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Opinion: Why Canada must keep pushing for peace in the Middle East

Oct. 7, 2023, was a day that changed Israel—and Jewish communities across the world—forever. The murder of more than 1,200 people and the...

11.10.2025 6

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Yaara Saks

Opinion: Hate crime law a tentative step forward

Canada has taken a long overdue step in strengthening our ability to confront hate. The federal government’s new legislation not only creates a...

09.10.2025 1

Canadian Jewish News

Bernie M. Farber

The Manchester synagogue attack inspires ‘her skirt was too short’ antisemitism

On Yom Kippur, two people were killed and more were injured in Manchester, England, when a man named Jihad Al-Shamie attacked the Heaton Park...

06.10.2025 9

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Proud Jewish schoolgirl meets tycoon of Jewish background in Emma Forrest’s ‘Father Figure’

If you prick Ezra Levy, does he not bleed? As a literary challenge, few tasks would be as bold or surprising as making one of your main characters...

29.09.2025 1

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Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Mark Carney’s first Rosh Hashanah

Editor’s note: the following is the Rosh Hashanah sermon Rabbi Jarrod Grover delivered at Beth Tikvah Synagogue in Toronto on September 23, 2025....

28.09.2025 20

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Rabbi Jarrod Grover