Letter from Israel: Reflections of a year living under the threat of missiles
Aron Heller is a freelance contributor to The CJN in our ongoing series of dispatches from Canadians experiencing Israel at wartime. With all the trauma and turmoil that has engulfed this country after more than a year of war, it seems almost trivial to describe the plight of daily life in central Israel under the […]
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 […]
Canadian parents of Israeli soldiers like Eden Philip say ‘no news is good news’ when it comes to getting details from the front
Canadian parents whose children are serving in the Israel Defence Forces are balancing pride and worry as they wait to hear from their sons and daughters who have volunteered to fight in the ongoing war with Hamas. For many of them, weeks have passed since they were last in contact with their children. In most […]
Vivian Silver, a Canadian who dedicated her life to peace, is feared kidnapped by Hamas terrorists
A Canadian woman who has spent decades in the peace movement, forging close ties with moderates in Gaza, is missing and is presumed to have been abducted from her Kibbutz Be’eri home when Hamas terrorists invaded on Oct. 7. Vivian Silver, 74, who was born and raised in Winnipeg, made aliyah in 1974. She moved to […]
Ben-Dat: Israel on the brink
“In the intervening 45 years since the Yom Kippur War, nearly two generations have been born who have only read – if they are aware at all – of how close Israel came to destruction.”
Roytenberg: Enjoying summer, as hellfire rains down from above
Palestinians have much to gain if they give up their myths about Israel and put peace at the top of their list of priorities.
Your Daily Spiel for July 6
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and NBA All-Star Draymond Green are both making publicity stops in Jerusalem, a Jewish Israel advocate was gunned down in South Africa today, and much more news in our Daily Spiel!
Melamed: From Samson’s foxes, to the kites of Gaza
Sagi Melamed imagines a future where Israelis and Gazans live in peace.
High school students learn hard lessons about the trauma of war
Before they celebrate Israel’s 70th anniversary, students from Hebrew Academy in Montreal will be getting a lesson in the sacrifice and suffering that enables Jews around the world to feel that joy.
From Yoni’s desk: Israel leading by example in dealing with Syrian civil war
The record shows that Israel has exercised tremendous discipline in regards to Syria. And not only discipline, but tremendous compassion, too.
