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WHY THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WAY IT IS

By Prof. Philip Carl Salzman | February 21, 2012 | MIDDLE EAST

As we enthusiastically follow the “Arab Spring” overthrow of Arab tyrants and dictators, we think, and hope, that “the Arab street” is calling out for democracy and human rights, and that Arab societies are becoming more humane civil societies.

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BOOK REVIEW: Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah: New Insights and Scholarship

By Prof. Ira Robinson | February 16, 2012 | Jewish World

Greenspahn, Frederick, ed. Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah: New Insights and Scholarship. New York: New York University Press, 2011. xviii + 250 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8147-3286-1

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A TEST OF TRUE FRIENDSHIP

By Charles Bybelezer, Publications Chairman | February 13, 2012 | Israel-Canada Relations

According to Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird, “Canada does not stand behind Israel; Canada stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel.” And he’s right. Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s leadership, Canada has unquestionably assumed the mantle, previously held by the U.S., of “Israel’s best friend.”

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BOOK REVIEW: Women and the Messianic Heresy of Sabbatai Zevi, 1666-1816.

By Prof. Ira Robinson | January 31, 2012 | Jewish World

BOOK REVIEW: Ada Rapoport-Albert, Women and the Messianic Heresy of Sabbatai Zevi, 1666-1816. Oxford, Portland, OR: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2011. xvi + 386 pp. ISBN: 978-1-904113-84-3

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IT’S TIME TO DESTROY THE PERSIAN SHIITE REGIME’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS FACILITIES

By Prof. Ivan Kramer | January 30, 2012 | IRAN

The Persian Shiite Regime operates by its own sense of ethics and morality, and chooses which laws and international customs it cares to follow. An unmitigated hatred of the USA and Israel, a brazen support of terrorism against its perceived enemies, and an extraordinary determination to acquire nuclear weapons are hallmarks of the Regime.

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The Arab Uprisings' Impact

By Efraim Inbar | January 9, 2012 | Arab Spring

Although the wave of mass protests spreading through the Arabic-speaking countries may have begun to recede, it has left a wide-ranging impact on the region. Three authoritarian regimes have collapsed, and the rest are experiencing varying degrees of duress.

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The Fall of the Israel-Turkey Relationship

By Charles Bybelezer, Publications Chairman | December 30, 2011 | TURKEY | More About: Flotilla, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Mavi Marmara, Palmer Report, AKP

On Sunday, October 23, a devastating magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck southeast Turkey, killing hundreds and injuring thousands more. In a show of solidarity, Israeli officials called their Turkish counterparts to offer sympathy and relief aid. Turkey’s response prompted Commentary magazine editorialist, Jonathan S. Tobin, to pen the following:

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A JAMES BOND FOR THE POST-9/11 WORLD

By Barbara Kay | December 23, 2011 | Jewish World | More About: Daniel Silva

I love journalism. But keeping up with the news leaves little time for recreational reading. In my pre-columnizing days, I’d read a novel or two a week. But fiction, especially the detective and spy genres I adore, has become a guilty pleasure.

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HONOUR KILLING ENTRENCHED IN ISLAM

By Cynthia Yacowar-Sweeney | December 14, 2011 | ISLAM

Against the backdrop of the Shafia honour-killing trial in Kingston, Montreal’s Concordia University graduate Sikander Ziad Hashmi, an imam with the Islamic Society of Kingston, tells us “there is no such thing as ‘honour killing’ in Islam.” Last week, Hashmi challenged readers of Canada’s National Post Full Commentonline to find one classical Islamic religio

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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION REACHES NADIR AS PANETTA URGES ISRAEL TO “GET TO THE DAMNED TABLE” WITH PA

By Prof. Frederick Krantz, Director | December 5, 2011 | ISRAEL | More About: Barack Obama, Israel-US Relations, US Foreign Policy, Leon Panetta, Obama Administration

The Arab world is in turmoil, as the high promise of the “Arab spring” is everywhere descending—from Tunisia to Egypt to Yemen to (soon) Syria—into the triumph of the Islamists and Muslim Brothers.

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WHY THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WAY IT IS

BOOK REVIEW: Jewish Mysticism and Kabbalah: New Insights and Scholarship

A TEST OF TRUE FRIENDSHIP

BOOK REVIEW: Women and the Messianic Heresy of Sabbatai Zevi, 1666-1816.

IT’S TIME TO DESTROY THE PERSIAN SHIITE REGIME’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS FACILITIES

The Arab Uprisings' Impact

The Fall of the Israel-Turkey Relationship

A JAMES BOND FOR THE POST-9/11 WORLD

HONOUR KILLING ENTRENCHED IN ISLAM

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION REACHES NADIR AS PANETTA URGES ISRAEL TO “GET TO THE DAMNED TABLE” WITH PA

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