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Aug 24, 2026, 7:18 PM

Syria: An Israeli And Turkish Battleground

Since the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, Israel has repeatedly struck military bases and equipment in Syria and seized bits of territory in the southern part of the country, all in the name of protecting...

Aug 22, 2026, 5:35 PM

Scheherazade And The Kosher Delight

Agnes Caffin's Scheherazade And The Kosher Delight is a lesson in the limits of tolerance. Presented free of charge on line by the Toronto Jewish Film Foundation, this unusual French movie mainly unfolds in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Paris. Although...

Aug 20, 2026, 3:03 PM

Bashar Al-Assad – A Syrian War Criminal

Bashar al-Assad, the ousted president of Syria, is a war criminal. These are not mere words. Last week, a court in Damascus sentenced him, his brother Maher and six former Syrian officials to death for murder, torture, arbitrary detention and crimes...

Aug 18, 2026, 6:13 PM

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, 2021, following a costly two-decade war that achieved nothing of lasting value, the United...

Aug 16, 2026, 4:50 PM

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 now available on the Amazon Prime platform. I was inexorably drawn into it from the very...

Aug 14, 2026, 6:46 PM

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 spoke bluntly. Claiming that Israel is an "illegitimate state" and a "threat to the entire...

Aug 12, 2026, 8:28 PM

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 constitution, contends James Loeffler in his bold and thought-provoking work, Exceptional Hatred: Antisemitism and...

Aug 10, 2026, 6:24 PM

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, killing a significant proportion of its political and military leadership and massively degrading its armed forces,...

Aug 8, 2026, 5:44 PM

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 Michigan's Democratic primary on August 4. El-Sayed, a harsh critic of Israel, may become the first Muslim to serve...

Aug 6, 2026, 6:27 PM

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 starting next May 9. Due to run until January 9, 2028, it may well burnish his reputation...

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