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Reitter, Paul. On the Origins of Jewish Self-Hatred.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012. 166 pp. ISBN 978-0-691-11922-9.

The Canadian Institute for Jewish Research held its first National Conference in Toronto at Shaarei Hashomayim Congregation on Sunday, 22 April, 2012, 12:00 noon to 3:30 p.m., on “Israel’s Threatened Security: The Failed ‘Arab Spring’, Iran’s Imminent Bomb, and U.S. Foreign Policy, before a large and enthusiastic c audience.

The Dachau concentration camp display entitled Names Instead of Numbers [currently in Winnipeg] is not a Holocaust exhibit. The victims of the Hitler regime were indeed diverse but the victims of the Holocaust were Jewish.

The “Arab Spring” began with a popular uprising in Tunisia a year ago, then spread to Egypt, where Hosni Mubarak, quickly abandoned by America, fell after a few weeks of demonstrations in Cairo.

The following article was written by Rabbi Menachem Posner of Montreal’s Congregation Shomrim Laboker following CIJR’s recent Community Colloquium at the synagogue (Click HERE to view pictures of the event.)

Homogenous units based along tribal lines may be the prescription for Middle East stability, says Mordechai Kedar, whose experience in IDF Intelligence, fluent Arabic, and outspoken views have made him an official Israeli spokesperson to the Arabic media.

Imagine for a moment that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khameini, at a Martyrs’ Day rally in Tehran, repeated his longstanding call for both the UK and France to be wiped off the map.

Benjamin Brown, The Hazon Ish: Halakhist, Believer and Leader of the Haredi Revolution [Hebrew] (Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 2011). xiv + 951 pages, + English summary. ISBN: 978-965 -493-528-9

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.

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