Monthly Archives: July 2017
Janet Benton Nods to Jewish Family History, Sexism in New Novel
It’s 1883 in Philadelphia and you are a 23-year-old pregnant woman, turned away by your family, shunned from your community and abandoned by your fiance.
Where do you go?
At that time, there weren’t many places...
This 400-year-old Jewish library survived Hitler and the Inquisition
Livraria Ets Haim is the world’s oldest functioning Jewish library. As such, it is no stranger to the prospect of imminent destruction.
Founded in 1616 by Jews who fled Catholic persecution in Spain and Portugal,...
El Doktor Angel Pulido Fernandez i los espanyoles sin patria
Angel Pulido nasio en 1852 en Madrid en una famiya de kondisyon muy modesta, su padre i madre syendo venidos en Madrid desde Asturias para avrir una botikita de vinos en la kaye de...
Un groupe de médias de l’EI appelle les musulmans en Occident à attaquer leurs...
Le 29 juin 2017, une agence diffusant des contenus de l’État islamique (EI) a lancé des appels, sur ses chaînes Telegram, exhortant les partisans de l’EI en Occident à mener des attaques contre les...
Le gouvernement Trump accepte l’expansion régionale de l’Iran
Par A. Savyon et Yigal Carmon*
On assiste dernièrement à une évolution du conflit entre l’Arabie saoudite et l’axe sunnite d’une part – l’Iran et l’axe de la résistance de l’autre. Ces développements concernent non...
Hommage antisémite à Simone Veil sur un site raciste, misogyne et homophobe : « Cette...
Le site Démocratie participative (1) d’extrême droite affiche des publications à caractère raciste, antisémite, anti-musulman, misogyne et homophobe depuis sa création, début 2017. Le 30 juin, il rend un « hommage » antisémite à Simone Veil,...
Clarity, away from the fireworks
We were mostly white high society kids in a racially segregated city, witnessing lavish displays of patriotism from privileged vantage points. In Washington, D.C., where I was born and raised, we rarely stayed in...
Will Afghanistan manage to find peace?
In this week's UpFront, we speak to former Afghan spy chief Amrullah Saleh about the US-led war in Afghanistan and why 16, years on, the Taliban continues to have a strong foothold in the country.
In the Reality Check, we...
American Jews plan campaign to change Israeli minds about Judaism’s diversity
American Jewish leaders, outraged by a recent Israeli government decision to abandon an agreement to create a pluralistic, state-funded prayer space at the Western Wall, plan to plead their case directly to the Israeli...
The Canadian Jewish Congress was a mirror of the community
In honour of Canada’s 150th birthday, The CJN presents essays on 10 significant moments in Canadian Jewish history.
At Confederation, there were only around 1,000 Jews living in Canada. One could not speak of a...