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CANADA, THE RISE OF ANTISEMITISM AND THE WAR AGAINST JEWS

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By Jerry S. Grafstein* “Are some universities across Canada now quietly instituting “de facto quotas” against Jewish students?”   The roots of antisemitism in Canada are deep, tangled, and growing. Nowhere in Western democracies has the rise been so swift, obvious, and evident. The B’Nai Brith Canada annual report tracking anti-semitic incidents across Canada with […]

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Daily Briefing: THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGING – FAST

“The reality is that we are witnessing the complete and total unraveling of the disastrous foreign policy that began under Obama and was picked up again by Biden, the perverse effect of which was to strengthen both Iran and Russia.” – Niall Ferguson SHABBAT READING: Marat Kila’s Notes on Esau in a Supercommentary on Rashi:  […]

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How the Incoming Administration Can Restore Jewish Civil Rights

Tal Fortgang Mosaic Magazine, Dec. 2, 2024 “Hatred of Israel may be distinguishable from hatred of Jews in theory, but in reality they are inextricable.” As the fall semester comes to an end, there has been only modest relief for Jewish college students in America. A series of congressional hearings throughout 2023 and 2024 led […]

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The Vibe Shift Goes Global

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Niall Ferguson The Free Press, Dec. 12, 2024 “The vibe shift is, in essence, escalation versus de-escalation.” I am a 60-year-old Scotsman with a penchant for red suspenders, oolong tea, and the novels of Walter Scott—so no one will ever accuse me of being an arbiter of cool. But to understand politics and even geopolitics you […]

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Kafka’s Jewishness ‘Can’t Be Extricated from His Work’

Vita Fellig JNS, Dec. 5, 2024 The German-Jewish writer Franz Kafka, who died 100 years ago at age 40, is on the short list of people whose name has become an eponymous adjective. The term “Kafkaesque” suggests bureaucratic folly, but Kafka, whose life and work is being celebrated in major exhibitions in Israel, Germany and […]

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His Barbed Behind: Mr. Sammler’s Planet and Its Critics

Adam Bellow Sapir, Nov. 18, 2024 In 1970 my father, Saul Bellow, published Mr. Sammler’s Planet. His seventh novel, it came on the heels of major works that had long since established him as the preeminent American writer of his generation. The book was immediately hailed as a triumph, reviewed and praised in every significant outlet. […]

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Daily Briefing: AMID WAR, NETANYAHU GOES TO COURT

“I’m managing a country and leading the State of Israel and the Israeli military at war. … I thought and still think that both things can be done in parallel… I believed that in the overall scheme of things, a balance could be found between the needs of the trial, which I recognize, and the […]

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Syria: Is Iran Retreating While Turkey Advances?

By David Bensoussan The author is a professor of science at the University of Quebec. For 54 years, the Assad dictatorship, led by father and son, ruled Syria with an iron fist, even resorting to chemical weapons against their own population. Since the onset of the civil war in 2011, the country has splintered into […]

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All the Key Characters in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Trial – Explainer

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Yonah Jeremy Bob Jerusalem Post, Dec. 10, 2024 “Hadas Kline, Milchin’s aide, who accused Netanyahu of illegalities in Case 1000 and is considered the case’s most important witness.” Starting Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will begin testifying in his own public corruption trial proceedings– which could take several weeks. The defense is set to present its […]

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A Coup Attempt in the Shadow of Oct. 7

Caroline B. Glick JNS, Dec. 6, 2024 “The public persecution of Feldstein and the NCO serves two ends. First, it seeks to criminalize Netanyahu and second, it aims to deter other intelligence officers from providing the prime minister with critical information about the war.” This week, Channel 11’s journalist Ayala Hasson broadcast a two-part exposé on […]

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Netanyahu Argues ‘Hostile’ Walla Coverage, Telecoms Reforms Prove Bribery Claims ‘Absurd’

Jeremy Sharon Times of Israel, Dec. 12, 2024 “It’s not good to be a friend of Bibi; it doesn’t help,” Netanyahu said.” On his second day of testimony in his criminal trial, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted repeatedly that he never came to any give-and-take arrangement with business tycoon Shaul Elovitch and asserted that the […]

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In Court, Netanyahu Shares Dramatic Interaction with Obama on Iran

Elinor Shirkani Kofman and Erez Linn Israel Hayom, Dec. 10, 2024 “Netanyahu added that he could have gained favorable media coverage by simply “moving a few steps to the left” but chose instead to maintain positions he believed were “essential to ensure our existence.”” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand Tuesday in his long-running corruption […]

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