Najlepsze podcasty z kategorii: Writers Trust Of Canada (2024)

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Mayor Morley Rosenberg, cancer fundraiser Sheila Kussner and more: Honorable Menschen worth remembering this Yizkor 26:50

20h ago26:50

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Days ahead of Yizkor being recited in synagogues across Canada, The CJN Daily wanted to take stock of some noteworthy Canadian Jews who've passed away in recent months. It's the latest edition of a recurring series we like to call "Honourable Menschen". Today, host Ellin Bessner sits down with The CJN's obituary writer, Heather Ringel, to chat abou…

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The U.S. Gamble 30:14

1d ago30:14

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With her manager René Angélil by her side, Céline Dion is starting to crossover into the US. But there’s a secret René and Céline have been keeping: one René feared could stop Céline’s blooming career in its tracks.

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‘Keep showing up’: Columbia prof-turned-activist Shai Davidai rallies Canadian Jews 24:59

3d ago24:59

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Shai Davidai became a public figure shortly after Oct. 7, 2023 when the assistant professor from Columbia University starred in a video warning Jewish parents at elite American universities about the explosion of antisemitism on campuses across the United States. Davidai’s impassioned plea changed his life: the Israeli researcher soon became a voca…

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Struggling to afford your first home? This Jewish-backed investment firm wants to help 23:55

8d ago23:55

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On the night of Oct. 16, Jews around Canada will welcome the holiday of Sukkot, having erected temporary wooden or cloth structures outside their synagogues and homes. While celebrating in their makeshift shacks, many will tell stories of the huts that ancient Israelites lived in after their exodus from Egypt.Meanwhile, in modern-day Canada, a diff…

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Conquering Québec 37:50

8d ago37:50

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Céline Dion slept in a drawer as a baby born into a poor francophone Catholic family in Québec. At 12, she gets discovered in an office in Montreal, and she becomes a rising star in the insular constellation of Québec celebrity. But just as Céline is trying to break into English Canada, political tensions are running high in Québec. And some accuse…

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Sylvan Adams speaks out after anti-Israel vandals smashed the McGill building with his name on it 26:02

9d ago26:02

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On Oct. 7, 2024, more than a thousand anti-Zionist protesters marched through downtown Montreal toward McGill University as part of a “Week of Rage” to mark the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s subsequent war in Gaza. Despite a heavy security presence at McGill, some protesters managed to storm onto the campus, smashi…

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Samidoun: Why Jewish leaders and Pierre Poilievre want it declared a terrorist squad 23:00

14d ago23:00

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You may have heard recently about Samidoun, an extremist, anti-Israel, organization with a branch in Vancouver, ostensibly working to liberate Palestinian prisoners convicted of terrorism in Israel and elsewhere. This week, Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the federal Conservatives, demanded the government declare Samidoun a terrorist organization—a…

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'We carry this pain. It doesn't break us': how Canadian Jews marked Oct. 7's anniversary 22:52

15d ago22:52

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In Montreal, 8,000 people watched wreaths laid on the stage. In Toronto, 20,000 people recited the Kaddish prayer. An interfaith choir sung in Ottawa. All across Canada, tens of thousands of Canadians gathered to observe the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel and remember the Jewish victims who had Canadian ties.The Oct. 7 annive…

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Introducing Céline: Understood 2:56

16d ago2:56

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Céline Dion is having a moment. It’s not her first. And millions of fans are hoping it won’t be her last. While Céline’s international stardom seems obvious now, it was all so unlikely. This four-part series hosted by Céline expert Thomas Leblanc explores the surprising cultural, political and business alchemy that created one of the most enduring …

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'There was literally nothing to come back to': Oct. 7 survivor Thomas Hand shares his story with Canadians 24:02

17d ago24:02

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Kibbutz Be’eri survivor Thomas Hand spent nearly a month last year believing his youngest daughter Emily, then 8, had been killed by Hamas terrorists who stormed their Israeli farming community on Oct. 7 and slaughtered over 100 residents. Hand would later learn that Emily had actually been one of the 30 Kibbutz Be’eri residents kidnapped into Gaza…

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Ottawa just overhauled its grant program for security upgrades. Some Jewish leaders call it a ‘game-changer’ 19:28

23d ago19:28

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Just before Canadian Jews gather to observe the New Year on Wednesday, the federal government has announced some long-requested changes to a program that has helped nearly 500 synagogues, schools and community centres pay for panic buttons, security cameras, fencing and other vital safety equipment to date. Until now, Jewish leaders have long compl…

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82-year-old rabbi acquitted of decades-old sex-crime accusations in Montreal 24:44

28d ago24:44

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Rabbi Shlomo Leib (Leon) Mund walked out of a Montreal courthouse a free man on Sept. 25, after a Court of Quebec judge acquitted the 82-year-old rabbi of two sex-crime charges dating back to when the high-profile religious leader taught at an Orthodox school and offered unlicensed marriage counselling in the 1980s and 1990s.The CJN can’t identify …

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‘Erodes the public trust’: Elected officials react to TDSB field trip rally with anti-Israel chants 19:39

30d ago19:39

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford has blasted the Toronto District School Board for allowing some teachers to “indoctrinate” students with anti-Israel chants during a recent field trip that was ostensibly a learning event about justice for Canada’s Indigenous people. :"It's disgusting," Ford told reporters on Monday. Meanwhile, Ford’s education minister, J…

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Exploding Hezbollah pagers 'audacious' deterrence message from Israel to Iran: one expert says 23:01

1M ago23:01

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The fallout in the Middle East continues after last week’s “audacious” covert cyber attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon, when thousands of suspected operatives linked to the Iran-backed terror militia saw their army-issued pagers suddenly explode. Israel hasn’t confirmed or denied it was behind the sabotage of the booby-trapped devices, nor was th…

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New Canadian documentary spotlights Oct. 7 victims murdered on 'The Killing Roads' 24:11

1M ago24:11

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Canadian documentary producer Igal Hecht says he hates his new Oct. 7 film, The Killing Roads. The documentary retraces the final moments of 250 Israelis who were slaughtered by Hamas terrorists along highways 232 and 34, near Gaza. Hecht also feels this is the best work he has ever done. The film releases to the public online, for free, on Oct. 1.…

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Arnie Aberman will return his honorary UofT degree over the school’s handling of antisemitism 19:09

1M ago19:09

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Dr. Arnie Aberman received his honorary doctorate of laws from the University of Toronto in June 2015. He is one of more than 1,500 people who have received honorary degrees from UofT since the school began the tradition in 1850, but Aberman believes he is the first and only person to give it back—as his symbolic form of protest against rising anti…

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Ottawa reopens study of releasing Nazi war criminal files after omitting Holocaust experts 20:36

1M ago20:36

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After the debacle in 2023, when Parliamentarians gave a standing ovation to an elderly Ukrainian Waffen SS veteran, pressure mounted on Ottawa to speed up publishing the names of long-classified files containing the identities of hundreds of suspected Nazi war criminals welcomed by Canada after the Second World War. The files were prepared in the 1…

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St. Catharines' century-old synagogue is securing its future—with or without members 22:12

1M ago22:12

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The small Jewish community in St. Catharines, Ont., is marking a significant milestone this week. Exactly 100 years ago, on Sept. 14, 1924, two cornerstones were laid for the foundation of what would become the current building housing Congregation B'nai Israel synagogue. The event was front-page news at the time. No one could have predicted that, …

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Israeli official Michal Cotler-Wunsh tells Canadians to show courage, leadership for its Jewish students 25:07

1M ago25:07

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Shortly after attending last week’s funerals for some of the six hostages executed by Hamas, Israel’s antisemitism special envoy, Michal Cotler-Wunsh, flew to Canada for a speaking engagement. And while she was here, she made a point to attend the pro-Palestinian protesters’ return to the University of Toronto campus for their first fall rally and …

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What it’s like inside the Hamas tunnels where six hostages were murdered 27:16

2M ago27:16

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Maj. (Ret.) John Spencer is an American army veteran who heads the Modern War Institute at the U.S. Military’s prestigious West Point Academy in New York State. His books and courses about fighting historic urban and tunnel wars have been widely quoted–he’s even interviewed Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu-who name dropped the former comb…

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Jewish university students are coming back prepared for a fight—at Concordia and beyond 28:33

2M ago28:33

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Dozens of Jewish students at Concordia University joined the Montreal Jewish community Tuesday night Sept. 3, 2024, for a vigil in memory of the six Israeli hostages whose bodies were discovered after they had been executed. The event—held on campus right outside the Concordia student centre—came just a few days after four Jewish students and two p…

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Toronto cousin of murdered hostage Carmel Gat: 'A loss that could have been prevented' 22:47

2M ago22:47

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Toronto resident Maayan Shavit is set to fly to Israel on Monday to attend the funeral of her cousin Carmel Gat, one of the six Israeli hostages found executed two days ago in a Hamas tunnel under Rafah.Carmel, an occupational therapist and yoga instructor, was kidnapped while visiting her parents’ home in Kibbutz Be’eri. Terrorists also took Carme…

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These JNF Canada donors are split about the embattled charity’s future 24:15

2M ago24:15

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When news broke of the Jewish National Fund of Canada losing its charitable status on Aug. 10, the move meant the Canada Revenue Agency also stripped the venerable Jewish charity of its ability to issue tax receipts to donors. This poses a serious challenge to the historic Zionist fundraising organization–which received $20.2 million in donations i…

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JNF Canada CEO Lance Davis blasts CRA after charitable status revoked 29:26

2M ago29:26

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The CEO of the embattled Jewish National Fund of Canada, Lance Davis, insists he is now “running a very tight ship” in the wake of the Canada Revenue Agency’s recent decision to strip the historic Zionist fundraising organization of its charitable status. Davis, who became JNF Canada’s CEO in 2017, maintains that many of the government's longstandi…

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Three arrested after Jewish senior attacked Sunday at pro-Israel rally in Toronto 20:29

2M ago20:29

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Toronto police have arrested and charged three people—including two pro-Israel protesters—in connection with a violent incident at a weekly community rally in Toronto that saw an 88-year-old Jewish volunteer beaten and thrown to the ground. It happened on Sunday, Aug. 18, at the event held on Bathurst Street at Sheppard Avenue West. Video from the …

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Did Jewish summer camps do enough to support kids' mental health this summer? 19:01

2M ago19:01

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As Jewish overnight camps' summer 2024 sessions come to a close this week across most of Canada, several camp communities in Ontario have had to deal with sudden tragedies: the unexpected death of a councillor at one camp, and an accident at a different camp that took the lives of several cleaning employees. In each case, camp directors quickly cal…

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JNF Canada ‘blindsided’ after Ottawa fully revokes charity status. What’s next? 23:52

2M ago23:52

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The official revocation notice of the Jewish National Fund of Canada’s charity status, published in the Canada Gazette on Aug. 10, caught many by surprise—especially JNF officials themselves. Lance Davis, CEO of JNF Canada, says the venerable Jewish charity was “blindsided” by the Canada Revenue Agency’s move because it came so quickly, despite eff…

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From the archives: How to mark the Tisha b'Av holiday of mourning after Oct. 7 24:38

2M ago24:38

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On the night of Aug. 12, Jews around the world will mark the holiday of Tisha b’Av, the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av. It's considered the saddest day on the Jewish calendar. On this date, it's believed the First Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC. And nearly 500 years later, Roman Emperor Titus and his legions des…

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Who kicked this ‘devastated’ Jewish volunteer out of London’s JCC? 19:19

3M ago19:19

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On July 25, the London Police Service picked up a very upset Darlene Zaifman-Guslits by her arms and legs, and carried her away from the front door of the Jewish Community Centre. The London resident had just been issued a trespass notice for refusing to leave the building where her community was hosting a speech by Conservative party leader Pierre…

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After escaping the Jasper forest fires, this tourist couple found safety in the Jewish community 27:13

3M ago27:13

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Sharon Chodirker and Chaim Bell consider themselves lucky: they were among the tens of thousands of tourists and residents in Jasper who were evacuated from the forest fires that devoured a third of the buildings in the iconic Rocky Mountain resort town on July 24. The Toronto couple, who were on a hiking trip, managed to escape Jasper while smoke …

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A Druze IDF veteran reflects on Oct. 7—and fears for the future of his community 32:36

3M ago32:36

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Nohad Mansour, a 22-year-old combat veteran of the Israel Defense Forces, is keeping a close eye on developments back home in Israel—especially his native Druze village of Isfiya, overlooking Haifa. With the prospect of an imminent Iranian-led attack on Israel this week, the region, close to the Lebanese border, is a likely target for Hezbollah. Hi…

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‘Hate has been given a free rein in our streets’: Hear highlights from Toronto's Pride of Israel solidarity rally 24:15

3M ago24:15

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With the synagogue’s shattered front glass windows still boarded up with plywood sheets and an emergency fundraiser underway to repair the damage, Toronto’s century-old Pride of Israel congregation opened its doors to host a large community solidarity rally on the evening of July 31.More than a dozen federal, provincial and municipal politicians, a…

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A Hezbollah rocket put this Canadian IDF soldier in intensive care. His parents are asking for prayers 17:32

3M ago17:32

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When the Israel Defense Forces announced on July 24 that one of their soldiers was badly wounded by Hezbollah rocket fire aimed at an army base in Northern Israel, they didn't disclose the young man's identity. But his parents want the Jewish community to know. Just before they flew to be with him at his hospital bedside, the parents of Ben Brown, …

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Canada's kosher meat packers won in federal court. How will this affect the Jewish community? 24:00

3M ago24:00

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Last week, the Federal Court of Canada sided with Jewish communities in Montreal and Toronto in their dispute with the federal government over new biological guidelines covering how cows are slaughtered. On July 24, the judge granted kosher meat producers a temporary injunction, effectively pausing the enforcement of new guidelines that are aimed a…

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This CUPE member is suing one of Canada’s biggest unions over systemic antisemitism 22:19

3M ago22:19

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On Oct. 8, 2023, one day after the Hamas terror attack on Israel, Fred Hahn—the president of Ontario’s chapter of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)—wrote a tweet on his social media account: “I’m thankful for the power of workers, the power of resistance around the globe. Because #Resistance is fruitful and no matter what some might say…

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The ICJ called Israel’s 57-year military rule of Palestinian land ‘illegal’. What happens next? 22:31

3M ago22:31

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On July 19, the International Court of Justice in The Hague demanded Israel leave the disputed territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, after occupying them since 1967. The UN’s high court also instructed Israel to repay Palestinian residents an untold sum for taking natural resources, segregating the Palestinians, forcing Palestinian famil…

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After Fredericton's pride parade was led by pro-Palestinian activists, local Jews worry about their place in the city 25:49

3M ago25:49

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Fredericton's annual LGBTQ pride parade wound its way through the New Brunswick capital on July 21—with the Fredericton Palestine Solidarity group leading the event as grand marshals. The march went ahead despite the mayor and provincial lieutenant-governor pulling out due to the event's distinctly political tone. Local Jewish leaders and groups, m…

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Derek Penslar, a Canadian scholar of Jewish history, hopes to fix Harvard’s antisemitism problem 27:38

3M ago27:38

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Six months have passed since the president of Harvard University was forced to resign after she refused to sanction pro-Palestinian protesters. Claudine Gay was one of several university leaders who came under fire at a congressional hearing in Washington, D.C., last December during an investigation into how America’s Ivy League schools were failin…

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‘We are going to fight back’: Windsor Jews rally against UWindsor’s concession to pro-Palestinian students 24:07

3M ago24:07

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The head of Windsor’s Jewish community, Stephen Cheifetz, is calling in the big guns to fight back “significantly” against the University of Windsor, which agreed last week to accept a list of demands by its pro-Palestinian tent encampment protesters. In exchange, the protesters agreed to take down their two-month-old tent city peacefully.The July …

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Former Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy wants to fight the information war in Canada 21:56

3M ago21:56

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On the weekend, the IDF announced its forces had targeted a zone in the Khan Younis area of Gaza where the senior Hamas mastermind behind the Oct. 7 attack had been hiding. Initial reports said the attack aimed to take out Mohammed Deif, Hamas’ military chief. International condemnation was quick to blame Israel for dozens of civilians killed in th…

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When a craft market in Saskatoon banned Zionists, these Jewish parents decided to fight back 24:04

3M ago24:04

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At the end of June, a queer artist group's craft market was scheduled to celebrate Pride Month in Saskatoon with an event called Cheers for Queers. The organizers declared support for Palestine, later laying down an umbrella ban on Zionists. Jews could come, they said—just not Zionist ones. That's when a local parent recalled an interview they'd he…

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It's time for French Jews—and Jews in the Diaspora—to come live in Israel, says MK Sharren Haskel 24:59

4M ago24:59

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A few days ago, Israeli Knesset member Sharren Haskel, who was born in Canada, made headlines when she said her 88-year-old grandmother, who lives outside of Paris, had been badly beaten by two Arab suspects who noticed the visibly Jewish elderly woman wearing a Star of David necklace. The alleged attack is part of a series of antisemitic violence …

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Anthony Housefather is the federal government’s new special adviser on antisemitism. What now? 23:41

4M ago23:41

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Montreal-area Liberal MP Anthony Housefather said he is grateful to have been officially appointed on Friday July 5 as a special advisor to the Prime Minister and cabinet on relations with Canada's Jewish community, and on antisemitism. Housefather's new title also comes with a budget for travel, and to hire one extra staffer to help with the pile …

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How Kitchener-Waterloo's own Walk for Israel drew a huge crowd—and no protesters 22:08

4M ago22:08

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An estimated 500 people turned out on Sunday, June 23, to march through the streets of Kitchener, Ont., carrying Israeli flags and raising funds to help victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and subsequent war. The number might not sound like a lot, but to organizer Jeff Budd—whose family has sponsored this Walk for Israel for generations, a…

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‘Apology not accepted’: Behind Jewish groups’ furor over Canada’s new human rights commissioner 15:06

4M ago15:06

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Birju Dattani is a Canadian human rights lawyer who worked in the Yukon and his home province of Alberta before being catapulted into the highest-profile human rights job in the country a few weeks ago. In mid-June, Canada’s justice minster announced Dattani’s appointment for a five-year term as chief commissioner at the federal human rights watchd…

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Oy, Canada: Jews feeling ‘vulnerable’ and ‘precarious’ on Canada Day after Oct. 7 31:49

4M ago31:49

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Canada Day is usually a holiday of patriotism and pride. But this year, nine months after Oct. 7 sparked new waves of antisemitism across the country, many Jewish Canadians continue to feel isolated, vulnerable and anxious. It seems like every few weeks, a new synagogue is attacked or vandalized; Jewish and Israeli children are being routinely bull…

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Long-buried Nazi atrocities, retold in Robert Rotenberg’s new crime novel, have lessons for today 20:21

4M ago20:21

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Author Robert Rotenberg never imagined that his newest police crime novel, written against the backdrop of European fascism, would come out at the same time that far-right political leaders are sweeping into office across the continent. Nor did he plan that What We Buried would be published in the aftermath of one of the most embarrassing moments i…

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Two years ago this week El Al said it was shuttering direct service to Canada. Will it return? 19:31

4M ago19:31

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Like the Taylor Swift song about her ex-boyfriend, El Al airlines is likely “never, ever, getting back together” with Canada, at least not in the form of direct non-stop El Al flights with the Star of David logo on its planes. Two years ago on June 21, 2022 the Israeli carrier announced it was shuttering direct service to Toronto. After 40 years of…

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Will UofT’s encampment be allowed to stay up? An Ontario court is ruling soon—here’s what you should know 25:54

4M ago25:54

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An Ontario court judge is expected to rule as early as this week on whether the seven-week-old pro-Palestinian tent city at the University of Toronto will be allowed to remain, or whether it must be dismantled immediately—with police help, if necessary. Lawyers for the university were in court last week arguing the encampment is illegal and has don…

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Sidura Ludwig’s new children’s book about baking challah shares a recipe for turbulent times 21:08

4M ago21:08

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Rising, the new children’s book by award-winning Canadian author Sidura Ludwig, tells the story of a Jewish child and their mother preparing homemade challah bread for Shabbat. Ludwig wrote the story four years ago, during the pandemic lockdown, when she found solace in the weekly ritual of challah-making during those uncertain times.Now, releasing…

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