This example of anti-Semitism at its most lunatic comes courtesy of Egyptian cleric Ahmad Abd Al-Salam, who spoke on Al-Nas TV on 28 January. Translation from the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
Ahmad Abd Al-Salam: The Jews “will not fail to corrupt” the believers. What does it mean? The Jews are never remiss – [...]

Free speech champions Harvey Silverglate and Robert Freedman are seeking election to Harvard University’s Board of Overseers. They want to Harvard to re-dedicate itself to cultivating a culture of free speech and free inquiry on campus.
Mr Silverglate says the university has adopted an agenda of narrow-minded political correctness to the detriment of academic freedom.
“They [...]

Growing anti-Semitism has brought “a grave and serious sadness” upon Jews in Canada and abroad. Canadian historian Ken Coates says that, while the Jews are very good at standing up for themselves, they should not be left to do so alone. Non-Jewish people need to speak up against their hate-filled enemies.
Standing with the [...]

Just in time for Lent, France’s Department of Health has recommended that everyone stop drinking wine in order to reduce the risk of cancer.
“The consumption of alcohol, and especially wine, is discouraged,” say guidelines that are drawn from the findings of the National Cancer Institute (INCA). A single glass of wine per day will raise [...]

The collect for today, the first day of Lent, commonly called Ash Wednesday, from the 1962 Canadian Book of Common Prayer:
Almighty and everlasting God, who hatest nothing that thou hast made, and dost forgive the sins of all them that are penitent; Create and make in us new and contrite hearts, that we worthily lamenting [...]