Letter from Israel: What it feels like when war reaches a home near Haifa
I live in a religious neighbourhood just north of Haifa, which means the siren goes off every Friday afternoon, half an hour before sunset. But for 11 months, the Shabbat siren has been silent, so people don’t get confused, even though the Shabbat siren is a steady tone while the rocket siren is an eerie […]
University of Ottawa antisemitism advisor resigns after comments he says were misinterpreted
Artur Wilczynski, the University of Ottawa’s special advisor on antisemitism—who resigned Sept. 19 in the wake of his controversial social media posts regarding the deadly pager explosions in Lebanon—says he stands by his remarks, but he also recognizes why they were misinterpreted. A senior adviser at the U of O’s graduate school of public and […]
