A shooting outside Sons of Jacob Synagogue, in Belleville, Ont., Sunday night as congregants gathered for Kol Nidre services on the eve of Yom Kippur has prompted condemnation and calls for stronger action to protect Jewish communities. Ontario’s Special Investigations…
The Canadian Jewish Life Writing Project is a national annual initiative to collect, archive and digitally exhibit short autobiographical life stories of Canadian Jews from a wide range of ages, regions and social, cultural and religious experience. This year’s theme…
Author and human rights advocate Raheel Raza spoke with Gaza-born American writer and peace advocate Ahmad Fouad Khatib in a June 28 online briefing presented by HR Canada Charitable Organization. (screenshot) A Gaza-born American writer and peace advocate told a…
At the Weizmann Canada gala in Montreal on May 26, guests heard from Weizmann Institute professors Asaph Aharoni, left, and Ron Milo. Former CBC broadcaster Heather Hiscox hosted the event. (photo from Weizmann Canada) On May 26, Weizmann Canada held…
Panelists at the event Faith Not Fear: Building Jewish Leadership for a New Era in Canada, left to right: Ben Mulroney (broadcaster), Natasha Pein (researcher), Simon Wolle (B’nai Brith Canada), Matthew Taub (Unapologetically Jewish) and Amir Epstein (Tafsik). (photo by…
StandWithUs Canada executive director Jesse Primerano and lawyer Anita Bromberg, director of the organization’s new legal department. (photos from SWU) StandWithUs Canada has just launched a new legal department to help students navigate the climate on Canadian campuses. StandWithUs Canada…
Consolee Nishimwe, a Rwanda-born author, motivational speaker and survivor of the genocide against the Tutsi, spoke from New York on April 21 to an online audience as part of the In Conversation with a Survivor series hosted by Toronto’s Friends…
From a specific vantage point, the dispersed lines of Nicolas Baier’s Candelabra – winner of the Montreal Holocaust Museum’s public art competition for its new building – create the shape of a sphere. (photo from MHM) The Montreal Holocaust Museum…
The federal government must develop a comprehensive national digital literacy program aimed at protecting young people from a wide range of online harms, because current efforts are fragmented and insufficient, according to B’nai Brith Canada. The national advocacy group is…
Jewish leaders and public officials across the Greater Toronto Area are warning that a series of shootings targeting synagogues has pushed antisemitism into a far more dangerous phase, prompting urgent calls for action from police, governments and civil society. Community…
