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EUROPEAN IDEALISM TESTED BY MIGRANT CRISIS & CONTINUING ANTISEMITISM

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  The Migrants and the Elites: Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal, Sept. 10, 2015 — What a crisis Europe is in, with waves of migrants reaching its shores as the Arab world implodes. Sweden’s Ugly Immigration Problem: Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail, Sept. 11, 2015 — In Europe, refugees from Syria and Iraq have been […]

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RECENT PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE PARTIALLY FUELLED BY PA INCITEMENT AND UN BIAS

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    Rabbi Sydney Shoham z”l, Rabbi of Beth Zion Congregation in Montreal, was our spiritual guide and good friend. He officiated at our son’s Bar Mitzvah and other family events.  When we heard the sad news this morning, after being out of town for a few weeks, we immediately began reflecting on what a […]

Analysis

Manfred Gerstenfeld: THE BOYCOTT: ICELAND’S ANTI-SEMITISM RESURFACES AGAIN

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      Recent developments in Iceland fit well in the long history of that country’s anti-Semitism. Last week, the left wing majority on the Reykjavik municipal council decided on a boycott of all Israeli products. In view of the protests, the city’s mayor now wants to replace it with a boycott of settlement goods.[1] […]

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YOM KIPPUR 5776: “KEEP SACRED THE WORDS AND COMMITMENTS WE HAVE GIVEN”

We welcome your comments to this and any other CIJR publication.   Keeping Your Word: Rabbi Asher Jacobson, CIJR,  Sept. 22, 2015 — One of the finest virtues we can ever achieve in our lives is when our word is our bond. What Chapter Will We Write in the Book of Life?: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Arutz Sheva, […]

Analysis

Rabbi Asher Jacobson: Keeping Your Word

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        One of the finest virtues we can ever achieve in our lives is when our word is our bond.   I will never forget when the business of one of our dear members deteriorated. He had the opportunity in civil law to declare bankruptcy but refused; instead, he ensured that every […]

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ISRAEL & IDF RESPOND TO REGIONAL MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS— IRAN “DEAL”, U.S. WITHDRAWAL, RUSSIA’S DIRECT SYRIAN INVOLVEMENT

We welcome your comments to this and any other CIJR publication.   Israeli Strategic Challenges and Opportunities in the New Year: Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, BESA, Sept. 16, 2015 — Global upheaval is upon us. Europe is being flooded by refugees fleeing dysfunctional Africa and the disintegrating Middle East, and the influx, which it is struggling […]

Analysis

Frederick Krantz: DRIVEN ACROSS DARK SEAS AND HOSTILE LANDS: THE MUSLIM REFUGEE PROBLEM AND EUROPE

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        There are two key, related, and little-remarked dimensions of the current Middle Eastern migration crisis. These are, on the one hand,  the almost complete economic and political collapse of the Muslim societies and states furnishing the millions of desperate refugees.   The second dimension of the phenomenon is the immense strains the […]

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BACK-TO-SCHOOL: UNIVERSITIES, BY CHAMPIONING POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, PROMOTE PREJUDICE, AND SUPPRESS INDEPENDENT THOUGHT

We welcome your comments to this and any other CIJR publication.   The Nonsense Kids Learn in School: George Jonas, National Post, Aug. 22, 2015 — September being just around the corner, it’s time for another instalment of my periodic complaints about schools and education. UC is Not Welcoming Place to Jewish Students: Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, Santa Cruz […]

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SYRIAN REFUGEES FLEEING GENOCIDAL I.S. & RUSSIA-BACKED ASSAD: “ISRAEL IS ENEMY #1”

We welcome your comments to this and any other CIJR publication.   Russia's Military Presence in Syria: Jonathan Spyer, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 12, 2015 — The current increase of the Russian military presence in northwest Syria is a function of the declining military fortunes of the Assad regime. Assad Regime Fans Refugee Crisis: Sam Dagher, Wall Street […]

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WEDNESDAY’S ROSH HASHANAH “NEWS IN REVIEW” ROUND-UP

 We welcome your comments to this and any other CIJR publication. Please address your response to:  Rob Coles, Publications Chairman, Canadian Institute for Jewish Research, PO Box 175, Station  H, Montreal QC H3G 2K7 – Tel: (514) 486-5544 – Fax:(514) 486-8284; E-mail: rob@isranet.wpsitie.com       ROSH HASHANAH: CONFRONTING THE CHALLENGES OF 5776 Isi Leibler Candidly Speaking, Sept. 12, 2015   […]

Analysis

OBAMA’S IRANIAN “DEAL”

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ROSH HASHANA 5776: A SWEET NEW YEAR TO ALL!

We welcome your comments to this and any other CIJR publication.   New Year 5776: A Few Thoughts: Baruch Cohen, CIJR, Sept. 11, 2015 — The name Rosh HaShanah as it is used in the Bible (Ezekiel 40:1) simply means the beginning of the year, and does not designate the festival. A Prayer for 5776: Caroline B. […]

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