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Sheldon Kirshner

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American Jews And Slavery

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Netanyahu Fears A Jewish-Arab Coalition

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An Israeli Documentary Touches A Raw Nerve

19.09.2026 80

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The Middle East Is Enmeshed In A Regional War

Hamas launched its invasion of southern Israel on October 7, 2023 with the broad intention of igniting a regional war whose end result would be...

17.09.2026 90

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Trump Unleashes Hostility Against Canada

15.09.2026 60

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Fauda Delivers Another Terrific Season

13.09.2026 100

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Britain’s Tough Approach To Israeli Settlements

The current Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, labors under the grand illusion that its controversial settlement policy in...

11.09.2026 70

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A Seismic Shift In German Politics

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party has entered a stunning new phase in its trajectory toward state and federal power after finishing first in the...

09.09.2026 70

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The Nazi War Criminal Issue Resurfaces In Canada

07.09.2026 70

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Ben Gvir’s Naive Palestinian Emigration Plan

05.09.2026 90

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Canada’s Public Broadcaster Corrects A Mistake

03.09.2026 80

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Hasan Piker’s vile threat

01.09.2026 60

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Unacceptable Montreal City Hall Motion Defeated

30.08.2026 60

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Trump Takes Aim At Iran’s Economy Yet Again

The United States, having failed to squeeze Iran into submission by military means, is now trying to achieve this objective through economic means....

28.08.2026 60

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Antisemitism In Canada Reaches New Heights

26.08.2026 80

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Syria: An Israeli And Turkish Battleground

24.08.2026 80

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Bashar Al-Assad – A Syrian War Criminal

20.08.2026 80

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The Oppressive Taliban Regime Must Be Shunned

A somber anniversary was marked in Afghanistan a few days ago as the Taliban celebrated the fifth anniversary of its return to power. On August 15,...

18.08.2026 80

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A Place To Call Home

Bevan Lee’s Australian television series, A Place To Call Home, definitely strikes a chord. A vibrant family drama consisting of 67 episodes, it is...

16.08.2026 90

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A New Mideast Alliance

On August 8, a day after Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan announced the formation of a joint defence pact, Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif...

14.08.2026 100

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Antisemitism and Free Speech In America

Antisemitism is now a focal point in the impassioned debate over free speech in the United States as defined by the First Amendment in the...

12.08.2026 80

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Iran Has Cornered Trump

Iran lost the war militarily, but may prevail politically. Nearly six months after the United States and Israel launched joint air strikes in Iran,...

10.08.2026 90

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El-Sayed’s Victory Does Not Bode Well For Israel

Israel’s support in the Democratic Party is gradually slipping away. The latest evidence of this seminal shift is Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in...

08.08.2026 100

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John Galliano’s Journey From Hatred To Repentance

John Galliano, the controversial British fashion designer, will be the subject of an exhibition at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art...

06.08.2026 80

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Trump’s Milestone And Netanyahu’s Millstone

Donald Trump is bound to be disappointed, if not angry, by Israel’s negative reaction to his recent announcement regarding the prospects of peace in...

04.08.2026 100

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The Contagion Of Settler Violence

On the eve of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington last week, Trump received a letter from Matan...

02.08.2026 80

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Marty Supreme: A Portrait Of A Table Tennis Star

Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, released last year and now available on Amazon Prime, is ostensibly about the American ping pong star Marty Reisman. It...

31.07.2026 80

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Netanyahu’s Meeting With Trump Focused On Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on July 28 unfolded against the backdrop of their...

29.07.2026 100

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Israel’s Alliance With The US Has Frayed

There is a glaring disconnect between Israel’s sagging popularity in the United States and President Donald Trump’s regard and respect for Israel....

28.07.2026 80

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The US-Saudi Nuclear Deal May Well Implode

It seems like a muddled agreement, at least at first glance. On July 23, the United States announced that it would build a civilian nuclear program in...

26.07.2026 100

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Mamdani – The Face Of Anti-Israel Animus in the US

New York mayor Zohran Mamdani stooped to political theater when he recently reiterated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a war...

24.07.2026 80

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Trump Trapped In A War Of Attrition In Iran

The United States and Iran are enmeshed in a no-war, no-peace deadlock that could easily escalate into an all-out war again should there be no major...

22.07.2026 250

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Above Suspicion

Nazi villains were a staple of early 1940s Hollywood movies, especially after the United States’ entry into World War II following Japan’s attack...

21.07.2026 100

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Iran’s Quds Force Linked To Antisemitic Attacks

July is a month to remember in the annals of Iranian-inspired terrorism against Jews. On July 18, 1994, a massive explosion tore through the Jewish...

19.07.2026 100

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Improbable Journey

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the face of the Islamic Republic of Iran for eight years. As Iran’s president from 2005 to 2013, he brutally suppressed...

17.07.2026 90

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A Tough Love Message To Israel

A prominent Jewish American has dispensed a message of tough love to Israel. It is worth listening to. Rahm Emanuel was in Israel earlier this month...

15.07.2026 100

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Mark Carney Needs To Be Consistent

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was recently in Jeddah to drum up business with Saudi Arabia, a wealthy and influential Arab state. He was the...

13.07.2026 100

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The Graham Platner Fiasco

Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee who was contesting the US Senate race in Maine, was a problematic candidate from the very start, yet his...

11.07.2026 100

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The US And Iran Are On The War Path Again

The latest tit for tat skirmishes between the United States and Iran, plus the bitter war of words these battles have set off, point to one...

09.07.2026 90

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Iran Sends Out A Defiant Message

The lengthy funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s former supreme leader, has been an elaborate and extended spectacle projecting strength,...

07.07.2026 250

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Honor: A Holocaust Story Of Courage And Resilience

Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, has recognized 2,673 Ukrainians as Righteous Among the Nations, an honor conferred on non-Jews who...

05.07.2026 100

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The Strait Of Hormuz: Iran’s Trump Card

Shortly after the eruption of the war in Iran last winter, the Iranian regime closed the Strait of Hormuz to virtually all commercial shipping. The...

03.07.2026 100

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Israel Finally Recognizes The Armenian Genocide

In a decision presumably driven by its currently abysmal relations with Turkey, Israel recently recognized the Armenian genocide. “It’s never too...

01.07.2026 100

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Israel’s Agreement With Lebanon May Be Doomed

Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, called it a “major milestone,” heralding what could be a new chapter in Israel’s often rocky bilateral...

29.06.2026 100

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The French Resistance Movement And Jews

The French resistance movement battling the pro-German Vichy regime and its ally, Nazi Germany, was a source of hope to persecuted Jews in France. The...

27.06.2026 100

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Israel Demonized In Democratic Party Circles

Three left-wing candidates endorsed by New York’s anti-Zionist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, won Democratic Party primaries on June 23, upending politics...

25.06.2026 100

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The Plight Of Partial Jews In Nazi Germany

Germans of mixed race ancestry fared badly in Nazi Germany. Thomas Paul Bernstein was one of them, a half-Jew who barely survived the brutalities of...

22.06.2026 100

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The Memorandum Of Understanding Strengthens Iran

Donald Trump lambasted the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which placed severe restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program. He called it...

20.06.2026 100

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Trump Pivots Away From Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has learned the hard way that his political relationship with US President Donald Trump comes at a high...

18.06.2026 100

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Israel’s Next Leader

Israel’s forthcoming general election is due to take place in September or October, and if the pollsters are correct Prime Minister Benjamin...

17.06.2026 100

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