Archive for the ‘Judaism’ Category
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli President Shimon Peres gave an historic address to the German Bundestag: Address by the President of the State of Israel H.E. Shimon Peres at the German BundestagInternational Holocaust Remembrance DayJanuary 27, 2010 [The speech was delivered in Hebrew] I stand here ...
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Prominent human rights activist Regina Waldman, Chair of JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa), was recently on a Pacific region speaking tour, sponsored by the Canada-Israel Committee. While in Vancouver, Ms. Waldman was a guest on the Christy Clark Show, where she shared her personal story ...
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Thursday, December 24th, 2009
This year-end op-ed by Ramesh Chotai, chair of the Canada India Foundation. and Alan Winer, chair of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto appears in today's edition of the National Post. Preventing another decade of extremism National Post Dec 24 2009 As we prepare to celebrate the landmark of the end of a decade, ...
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
Our warmest wishes for a happy and healthy New Year filled with peace and joy for all.
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
Here's a new way to use the popular micro-blogging site Twitter: send your prayers to Jerusalem to be placed in the Western Wall.
The project was founded by Tel Aviv university student Alon Nir. In the CBC radio interview below, Nir says he was inspired by the Iranians who used Twitter ...
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Today - August 5, or the 15th day of the Jewish month of Av - is Tu B'Av, an ancient Jewish holiday that has been revived as Israel's answer to St. Valentine's Day. According to tradition, Tu B'Av marks the day the daughters of the Tribe of ...
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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
Journalist Ben Gilbert wrote an article for Globalpost about the restoration of an old beautiful synagogue in Lebanon:
Beirut's Synagogue Reconstruction Kicks off
Construction could spell a new beginning for Lebanon's underground Jewish community
BEIRUT — A long-delayed plan to renovate Beirut’s only synagogue is finally coming to fruition.
The Lebanese architect working with ...
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Friday, July 10th, 2009
The following editorial appears in today's Ottawa Citizen:
THE OLD BAIT-AND-SWITCH
When confronted with a political protest, it’s useful to look carefully at who exactly the protesters are. Sometimes people are not what they seem.
Anti-Israel campaigns are most notorious for bait-and-switch. Protests that are supposed to be about the legitimate rights of ...
Posted in Community, Israel Advocacy, Judaism, Muslim religion | 3 Comments »
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Here is an opinion piece by Ed Morgan published in today's National Post
An Insidious Cultural Campaign
July 2, 2009
The Dead Sea Scrolls, which are being exhibited this week at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), have survived time, weather, sand--and now the political storm caused by protests at their being toured by ...
Posted in Canada-Israel co-operation, Israeli culture, Judaism, Palestinian affairs | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
This must-read piece by Ben-Dror Yemini was originally published in Hebrew, in MAARIV on May 15, 2009. Yemini brilliantly contrasts the Palestinian Nakba Day with the suffering of Jews in Arab countries over the centuries, who have survived a "catastrophe" of their own many times worse. The purpose of this piece, as Yemini ...
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