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Oct 11, 2026, 6:26 PM

Pillay Does Not Deserve The Nobel Peace Prize

Israel's furious reaction to news that Navi Pillay had won the Nobel Peace Prize is perfectly understandable. Pillay, a South African jurist and an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice, presided over a United Nations commission that...

Oct 9, 2026, 6:48 PM

British Green Party Passes A Horrible Resolution

The Green Party in Britain, led by a Jewish ideologue named Zack Polanski, adopted a profoundly anti-Israel resolution at its annual conference in Brighton on October 4, three days before the third anniversary of Hamas' attack in Israel. The stark...

Oct 7, 2026, 2:52 PM

October 7: An Appraisal Three Years Later

"There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen," Vladimir Lenin, the Soviet revolutionary leader, famously said. Lenin's succinct observation can be applied to October 7, 2023, when Hamas hordes attacked southern Israel in the deadliest...

Oct 5, 2026, 6:59 PM

Carney, Netanyahu and a Two-State Solution

Mark Carney has spoken to or met dozens of world leaders since succeeding Justin Trudeau as Canada's prime minister last year. Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, is glaringly absent from that list. Later this month, Carney will reportedly...

Oct 3, 2026, 7:22 PM

October 7: An Election Campaign Issue In Israel

The single blackest day in Israel's history, Hamas' attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023, has become a contentious campaign issue less than a month before the October 27 general election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's opponents pin this massive...

Oct 1, 2026, 10:29 PM

Mamdani’s Flawed Plan To Combat Antisemitism

Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim mayor of New York City, released a comprehensive plan to combat antisemitism on September 29. Amid an upsurge of antisemitic incidents in the Big Apple, he pledged millions of dollars for security and hate-crime...

Sep 30, 2026, 12:06 AM

Avi Lewis’ Reckless Rhetoric

Avram David (Avi) Lewis, the leader of Canada's left-of-center New Democratic Party, has come to his senses and no longer is holding Jewish Canadians accountable for Israel's actions. Lewis, an anti-Zionist whose wife Naomi Klein shares his views, caused outrage...

Sep 27, 2026, 3:42 PM

Belleville: An Escalation In Antisemitic Attacks

Canada's image as a peaceful, stable, tolerant nation is being tarnished, if not shredded, by antisemitic lunatics. The somber statistics tell the story. From November 2023 until June 2026, no less than 18 Jewish schools and synagogues in this country were...

Sep 25, 2026, 5:38 PM

Israeli Arab Politician Crossed A Red Line

Rare is the day when Israeli politicians drop their differences and agree on an issue of national importance. Two days ago, they broke the mould when they backed a decision by the Central Elections Committee to disqualify the chairman...

Sep 23, 2026, 6:54 PM

American Jews And Slavery

A profusion of books and monographs has been published on a topic fraught with passion and controversy – American Jews and slavery in the United States. Richard Kreitner is the latest author to enter this field. Fear No Pharaoh:...

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Sheldon Kirshner is a journalist in Toronto. He writes at his online journal, SheldonKirshner.com