“There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen,” Vladimir Lenin, the Soviet revolutionary leader, famously said. Lenin’s succinct observation can be applied to October 7, 2023, when Hamas hordes attacked southern Israel in the deadliest day in Israeli history. Hamas’ invasion, which resulted in the deaths of roughly 1,220 Israelis […]
Mark Carney has spoken to or met dozens of world leaders since succeeding Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister last year. Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, is glaringly absent from that list. Later this month, Carney will reportedly visit Turkey to meet President Recep Tayyip ​Erdogan, in what would be the first dedicated […]
The single blackest day in Israel’s history, Hamas’ attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, has become a contentious campaign issue less than a month before the October 27 general election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents hold him personally responsible for this massive intelligence failure. Their argument is bolstered by reports that Egypt and […]
Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim mayor of New York City, released a comprehensive plan to combat antisemitism on September 29. Amid an upsurge of antisemitic incidents in the Big Apple, he pledged millions of dollars for security and hate-crime prevention programs. A few liberal and progressive Jewish organizations, such as the New York Jewish Agenda, […]
Avram David (Avi) Lewis, the leader of Canada’s left-of-center New Democratic Party, has come to his senses and no longer is holding Jewish Canadians accountable for Israel’s actions. Lewis, an anti-Zionist whose wife Naomi Klein shares his views, caused outrage when, in a social media post on the eve of Yom Kippur, he wrote, “Tonight […]
Canada’s image as a peaceful, stable, tolerant nation is being tarnished, if not shredded, by antisemitic lunatics. The somber statistics tell the story. From November 2023 until June 2026, a succession of Jewish schools and synagogues in this country were attacked in shootings, firebombings and vandalism, B’nai Brith Canada reports. In the latest incident, the […]
Rare is the day when Israeli politicians drop their differences and agree on an issue of national importance. Two days ago, they broke the mould when they backed a decision by the Central Elections Committee to disqualify the chairman of the left-wing Balad Party, Sami Abu Shehadeh, from running in the October 27 election. They […]
A profusion of books and monographs has been published on a topic fraught with passion and controversy — American Jews and slavery in the United States. Richard Kreitner is the latest author to enter this field. Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight To End Slavery (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) ranges […]
Public opinion polls in Israel indicate that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition is likely to fall short of winning a 61-seat majority in the 120-member Knesset, leaving him unable to form a government after the October 27 general election. The center-right opposition, led by Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, appears to be […]
Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor should not be surprised that their controversial documentary, NAZA, has been vociferously condemned by mainstream Israeli leaders. NAZA, which premiered at the recent Venice International Film Festival, claims that Israel loosened its rules of engagement in responding to Hamas’ terrorist attack on October 7, 2023. Israel thereby caused the deaths […]