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, 14+ 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,…...

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…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (275+ words) The National Library of Israel now holds all the back issues of The Canadian Jewish News, starting with the first newspaper published on Jan. 1, 1960. In this new weekly historical feature, The CJN will revisit the archives and look at the…...