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…...

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, 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,…...

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,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (786+ words) The Canadian Jewish News Doorstep Postings: Canadian Jews in a comic-book rut I had streamed 2/3rds of the way through the recent Masters of the Universe movie while scrolling the latest news of the Liberals humiliating their domestic political opponents again…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (708+ words) Bialystok was an author, a professor at York University and the University of Toronto, and a member of the executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress. His contributions could be considered a gift to the Jewish community because he completed most…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1011+ words) Reches Pasternak has started walking the halls of Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Ont., with tefillin in his bag, ready to help his fellow Jewish students ground themselves amid the day-to-day hustle of academic life. Between attending classes, running the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1710+ words) Just two weeks before the beginning of the High Holidays, the spiritual leaders of Toronto’s oldest Orthodox congregation, Shomrai Shabbos Chevra Mishnayos, sent out an unexpected eblast to their congregation on Friday Aug. 28 reminding them of the Vaad HaRabbanim of…...