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Posted on: February 15, 2012
140-year-old model on display near Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate, after spending 138 in Basel, Switzerland. In one of the rounds of talks between Israel and the Palestinians, the idea came up of dividing the Temple Mount vertically: The Palestinians would get everything aboveground and Israel everything below.Archaeologist and Jerusalem scholar Shimon Gibson says the next time [...]
Posted on: February 14, 2012
By Paul Michaels Last week in Doha, Qatar, Fatah and Hamas officials announced that they had finally reached an agreement on the formation of a “unity” government. Despite the intense focus on the ongoing massacres in Syria, abetted by Russia and Iran, this development captured quite a bit of media attention. Much of the coverage [...]
Posted on: February 13, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2012 Statement Condemning Israeli Boycott at the University of Regina Toronto, ON – On February 11th, the University of Regina’s Student Union passed a resolution calling for a boycott of Israeli academics and businesses. In response, David Koschitzky, Chair of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, issued the following [...]
Posted on: February 13, 2012
by David M. Weinberg The Times of Israel, February 13, 2012 One of the questions we Zionists often ask ourselves is this: Why don’t other minority nationalities around the world who, like us, are struggling for their independent national expression identify more strongly with Israel? Does it always have to be that they tend towards [...]
Posted on: February 10, 2012
Rabbi Gunther Plaut, shown in his library in 2008, died Wednesday at age 99. Plaut was a world-renowned religious scholar and a leading figure in Reform Judaism. Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut was once described as the unspoken leader of Canada’s Jewish community. He was considered a titan of human rights and a leader in the [...]
Posted on: February 9, 2012
A Montreal auction house is selling what it claims are fossilized human remains from Nazi death camps. Listen to the CBC report on CBC radio 1 here. Watch a CBC news report here. Read more on the story from canada.com, the National Post, the Ottawa Citizen, the Vancouver Sun and the Calgary Herald UPDATE: The [...]
Posted on: February 9, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2012 Toronto, ON – In response to news that Rabbi Gunther Plaut passed away yesterday evening, David Koschitzky, Chair of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, issued the following statement: “We were saddened to hear of the passing of Rabbi Gunther Plaut, who served as a forceful advocate on [...]
Posted on: February 8, 2012
Paul Lungen :The Canadian Jewish News TORONTO — There’s no need to man the ramparts, a new wave of antisemitism in not about to descend on Canadian society. Nevertheless, reports from Germany naming 74 individuals linked to neo-Nazi and white supremacist websites should alert Canadians to the fact that the “classical” antisemitic attitudes have not [...]
Posted on: February 7, 2012
By Paul Michaels Last week’s column examined Tony Burman’s claim in the Toronto Star that an Israeli attack on Iran this year is all but certain. This week’s column looks at Israeli analyst Ronen Bergman’s Jan. 29 New York Times Magazine piece, “Will Israel Attack Iran?” At 7,600 words, Bergan’s is a major article. Yet, [...]
Posted on: February 6, 2012
Viva Sarah Press ::The Canadian Jewish News JERUSALEM — It was an evening of mutual gratitude. At a gala reception held on Feb. 1, visiting Canadian parliamentarians spoke of Canada’s passionate bond with this little nation in the Middle East, while their Israeli hosts reiterated appreciation for Canada’s strong support. “There are so many great [...]
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