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Canada/U.S.Three panelists debating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Toronto agreed that it’s not too late for a two-state solution, students in Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Quebec learned about Jewish children their own age who were killed during the Holocaust, and two Montreal rabbis are in the news, one for planning a meeting with Pope Francis to discuss furthering Arab-Jewish ties, the other for crafting a prenup agreement he believes is both halachically compliant and legal.

In denouncing anti-Muslim bias, President Obama said today, “We have to understand an attack on one faith is an attack on all our faiths.”

In an interview with Algemeiner, leaders of a student group at Columbia University, where a pro-BDS campaign has been launched, said it’s “considered cool to oppose Zionism.” Even professors are afraid that supporting Israel would “jeopardize their careers,” they said.

Israel: Two 13-year-old girls stabbed an Israeli security guardtoday, admitting …

The cultural realignment in Canadian politics / Peter Copeland and Eric Kaufmann
The cultural realignment in Canadian politics / Peter Copeland and Eric Kaufmann
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