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L'institut Canadien de Recherches sur le Judaisme

Daily Briefing: ANTONY BLINKEN TALKS ISRAEL AND HAMAS

Daily Briefing: CANADA’S PM TRUDEAU ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION AFTER REPLACEMENT CHOSEN

TRUDEAU'S BETRAYAL OF JEWS

Daily Briefing: CAN ISRAEL DESTROY IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM?

Hillel Neuer addresses students at CIJR in Montreal

Executive director of UN Watch

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PASSOVER 5771: A TIME TO REFLECT ON THE FRAGILITY OF FREEDOM—CHAG SAMEACH!

PASSOVER 5771 THE HAGGADAH—A SCRIPT OF A LIVING DRAMA Baruch Cohen In loving memory of Malca z’’l The Seder is rooted in the innermost of the Jewish heart.—The Haggadah Book I love Passover because it is a cry against indifference.—Elie Wiesel, Forward, 1992. Passover affirms the great truth that liberty is […]

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Andrew Klavan’s One-State Solution: Give the Middle East to the Jews

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THE FALSE RELIGION OF PEACE THROUGH CONCESSION— AND THE NEED TO CLEAR OUR MINDS OF HAMETZ

CLEARING OUR MINDS OF HAMETZ Daniel Doron Jerusalem Post, April 17, 2011 In his “insecure nationalists” (Ha’aretz, April 6th) Tel Aviv University Law Prof. Meni (Menachem) Mautner criticizes the Knesset for enacting a law that will deny funding to bodies “that recognize [Israel’s] Independence Day…as a day of mourning.” Mautner attacks […]

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“NEWS IN REVIEW” ROUND-UP

Weekly Quotes “As expected, the conference held today in Brussels for donors to the Palestinian Authority, endorsed the idea that the PA ‘is above the threshold of a functioning state.’ This statement echoed the opinion rendered by the International Monetary Fund…and the United Nations.… According to Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad, this […]

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WHEN ISRAEL WITHDRAWS— LESSONS FROM SINAI, LEBANON & GAZA

CIJR PASSOVER APPEAL: Please help us support ISRAEL & our students! CIJR is a non-profit foundation entirely dependent upon tax-receiptable public contributions Tax-Deductible Donations Support CIJR’s Key Work: * Internationally-read email ISRANET Daily Briefing;renowned ISRAFAXquarterly; weekly French-language Communiqué Isranet; and monthly ISRAZINEwebzine * Vital work with students, including the Student Israel-Advocacy Program(SIAP), […]

THE BEAUTY MYTH VERSUS THE VEIL: A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE

A few years ago, I wrote several posts in which I offered critiques of feminism. I return to this topic in today’s post by turning my attention to Naomi Wolf, perhaps one of the best-known contemporary feminists. In 1991, Ms. Wolf’s The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women was published and […]

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DEGELITIMATING ISRAEL, I: SHALIT, DEAD JEWS & “ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK”: A “GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED”

In anticipation of the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research’s upcoming Sunday, 6 November 2011 International Conference, “Combatting the Delegitimation of Israel,” this week’s Daily Briefings will focus on the global effort to demonize the lone democracy in the Middle East. The series will provide insight into the pervasive, “soft war” being waged against the Jewish […]

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PALESTINIAN “UNITY” DEFINED: WE WANT TERROR!— FATAH & HAMAS REUNITED ONCE MORE

FATAH, HAMAS HAMMER OUT RECONCILIATION DEAL Jpost.Com Staff & Reuters Jerusalem Post, April 27, 2011 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement and its rival Hamas said on Wednesday they had resolved their deep divisions, opening the way for a unity government and national elections. The deal, which took many officials […]

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PART II PALESTINIAN “UNITY” DEFINED: WE WANT TERROR!— FATAH & HAMAS REUNITED ONCE MORE

NO PARTNER Editorial Jerusalem Post, April 28, 2011 “There will be no dialogue with these murderers,” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said back in June 2007, referring to Hamas. “There will be no dialogue with the forces of darkness.” Abbas made these remarks shortly after Hamas, in a bloody coup, had […]

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HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY: NEVER FORGET!— BECAUSE THE WORLD HAS NOT YET LEARNED

MAINTAINING DIGNITY DURING THE SHOAH Baruch Cohen In memory of beloved Malca z”l Many ask, “Why did the Jews go like sheep to the slaughter?” This superficial question, in and of itself, is evidence that people, including many Jews, have confused Jewish powerlessness during the Holocaust with passivity. People conclude wrongly […]

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OBAMA GETS OSAMA.

THE MUSLIM WORLD AFTER BIN LADEN Editorial Wall Street Journal, May 3, 2011 The killing of Osama bin Laden comes at a propitious moment in the history of the Middle East. The “Arab Spring” [threatens to] remake the region in [new] ways.… The best hope is that the Mideast will use […]

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YIDDISH PROPHECY ON THE EVE OF HOLOCAUST: THE POET JACOB GLATSTEIN’S CHRONICLES

JACOB GLATSTEIN’S PROPHECY Dara Horn Jewish Review of Books, Summer 2011 It isn’t every day that one has the opportunity to read a literary masterpiece. But a literary masterpiece that doubles as a work of prophecy? Such books have been rare since the death of Isaiah—which is why this new English edition of The Glatstein […]