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L'institut Canadien de Recherches sur le Judaisme

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IT’S PURIM, AND DESPITE ISRAEL’S ENEMIES, SLINGING SLIME, & LIES, WE’LL OVERCOME!

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PEERING BEHIND OBAMA’S PURIM COSTUME Michael Freund Jerusalem Post, March 7, 2012 Today is Purim, one of the most joyful festivals on the Jewish calendar, when we celebrate the deliverance of our ancestors from a Persian plot to annihilate them. It is a day rife with ritual, from the reading of the Book of Esther […]

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WEDNESDAY’S “NEWS IN REVIEW” ROUND-UP—PURIM EDITION

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THE BOOK OF ESTHER THE JOYFUL FESTIVAL OF PURIM 2012 (5772) Baruch Cohen In beloved memory of Malca z’l “Should all Jewish festivals be abolished, Purim will remain.” “Tefilot Mikol Hashana” (D.W. Libshitz, p. 419, 1878)   Purim will be celebrated forever. Purim will live on so long as prejudice, hatred, and enemies like Hamas, […]

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OBAMA MAY, OR MAY NOT, “HAVE ISRAEL’S BACK”—BUT NETANYAHU WILL “NEVER LET MY PEOPLE LIVE IN THE SHADOW OF ANNIHILATION”

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Today’s Briefing:   THE MIDDLE EAST’S REAL APARTHEID Efraim Karsh, Jerusalem Post, March 5, 2012   PM NETANYAHU’S SPEECH AT THE 2012 AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, March 6, 2012   THE ‘JEWISH’ PRESIDENT Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal, March 6, 2012   OBAMA SETS OUT THE CASE FOR AN ISRAELI STRIKE Caroline […]

CIJR PURIM FUND APPEAL

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CIJR PURIM FUND APPEAL   Today, as Israel and the Jewish People Face a New, Nuclear-Armed Haman, & The “Israeli Apartheid Week” Cult Spreads Its Hatred on Campuses   PLEASE SUPPORT CIJR’S PRO-ISRAEL WORK & HELP US DEFEND STUDENTS ON AND OFF CAMPUS   As an independent pro-Israel think tank, we must raise our own funds […]

CIJR PURIM FUND APPEAL

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CIJR PURIM FUND APPEAL   Today, as Israel and the Jewish People Face a New, Nuclear-Armed Haman, & The “Israeli Apartheid Week” Cult Spreads Its Hatred on Campuses   PLEASE SUPPORT CIJR’S PRO-ISRAEL WORK & HELP US DEFEND STUDENTS ON AND OFF CAMPUS   As an independent pro-Israel think tank, we must raise our own […]

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AS NUCLEAR CLOCK TICKS DOWN, ISRAEL-US FACE OFF: CAN BIBI TRUST OBAMA?

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The following is excerpted from US President Barack Obama’s speech at the AIPAC Policy Conference on March 4, 2012. “…Let’s begin with a basic truth that you all understand: No Israeli government can tolerate a nuclear weapon in the hands of a regime that denies the Holocaust, threatens to wipe Israel off the map, and […]

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L’ANTI-ISRAËLISME: LORSQUE CE QUI DEVRAIT ÊTRE UNE TRAGÉDIE TOURNE EN COMÉDIE.

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APRÈS LES REQUINS DU MOSSAD, LES POULES ÉGYPTIENNES EMPOISONNÉES Laure Onno Guysen International News, 27 février 2012 On croyait en avoir fini avec les vieux stéréotypes antisémites, mais visiblement ils vont toujours bon train. En Égypte on soupçonne encore Israël de semer du poison. On se souvient des Accusations datant du Moyen-âge, selon lesquelles les […]

Analysis

BOOK REVIEW: The Hazon Ish: Halakhist, Believer and Leader of the Haredi Revolution

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 […]

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NETANYAHU’S CRUCIAL CANADA/US VISIT: BEGIN’S LEGACY, HOLOCAUST LESSONS SHOW THE WAY

HARPER MUST STAND BY ISRAEL IN WARTIME Editorial National Post, March 2, 2012 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be in Ottawa today. No doubt, he and Prime Minister Stephen Harper will discuss a wide range of topics. But the most important, by far, will be Iran. Mr. Netanyahu is seeking to build support for […]

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ANTI-ISRAEL/WEST HATRED, ALREADY IN PLACE FOR FAILED “ARAB SPRING”, COMES TO CAMPUS WITH “IAW”

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HATRED: COMING SOON TO A CAMPUS NEAR YOU Dore Gold Jerusalem Post, February 22, 2012 Anti-Israel hatred on campus crests each year during an event called Israel Apartheid Week. With this ominous name and programs that thrive on ignorance and blind disregard for the facts, tens of thousands of college students are urged to rise […]

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WEDNESDAY’S “NEWS IN REVIEW” ROUND-UP

Media-ocrity of the Week   The following is a letter written by CIJR’s Publications Chairman to the Jerusalem Post’s editor.   Re: Of Hate and Hope (Jerusalem Post, February 23.)   The publication of Daniel Eisenbud’s denigration of a “nefarious breed of Jewish immigrant [that] comes [to Israel] filled with rage” crosses the line. That […]

COMMUNITY COLLOQUIUM: Syria, Egypt and the “Arab Spring”: Israel’s Security Situation

Canadian Institute For Jewish Research  & Congregation Shomrim Laboker   Cordially Invite you to a COMMUNITY COLLOQUIUM   Syria, Egypt and the “Arab Spring”: Israel’s Security Situation   Featuring:   Prof. Frederick Krantz, Chair (Concordia University), Prof. Harold Waller (McGill University), Prof. Norrin Ripsman (Concordia University)   Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. Congregation […]

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