JEWISH DELEGATION VISITS INDIAN CONSULATE IN TORONTO TO CELEBRATE GROWING TIES WITH INDIA AND ISRAEL
By Doris Strub Epstein To mark and honour India’s growing diplomatic closeness with Israel, a delegation met August 18th with India’s Consul General, Dinesh Bhatia in his office at the Bloor St. Consulate of India. It was spearheaded by Goldi Steiner, who with the late Salomon Benzimra, founded the organization for Israel’s Legal Rights. She presented […]
Read More →ISIS IDEOLOGY FLOURISHES DESPITE LOSSES, MEMRI VP FERNANDEZ
by Doris Strub Epstein ISIS IDEOLOGY FLOURISHES DESPITE LOSSES, MEMRI VP FERNANDEZ Several months ago, the Globe and Mail reported that a “group” that monitors militant groups online found a hit list with scores of Canadian on it. The list names individuals, e mail addresses and home addresses of thousands of others around the world. […]
Read More →Liberal MP strives to re-establish diplomatic relations with Iran
by Doris Strub Epstein Majid Jowhari, Liberal MP representing the riding of Richmond Hill, is lobbying the Canadian government to re-open embassies in Ottawa and Iran. According to Atash, a Persian news outlet in Canada as reported by The Clarion Project, he met with a delegation from Iran aiming to launch a Canada -Iran parliamentary […]
Read More →No action, despite Liberal announcement that they will bring Yazidi survivors of ISIS genocide to Canada within four months
by Doris Strub Epstein In a stunning about-face, the Liberals have committed themselves to bringing in the most vulnerable refugees – the Yazidi people who top the list of non Muslims targeted for genocide by ISIS. For over two years, since the genocide began in Northern Iraq in August 2014, the government has turned a […]
Read More →THE KREMLIN AND THE JEWS
March 18, 2014 by Doris Strub Epstein As the Ukraine is torn apart by opposing factions, the 300,000 Jews living there can be found on both sides of the escalating conflict. A synagogue in Sinferopol was sprayed with swastikas and the words “Death to the Jews,” as Ukrainian and […]
Read More →Letter to the editor, rebutting previous letter re: United Church and BDS
Re: David Taub Bancroft’s letter to the editor on Dec. 7, 2013: Mr. Bancroft’s conclusion in his letter, that the United Church’s policy is “grounded in international law” and that there is “very little worth taking offence over”, is in error. This error follows from 3 prior errors of fact that he makes. First, […]
Read More →