Israel and Hezbollah have boxed themselves into a tight corner as the cross-border conflict in Lebanon and the Galilee intensifies and approaches the magnitude of an all-out war. In the past few days, both sides have hammered each other ferociously and relentlessly, with the scale of the fighting having reached the level of the 2006 […]
When I learned that Grace Feuerverger had written her memoir, I was intrigued. What could she possibly say? I wondered. Full disclosure: I have known Grace, my oldest friend’s sister, sporadically since 1958, when she was eight years old. Yet in virtually every respect, Grace — a quiet, soft-spoken and reclusive girl — was practically […]
Donald Trump has been spouting verbal diarrhea of late. Speaking at two Jewish campaign events in the last few days, the former U.S. president and Republican Party presidential nominee claimed that American Jews would be mostly to blame if he lost November’s election to his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. “If I don’t win […]
Toward the end of the 1990s, I interviewed Moshe Katsav, who was then Israel’s minister of tourism in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first government. Little did I know that he would soon be the president of Israel, a position he held from 2000 to 2007. Born in Iran, Katsav immigrated to Israel, along with his […]
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has announced a “new phase” in Israel’s nearly year-long war of attrition with Hezbollah. It could well lead to a full-scale war with Hezbollah and possibly trigger a regional conflagration involving the United States, Iran, the Houthis in Yemen and pro-Iranian militias in Iraq. In short, a significant escalation of […]
The federal government of Canada faces a quandary. Should it abide by a request from the Jewish community and release the still secret second part of Justice Jules Deschenes’ Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals in Canada? Or should it heed the advice of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and keep it confidential? This extremely sensitive […]
A university in Canada has set an unfortunate precedent, much to Israel’s detriment and its own financial standing. On July 10, the president of the University of Windsor, Robert Gordon, caved in to Palestinian and pro-Palestinian protesters and signed an agreement that closed the “Liberation Zone” encampment on campus that they illegally set up on […]
European Jews trapped in Nazi ghettos and concentration camps during the Holocaust were dependent on life-saving shipments of food, medicine, clothing and money transfers for sheer survival. These parcels and transfers, donated by relatives, friends and Jewish institutions, were morale boosters that prolonged the lives of the recipients. In some cases, they arrived too late […]
Presidential debates in the United States should not only illuminate and clarify the issues of the day. They should also be on a cordial level. Regrettably, the televised debate on September 10 between Vice President Kamala Harris and the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, fell short of that standard. With less than […]
How long can Israel tolerate the intolerable status quo along its northern border with Lebanon? Since October 8, Israel has been embroiled in a low-intensity war of attrition with Hezbollah — Hamas’ ally and Iran’s chief proxy in the Middle East — that has periodically degenerated into a full-scale war. Hezbollah’s secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah, has […]