3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1841+ words) Work crews affixed a row of black metal fence posts into cement around the front and along both sides of Beth Tzedec Congregation in midtown Toronto on Sept. 10, laying the foundation for a new permanent security fence at Canada’s largest…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1479+ words) Boy George says he didn’t stop to consider what might happen to his career when he released a song this summer declaring his support for Israel and the Jewish people. He merely felt driven to write it. Then he posted…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (142+ words) A class-action lawsuit against McGill alleging that the university failed to protect Jewish students from antisemitism has recently been authorized to proceed. Universities have responsibilities, and when they fail to meet them, there must be consequences. Efforts will fail. No…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1105+ words) Two candidates for mayor in Toronto’s upcoming municipal elections pitched their plans to combat antisemitism to a well-attended event at a North York synagogue that featured frequent references to the absence of Mayor Olivia Chow. Brad Bradford, a current city…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (845+ words) Throughout her childhood Marisa Fox heard stories about her mother’s escapades as a spy and freedom fighter. Tamar Fromer Fox had told her daughter that in 1939 she managed to escape from Poland to Palestine, where she joined a Jewish paramilitary…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (533+ words) Toronto Police Service (TPS) is increasing both its visible and covert presence in the city’s Jewish neighbourhoods during the High Holidays and through to commemorations of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel, the city’s chief of police, Myron Demkiw,…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1871+ words) Over the summer, New York Magazine’s “Habibi City” issue set out to celebrate the city’s SWANA scene— Southwest Asia and North Africa, a term meant to replace “Middle East”. But to David Polansky, a political theorist and writer living in…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (620+ words) A 2013 Vanity Fair spread about British designer John Galliano’s top fashion moments includes the following caption: “In the wake of scandal, Galliano’s close friend Kate Moss commissioned him to design the wedding dress for her upcoming marriage to the Kills…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (183+ words) On Sept. 12, 1969, Canadian Jewry was ushering in Rosh Hashanah, which was beginning that same evening (a Friday, like this year). “In his Rosh Hashana Statement message to this newspaper the Prime Minister of Canada especially espresses [sic] the importance of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (766+ words) StandWithUs Canada’s new legal department is creating a network of pro bono lawyers to help Jewish students get legal advice and support. The Canadian chapter of StandWithUs, created in 2013, is part of the larger StandWithUs network that spans nine countries,…...