September 25, 2002

Lots of speakers at the Jewish Book Fair in Toronto, Nov 2 to 10th. An advance speaker on October 20 is Michael Oren, author of the Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East. Their phone number is 416-636-1880 x 368. Alan Dershowitz will be the keynote speaker on November 4 at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto for the close of the UJA Federation Israel Emergency Campaign. The information line is 416-631-5700. 11:31:33 PM

Concordia University has certainly raised Canada’s profile in the blogosphere.  Anti-Semitism in Canadian academia is also a big topic offline. Jack Bordan a former Concordia professor who is a member of Canadian Volunteers for Israel will be speaking about the happenings at Concordia on Oct 2 in Toronto.  On Oct 6 Professor Irving Abella of York University will moderate a discussion on Antisemtitism in Academia. The talk is hosted by the Centre for Jewish Studies at York University. 11:27:33 PM