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Free advice for the federal Liberal party

admin — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 03:59:31 +0000

Well, well, well: it appears that Bob Rae has decided not to run for the federal Liberal leadership after all, despite rampant speculation over the past year that he would if the party let him. This has to be a relief for people who’d like to see Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Conservative wrecking […]

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‘Israeli apartheid’ is a slur that does no one any good

admin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:39:10 +0000

Campuses around the world are beginning to witness a series of annual events known as Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), and it’s a particularly depressing time of the year to be a progressive Jew. That’s because when you call Israel an apartheid regime, as many on the left are wont to do, you’re effectively arguing, whether […]

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Linsanity and some personal soul-searching on race

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:44:09 +0000

The New York Knicks and Asian-American rookie phenom Jeremy Lin were in town last week to play the Toronto Raptors, and it led me to some personal soul-searching on race, particularly when it comes to Asians and Asian-Americans and Canadians. By now, many of you already know Lin’s story, and you know what he inflicted on the […]

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Some interesting firsts in Canada’s Jewish community

admin — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:07:55 +0000

A couple of noteworthy firsts passed with little fanfare this past December that are unusual in Canada’s religiously (and increasingly politically) conservative Jewish community. First, Temple Emanu-El Beth Sholom in Montreal named Rabbi Lisa Grushcow to succeed Rabbi Leigh Lerner, who will become rabbi emeritus of Canada’s oldest Reform synagogue. In doing so, the temple became the […]

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A disingenuous piece of ‘news’

admin — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:19:52 +0000

Over the weekend, I happened to visit the website of the Kashruth Council of Canada, the country’s largest kosher supervisory agency (yes, I lead a very exciting life), and I noticed that it contains the following helpful item in its news section — the place where it lists establishments and products that have new kosher […]

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