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…...

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, 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…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1230+ words) The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) delayed a motion to endorse an Israel boycott and created a committee for Jewish union members at its latest annual general meeting. ETFO represents around 84,000 educators and staff at Ontario’s public elementary schools....

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…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1284+ words) A new report published for the Spring 2026 issue of Canadian Jewish Studies has found that diversity and inclusion offices at Canadian universities are ill-equipped to address antisemitism and the concerns of Jewish faculty. The study surveyed 136 Jewish faculty and staff…...