by Diane Bederman | Apr 17, 2018 | Politics
As we acknowledge during every Passover Seder: “In every generation [enemies] rise up against us, to destroy us, and every time God saves us from their hands.” This generation the enemy is the new-age Progressives-of all races, colours, creeds, religions, and...
by Diane Bederman | Apr 12, 2018 | Politics
Craig Damian Smith, associate director of the Global Migration Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, has written an article in the Globe and Mail about Israel and Eritrean refugees in the country. He has singled out the Jewish state of...
by Diane Bederman | Apr 11, 2018 | Politics
We are inundated with reams of information about Islam and Islamophobia as well as calls for Islamic reform. Christine Douglass-Williams has written an excellent book, The Challenge of Modernizing Islam: Reformers Speak Out and the Obstacles They Face, explaining...
by Diane Bederman | Apr 5, 2018 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
Egyptian Imam Omar Abd al-Kafi has accepted an invitation to come to Canada as the keynote speaker at the Niagara Family Muslim Conference April 14, 2018. Here is the resumé included in the announcement. “Omar AbdulKafi! Omar Abd al-Kafi (Arabic: عمر عبد...
by Diane Bederman | Mar 28, 2018 | Politics
Israel will celebrate 70 years in existence this May. And for her entire existence her right to exist has been questioned by some and denied by many. The San Remo Conference in 1920, following in the footsteps of the Balfour Declaration of November 2, 1917, under...
by Diane Bederman | Mar 24, 2018 | Ethics, Politics
Great Britain wants to punish Russia for using a dangerous nerve agent in their country. Good for them; standing up to a dangerous autocrat. But how do they plan to hurt Russia? Trade? Great idea. Sanctions!! Oops. Great Britain needs Russia the way a baby needs...
