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A university in Canada is employing a terrorist who played a role in murdering French Jews in a synagogue on a Jewish holiday. Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, is employing Professor Hassan Diab, a terrorist who was part of a 1980 terror attack that bombed a synagogue in Paris, murdering four Jews and wounding almost 50 people, wrote The Jerusalem Post. The massacre occurred on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, noted the National Post. Diab was convicted in France for his role in the murders, but managed to flee to Canada, though he still faces a life sentence in...

Shalom from a grieving Israel. I finally was able to make it home yesterday after days of trying to catch earlier flights. What I found here was a nation that is brokenhearted, yet full of resolve. We have put up with the terrorists surrounding us and picking off our people one-by-one. When we would respond, it would be with a method of retaliation commensurate to the murderous action taken against us. But then a terrorist army invaded from Gaza and horrifically slaughtered more than 1200 of our innocent babies, children, elderly, women, and men. They shot them, burned them, stabbed...

The eight day festival that consists of Sukkot and Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah will come to an end Thursday night, bringing an end to the month long holiday season and starting the regular year. Hebrew calendar days begin from the previous evening; therefore, in accordance with Jewish Law, Arutz Sheva staff will be offline from Wednesday night until the end of the holiday, on Thursday night. Overseas staff will be off until Saturday night in the US. n Israel, a popular expression is "Acharei Hachagim" - lets' wait till after the holidays - as the entire country seems to put off...