Daily Archives: March 6, 2020
Lawyers of Nazi collaborator: Too old, ‘diminished’ to deport from Canada
Lawyers for Helmut Oberlander, a 95-year-old who worked as a translator for Nazi death squads in Ukraine and Russia, claimed last week that their client’s old age and “diminished” mental capabilities should be cause...
Tulane University’s Jewish-studies department receives anonymous $2 million gift
The department of Jewish studies at Tulane University in New Orleans received an anonymous $2 million gift that will be used to establish a chair for the Contemporary Jewish Life Endowed Fund, the university announced on...
Does push to bar an indicted Netanyahu from leading next government violate democratic norms?
Israel’s fractured political system is possibly entering uncharted territory in the next few weeks. The results of Monday’s third round of general elections indicate a continued political deadlock; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is...
Kushner briefs senators on Trump Mideast peace plan
White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner briefed a bipartisan group of senators in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee behind closed doors on Tuesday about the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan, reported Axios, which...
March 6, 1982: Ayn Rand, Philosopher who defend the reason and individual freedom, dies
Ayn Rand (Alisa Rosenbaum), Russian-born author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, among other philosophical novels and screenplays, died on this date in 1982.
Rand developed the philosophy of Objectivism, which advocated human reason as...
Homophobie au Qatar : Annulation d’un événement en raison de l’homosexualité du principal chanteur...
Plusieurs expressions d’homophobie ont récemment été constatées au Qatar, où les relations entre personnes du même sexe sont interdites par la loi. Début février, la branche Doha de l’université américaine Northwestern a annulé un...
Le réalisateur iranien Nader Talebzadeh : MEMRI TV surveille l’Iran depuis 20 ans –...
Le 23 février 2020, le cinéaste iranien Nader Talebzadeh était interviewé par le présentateur Alireza Pourmasoud sur la chaîne Ofogh (Iran). Pourmasoud a affirmé que les grands médias américains sont constitués de six sociétés...