6+ hour, 17+ min ago   (1920+ words) Debbie Wasserman has spent nearly four decades volunteering with the National Council of Jewish Women in Canada. Now she’s taken on her highest profile role yet: she’s the new president of the International Council of Jewish Women (ICJW), a century-old…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (238+ words) A photo gets an apology. Obstructing food aid doesn’t The Canadian Jewish News Last week offered a case study in how differently the world treats different kinds of conduct in the Israel-Gaza conflict. On Monday, a senior United Nations official…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (516+ words) Editor’s note: The Canadian Jewish News will be updating this obituary of Morley Torgov. Award-winning Canadian Jewish novelist Morley Torgov, who drew on his boyhood experiences of growing up Jewish in a small town, died July 19. He was 98. Torgov was…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (532+ words) What oh what is going on at PEN America? It is a time-honoured case of, there’s no pleasing everybody. And I must alas count myself among the displeased. So that’s the overview of the PEN thing. But there’s a part…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1943+ words) Holocaust survivor Adam Policzer, 87, from Vancouver, is marking three major milestones this summer: the publication of his first English-language Holocaust autobiography in the form of a graphic novel, The House Across the Street; the premiere of a documentary about his…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (578+ words) In other posts, Moed can be seen at the Calgary Stampede with Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Nenshi, who currently represents the Edmonton-Strathcona riding, went on to affirm the Alberta NDP’s belief in human rights before…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (950+ words) A private prosecution for terrorism-related charges filed by a British Columbia politician last summer against the Vancouver-based director of terror group Samidoun, was rejected by Canada’s Public Prosecution Service. Brodie, a OneBC MLA, said she acted after B.C. prosecutors declined…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (468+ words) For much of the Medieval period, Jews in the West were subject to compulsory segregation, confined to urban ghettos in order to isolate, control, and monitor them. This segregation was justified as a form of moral protection for the surrounding…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1793+ words) Rabbi Yael Splansky, the senior leader of Toronto’s Holy Blossom Temple, presides over the Reform movement’s flagship institution and the oldest synagogue in the city at a pivotal time. The temple, which is marking its 170th anniversary this year, has not…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (831+ words) The Inspector General of Policing in Ontario is encouraging police services across the province to take seven new actions that will strengthen their responses to rising antisemitism. Teschner’s notice was written after speaking with Jewish community organizations and 14 municipal police…...