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Why don’t the Palestinians of Gaza rid themselves of Hamas?
By JACK LONDON I am Jewish. I am sickened by and angry about the unprovoked invasion of Israel by Hamas and its brutal murders, rapes, dissection and kidnappings of Israeli babies, children, women, and men. I am offended by the ignorance and distortion of the region’s history. I am offended by the policies of the…
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An Arab Trusteeship Council for Gaza
By Prof. BRYAN SCHWARTZ Oct. 17, 2023 (Originally posted to The Times of Israel)1 No peace is possible with Hamas. It is genocidally antisemitic. This position is foundational, not rhetorical or mutable. Waiting for the emergence of a “pragmatic” version of Hamas is suicidally naïve.2 Peace and cooperation are possible with most of Israel’s non-Iranian…
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Winnipeg congregations report largest attendances since 2019 for high holidays
By MYRON LOVE It was a frailiche Yom Tov this year. From all reports, there seems to have been a real joy for people able to once again attend services without having to deal the Covid restrictions of past years.The final numbers are in and they tell the story. Overall, Yom Tov attendance was almost…
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Gray Academy shows increase in enrollment for second straight year
By BERNIE BELLAN For years now we’ve been tracking enrollment figures at both Gray Academy and the Brock Corydon Hebrew Bilingual program.Enrollment at Gray Academy has shown a slight increase this school year – up from 468 last year to 474 this year (K-12). Enrollment in the Hebrew bilingual program at Brock Corydon has also…
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The war with Hamas reverberates in a most personal way for all of us
By BERNIE BELLAN October 9, 2023 How to do you begin to write about a situation that is so volatile that you know what you’re writing will likely be hopelessly out of date by the time that is read?That is the challenge inherent in writing for a bi-weekly newspaper – or even a daily newspaper,…
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American firefighters arrive in Israel
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Rocket sirens sound for Gaza-border towns
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Rocket sirens sound across Israel’s south and center
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Hamas leader Haniyeh: Palestinians will not leave Gaza
