Recent Visit of Gilad Shalit to Canada Stirs Controversy
“Deliver them that are drawn unto death; and those that are ready to be slain wilt thou forbear to rescue?” (Proverbs 24:11) The Jewish National Fund (JNF) brought former Hamas captive Gilad Shalit to Canada for a four-city speaking tour earlier this month. The tour, which was announced in June, stirred up some controversy among […]
Quebec Jews Decry Proposed Religious Symbols Ban
“You shall observe My statutes and My ordinances, which a man shall do and live by them. I am the Lord.” (Leviticus 18:5) A proposed ban on “ostentatious religious symbols” in the Canadian province of Quebec has the Jewish community concerned. Under the province’s proposed Charter of Quebec Values, designed to preserve the province’s secular […]
The Canadian Israeli Love Affair
In Genesis 12:3, God tells Abraham, “And I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse; and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.” And in Psalms 122:6, David says, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper that love thee.” Canada has been […]