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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent threat to “wipe Israel off the map” received massive media attention, especially in the West. In Canada, most newspapers ran editorials denouncing Ahmadinejad; several also ran opinion pieces. On CTV National News (Oct. 28), a 21/2-minute report by Janis Mackey Frayer showed scenes of anti-Israel fervour in Tehran. Frayer interviewed Dore Gold, an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who said: “You cannot threaten to exterminate a fellow UN member and [expect that] the world will remain silent.” Frayer concluded her report: “Refusing to acknowledge Israel’s right to exist is nothing new for Iran,...

AROUND THE JEWISH WORLDWith Canadian aliyah on the rise, Nefesh B’Nefesh plane set to fly By Suzanne Wintrob David Karp Kids from North American families play at JFK International Airport while they wait for their flight to Israel, sponsored by Nefesh B’Nefesh and the Jewish Agency for Israel, in August 2004. TORONTO, May 15 (JTA) — It used to be that so few people made aliyah from Canada that almost no one paid attention to them when tallying immigration totals from North America. But times are changing. With a wave of Canadians preparing to move to Israel, Nefesh B’Nefesh, an...