embassy in Belgium. Remembering Shimon Peres, the Israeli Patriot: Yossi Beilin, Washington Post, Sept. 28, 2016 — Shimon Peres was […]

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Thursday, September 29th 2016

A Short Review of Dutch Anti-Israel Incitement: Manfred Gerstenfeld, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 1, 2016  — Next week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the Netherlands. EU, Terror and the Transparency Bill: Ron Jontof-Hutter, Israel Hayom, Sept. 14, 2016 — On the December 7, 1970, German Chancellor Willy Brandt knelt solemnly before the Warsaw ‎Ghetto in […]

Analysis

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 […]

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Wednesday, September 28th 2016

               SHIMON PERES, FORMER PRESIDENT AND VETERAN ISRAELI STATESMAN, DIES AT 93                                        Elli Wohlgelernter                                                          Jerusalem Post, Sept. 28, 2016   Shimon Peres, former president, former prime minister, former defense minister, former foreign minister, former minister of eight other ministries, the last surviving member of Israel’s founding fathers, and winner of the […]

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Tuesday, September 27th 2016

  Trump Deserves to be Taken Seriously After Surviving Round One: Michael Goodwin, New York Post, Sept. 27, 2016 — Her smile betrayed Hillary Clinton. Beyond Partisanship: Editorial, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 26, 2016 — While in New York, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the presidential candidates of both major parties. Sizing Up the Next […]

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Monday, September 26th 2016

The Failures of Journalism in the 21st Century: Richard Landes, Augean Stables, May 15, 2016 — Towards the end of 2000, a professional failure of epic proportions took place among Western journalists. The Accelerating Erosion of the Post-Zionist Hebrew Media: Isi Leibler, Candidly Speaking, Aug. 31, 2016 — Haaretz, Israel’s oldest Hebrew daily newspaper, was […]