Canadian trial focuses on hate speech
The high-profile trial of former Canadian aboriginal leader David Ahenakew has provided yet another occasion for Canadians' human rights activists, legal experts, and civil libertarians in Canada to debate the efficacy of criminally prosecuting hateful sp Read more »
Edward Bronfman dies at 77
Edward Bronfman, a Canadian businessman and philanthropist, one of the Bronfman family, dies at 77. Read more »
Hungarians debate hate speech
United in their abhorrence of anti-Semitic and racist views, Hungarian liberals increasingly are at odds over the issue of hate speech and the wisdom of seeking to eliminate it through strict laws. Read more »
Ottawa Jews work with Somalis
A Jewish community program to mentor an organization of local Somali immigrants is being touted as an example for improved Muslim-Jewish relations across Canada. Read more »
Hungarian literati split over Jew-bashing
When a Hungarian writer implied at a right-wing rally earlier this year that Jews were imposing a moral Holocaust on Hungary, he sparked one of the ugliest anti-Semitic episodes the country has seen in years — and revived an age-old rift among the country Read more »
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Updated 11/20/09 @ 11:30AM EDT
- Canada's opposition Liberal Party is crying foul after the ruling Conservatives mailed out flyers extolling themselves as stronger supporters of Israel.
- Israel arrested five Palestinian Authority intelligence officers in the West Bank.
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel is conducting secret negotiations with Hamas.
- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was welcomed Thursday in Brazil by a state governor who is Jewish.
- Prominent South African Jewish leader and philanthropist Mendel Kaplan has died at the age of 73.
- Canadian Liberals object after Conservatives say they’re stronger Israel backers
- Israel arrests five P.A. officers
- Abbas: Israel talking to Hamas
- Abbas welcomed by Jewish pol in Brazil
- South African Jewish leader Mendel Kaplan dies
- Israel will send ship to NATO anti-terror force
- Obama: New Iran sanctions coming within weeks
- What should we bring? Thanksgiving foods that travel well
- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Obama half-brother has Jewish roots
- Lieberman: Fort Hood could be terror attack
- J Street confab shows generational divide on Israel
- What really happened at the Reform biennial in Toronto
- Rubashkin convicted on 86 charges
- Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
- Sniffing underwear and other high jinks in satire on intermarriage
