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Robert Sarner

Robert Sarner

'This Jewish Moment' author Michael Posner in Toronto, August 2026. (Robert Sarner)
October 8, 2026, 3:54 pm
Diaspora Jews predict their own decline and fall in new post-Oct. 7 oral history
Released on third anniversary of cataclysmic massacre, ‘This Jewish Moment’ by Canadian author Michael Posner captures zeitgeist of North American Jews in their own words. It’s not pretty.
By Robert Sarner
Nora Bussigny in Paris, August 28, 2023.(Samuel Kirszenbaum/ Courtesy Éditions Albin Michel)
January 17, 2026, 7:25 pm
An undercover reporter joined France’s anti-Israel movement. Here’s what she found
In her explosive book ‘Les Nouveaux Antisemites,’ journalist Nora Bussigny reveals pervasive hatred of Jews and Israel on the radical left and worries for country’s future
By Robert Sarner
Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, at a rally in tribute to October 7 victims and in support of hostages, at the Palais de Justice in Nice, June 23, 2024. (Philippe Viglietti)
October 31, 2025, 7:52 am
Meet the French mayor who hung Israeli flags and a hostage banner on his City Hall
Leading Nice, the 5th-largest metropolitan area in France, the self-described ‘Jew at heart’ Christian Estrosi bucks opposition – and death threats – in his stalwart defense of Israel
By Robert Sarner
Journalist and author of 'French Victims of Hamas,' Rachel Binhas, in Paris, June 2025. (Robert Sarner)
October 9, 2025, 3:01 am
Journalist explores France’s eerily telling response to its citizens’ murders on Oct. 7
With ‘French Victims of Hamas: Their Story, Our Silence,’ Rachel Binhas shines a light on local victims of the slaughter and her country’s disturbing reactions to the tragedy
By Robert Sarner
Shannon Seban, Renaissance party candidate for the European Parliament election, addresses an audience in Aubervilliers, northeastern suburbs of Paris, on June 1, 2024, ahead of the European Parliament elections. (Stephane De Sakutin / AFP)
July 31, 2025, 7:58 am
French politician vocally fights antisemitism as her country is poised to recognize Palestine
After being targeted by a ‘Nazi’ website, Shannon Seban has leaned into her Jewish identity, fighting hate on the left and right — including with her new book, ‘French, Jewish and So What?’
By Robert Sarner
Writer and pro-Israel, pro-Jewish advocate Pat Johnson in Vancouver, May 2025. (Courtesy)
June 29, 2025, 2:13 am
Gay liberal Canadian writer takes fellow non-Jews to task, one acerbic essay at a time
Furious about antisemitism and unfair targeting of Israel, journalist Pat Johnson says Jews today need increasingly more support. His Substack paves the way
By Robert Sarner
Michal Harel and her husband Avital Epstein show the website they set up to help Israelis navigate a move to Canada in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, December 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rob Gillies)
May 12, 2025, 1:08 am
Israelis fleeing post-Oct. 7 instability receive warm welcome from Jews in chilly Toronto
Even as antisemitism is on the rise in Canada, war-weary sabras are flocking to Toronto, where its large Jewish and Israeli communities are rolling out the welcome wagon
By Robert Sarner
Israel supporters observe a moment of silence as they attend a vigil outside McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on October, 7, 2024, to commemorate the victims of the October 7 massacre by Hamas on Israel. (Graham Hughes / AFP)
December 7, 2024, 3:32 am
264-year-old Montreal Jewish community fears antisemitism becoming the new normal
Latest incidents further fuel heightened anxiety over crisis in Canada’s second largest city as Jews face troubling questions about their community’s future
By Robert Sarner
Ofer Bronchtein in Paris, August 2024. (Hally Pancer)
October 29, 2024, 3:12 am
Macron’s point man on Israel-Palestine says ‘it’s not the right time to think about peace’
French-Israeli Ofer Bronchtein believes that conditions conducive to peace will eventually return, despite a deteriorating relationship between the French and Israeli leaders
By Robert Sarner
Igal Hecht at the 'car graveyard' during filming of 'The Killing Roads' in March 2024. (Courtesy of Chutzpah Productions)
October 5, 2024, 9:45 am
In ‘The Killing Roads,’ filmmaker Igal Hecht confronts the visceral pain of Oct. 7
The powerful new documentary, its release set to coincide with the massacre’s anniversary, focuses on the Hamas slaughter on the south’s main arteries. To combat deniers, it is available for free
By Robert Sarner
ICA Summit breakout session on US-Israel Alliance with (l to r) moderator Yuna Leibzon, panelists Michael Oren, Victoria Coates and Dennis Ross, in Washington, DC, September 21, 2024. (Robert Sarner/Times of Israel)
September 23, 2024, 4:18 pm
Not above the fray: How the US-Israel alliance is now part of American partisan politics
Three experts speaking at the Israeli American Council National Summit weigh in on the once-sacrosanct bipartisan support for the Jewish state in DC and what has shifted
By Robert Sarner
Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, January 12, 2009, from "The Bibi Files." (Jigsaw Pictures)
September 10, 2024, 2:13 pm
Revealing leaked police footage, new film aims brutal lens at Netanyahu amid war
‘The Bibi Files,’ a scathing documentary, incorporates material from corruption probe to present sobering insight into the prime minister’s actions and character
By Robert Sarner
Karmela Waldman with her son Joel Waldman with Joel's new book, 'Surviving the Survivor,' in Toronto, May 2024. (Robert Sarner)
August 21, 2024, 1:19 am
True crime podcast by a Holocaust survivor and her son catapults them to unlikely fame
Karmela Waldman and her son Joel attract millions each month with their unique series ‘Surviving the Survivor.’ Now Joel has penned a book about their lives with the same name
By Robert Sarner
Bernard-Henri Levy, center, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, October 11, 2023. (Benjamin Touati)
July 11, 2024, 9:08 am
In France, Bernard-Henri Lévy fights a lonely battle on behalf of a solitary Israel
The controversial intellectual superstar’s new book ‘Solitude d’Israel’ puts the Jewish state nearly alone on the world stage, while his advocacy is situated in a sea of antisemitism
By Robert Sarner
Deborah Lyons (left) with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, December 2023. (Courtesy)
May 9, 2024, 3:46 am
Canada’s antisemitism envoy says Jew-hatred is at a high — and may get even worse
Six months into her role, Deborah Lyons sees an already dire situation exacerbated by the October 7 atrocities, saying the problem must be confronted at all levels
By Robert Sarner
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