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Apr 27, 2024, 5:00 PM

Jews In Iran Live On The Precipice

Jews in Iran are in a delicate and vulnerable position. As citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran, they are loyal to a country at war with Israel and committed to its destruction. Yet, as Jews, they are caught between the...

Apr 25, 2024, 8:58 PM

Palestinian Protests Spread to US Universities

The student protests that have wracked New York City's Columbia University have spilled into campuses across the United States, creating a tidal wave of acrimony, outrage, disgust and fear. The demonstrations have been led by vocal and aggressive Palestinian American...

Apr 24, 2024, 5:11 AM

A Time For Reckoning In Israel

The massive intelligence failure that enabled Hamas hordes to penetrate Israel's high-tech border fence along the Gaza Strip on October 7 and kill roughly 1,200 civilians and soldiers in an unprecedented rampage has claimed the first major figure in...

Apr 22, 2024, 6:45 PM

Jordan Repaid An Old Debt To Israel

As Iranian missiles and drones hurtled toward Israel on April 13 during Iran's direct and unprecedented attack, a coalition of nations united in a show of force to intercept 99 percent of the incoming projectiles. They were shot down...

Apr 20, 2024, 7:51 PM

Israel And Iran Avert A Regional Mideast War

It appears that Israel and Iran have stepped back from the brink of a regional war, but they are still on a collision course that could destabilize and upend the Middle East. Responding to Iran's drone and missile attack on...

Apr 18, 2024, 11:25 PM

Regardless of whether you're a gourmet or a gourmand, Food, Inc. 2 may very well interest you. This hard-hitting documentary, a sequel directed by Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo and scheduled to open in theaters in Canada on April 19,...

Apr 17, 2024, 5:30 PM

Israel Has No Choice But To Retaliate Against Iran

Just days after Iran upended the Middle East with its unprecedented drone and missile attack against Israel on April 13, the Israeli government is carefully pondering what do do next at this moment of peril in the region. The war...

Apr 16, 2024, 5:42 PM

The Fate Of The Hostages Consumes Israel

Israel should brace for bad news concerning the fate of the hostages held by Hamas and other armed groups in tunnels and private homes in the Gaza Strip. Six months after their abduction from kibbutzim, army bases and a music...

Apr 15, 2024, 12:36 AM

An Inflection Point in Israel’s Rivalry With Iran

Israel is now officially and ominously at war with Iran, its arch-enemy in the Middle East. After yesterday's much anticipated and telegraphed Iranian drone and missile attack targeting Israel, the first by Iran against Israel from its own territory, the...

Apr 13, 2024, 10:51 PM

The Many Lives Of Cy Endfield

Cyril (Cy) Endfield, an American movie and theater director, will be remembered for his intense action dramas and his flight to Britain to rebuild his shattered career after he refused to cooperate with a U.S. congressional committee investigating purported...

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Sheldon Kirshner is a journalist in Toronto. He writes at his online journal, SheldonKirshner.com