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Canadian MPs Attacked On Twitter

News / 09.17.2018

Canadian MPs Attacked On Twitter
Last week, Dimitri Lascaris tweeted an attack on two Jewish MPs, Michael Levitt and Anthony Housefather, suggesting that they were disloyal to Canada, placing the interests of “apartheid Israel” above...
PLO And Israel Recognize Each Other’s Existence

Looking Back / 09.09.2018

PLO And Israel Recognize Each Other’s Existence
Center for Israel Education September 9, 1993 After nine months of secret contacts mediated by Norwegian diplomats, the PLO and Israel recognize each others’ existence. In the agreement, the PLO agr...
Major General Israel Tal Passes Away

Looking Back / 09.08.2018

Major General Israel Tal Passes Away
Center for Israel Education September 8, 2010 Major General Israel Tal passes away at the age of 85. Tal is best known for being the head of the 1970 committee which designed and developed the Merka...
United By Food

News / 09.06.2018

United By Food
A new festival this fall, formed by a partnership among three local organizations, will celebrate Windsor’s rich cultural diversity and its sense of unity, according to its organizers. “This is rea...
Essay: Iran’s Bad Year

Letters & Viewpoints / 08.09.2018

Essay: Iran’s Bad Year
Kobi Erez Iran is determined to be the leader of the Middle East and it’s working hard to earn this title. The Shi’ite regime has been attempting to create a territorial continuity expanding from T...
Guest Column: Cramming Kabbalah?

Columns / 08.09.2018

Guest Column: Cramming Kabbalah?
Mark Jacobs It was a late Tuesday afternoon, and my wife and I were getting ready for our first Kabbalah class. “Did you read the book?” she asked me. “There’s a book?!” I answered, and sud...
From Damascus to Jerusalem – New Movie

Art & Culture / 07.19.2018

From Damascus to Jerusalem – New Movie
By Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel A 41-year-old novel reaches the big screen. Writer Howard Kaplan was a college junior when he visited Syria in 1971; now 'The Damascus Cover' is an indie th...
Essay: Heightened Defense

Letters & Viewpoints / 07.12.2018

Essay: Heightened Defense
Israeli control of the Golan yields a broader benefit. It’s a ridge for the ages, a bulwark against Islamist tyranny from the north and a vista providing sweeping views of upper Israel. Arguably, ...
This Narrow Space

Art & Culture / 06.21.2018

This Narrow Space
Sandee Brawarsky Special to the Jewish News A cancer doctor’s memoir of his years at Hadassah Medical Center crosses cultural, religious and political divides. One of Elisha Waldman’s patients at Ha...
‘Overflowing With Optimism’

Israel / 06.14.2018

‘Overflowing With Optimism’
Israeli ambassador addresses Metro Detroit crowd. Expressing optimism for the future, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer said that after 70 years of existence, Israel’s innovational advances a...
Talking To Ourselves

Columns / 06.07.2018

Talking To Ourselves
Once again, events in Israel have intensified and, once again, many in the Jewish community are frantically sending flurries of emails and articles to each other. “You must read this one” we write to ...
Making History

Israel / 06.07.2018

Making History
ABOVE: The dedication of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. Sheryl Silver Special to the Jewish News  20+ years after Congress passed Jerusalem Embassy Act, U.S. Embassy opens. May 14...
Jewish@edu – Value Of Knowledge

Community / 05.24.2018

Jewish@edu – Value Of Knowledge
HMD’s Israel Fellowship offers ways to form your own opinions. On occasion, I have found myself watching an argument and observing that the foundation of the argument was a simple misunderstanding. H...
What Will Pulling Out Of The Iran Deal Do For The U.S.?

Letters & Viewpoints / 05.22.2018

What Will Pulling Out Of The Iran Deal Do For The U.S.?
The Detroit Jewish News asked experts on Israel, foreign policy, religion and/or other relevant fields to answer important questions on everyone's mind in the midst of the recent news from the Middle ...
Will The New U.S. Embassy Lead To Peace?

Letters & Viewpoints / 05.17.2018

Will The New U.S. Embassy Lead To Peace?
The Detroit Jewish News asked experts on Israel, foreign policy, religion and/or other relevant fields to answer important questions on everyone’s mind in the midst of the recent news from the Middle ...
Reactions to President Trump’s Decision to Withdraw From the Iran Nuclear Deal

Letters & Viewpoints / 05.17.2018

Reactions to President Trump’s Decision to Withdraw From the Iran Nuclear Deal
FROM THE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (AIPAC) [This] decision is not an endpoint. Rather, it provides an important opportunity to apply further diplomatic and economic pressure on Iran in...
Israel@70 At River Days

Israel / 05.17.2018

Israel@70 At River Days
Community celebration to be held on the Downtown riverfront. When Israel@70 meets River Days on Wednesday, June 20, a sea of blue-and-white flags will wave along the riverfront where thousands of J...
Israel@70 – 1948 War of Independence

Israel / 05.17.2018

Israel@70 – 1948 War of Independence
Two books give insight. May 14 marked the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the modern State of Israel and many commemorations and celebrations have taken place in Israel and around the wo...
U.S. Officially Opens Embassy In Jerusalem

Israel / 05.17.2018

U.S. Officially Opens Embassy In Jerusalem
Above: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the official opening ceremony of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. To his left is U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. J...
Trump Pulls Out Of Iran Nuclear Agreement

News / 05.17.2018

Trump Pulls Out Of Iran Nuclear Agreement
ABOVE: President Donald Trump at the press briefing announcing the withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, May 8. President Donald Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Iranian nuclear d...
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