בס׳ד

"Where does it say that you have a contract with G-d to have an easy life?"

the Lubavitcher Rebbe



"Failure is not the enemy of success; it is its prerequisite."

Rabbi Nosson Scherman



10 May 2013

Speakers

FrontPage Mag has a video in which the Glazov Gang discusses Pamela Geller being banned to speak in a synagogue in Canada while convicted highjacker Leila Khaled can speak via Skype at the University of British Columbia.

Prior to Ms. Khaled's speech, the Globe and Mail reported the following.

A Jewish advocacy group has called on the University of British Columbia to prevent a controversial figure from speaking at a conference devoted to Palestinian issues, saying Leila Khaled’s past should preclude her from having any public platform in Canada.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bnai-brith-slams-controversial-ubc-talk-by-leila-khaled/article11647700/

In response, Omar Shaban called Bnai Brith's statement offensive.

However, I do want to point out to the fact that this statement is offensive to the UBC community. It assumes that students at UBC are not capable of critical thinking, assessing Khaled's speech and making informed judgements.

TheBlaze reports, "The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for inappropriately flagging conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status."
Read more:  http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3273796770070251781#editor/target=post;postID=2961620310238192383


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