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As students prepare to the return to classes in the coming days, there appears to be a growing public awareness that Canadian campuses are unwelcoming places for Jewish and pro-Israel students. This is hardly breaking news. Anyone who is a…
Every year, Jews from across the spectrum approach the Rosh Hashanah season with anticipation. Families gather, tables are set and, as the year draws to an end, I begin to contemplate where I’ve wandered throughout the year. I think about…
The High Holidays and the start of school are coming up. My twins have acquired new, bigger backpacks for Grade 10. We’ve also been serenaded daily by our resident teen baritone saxophonist. He’s practising so he can play in a…
Canada’s new Combatting Hate Act, which has just come into force, says many of the right things. The question is whether anyone in the justice system will act on them. The passage of Bill C-9 into law creates a distinct…
British Columbia has been home to Indigenous peoples since time immemorial, and shaped ever since by people who came from somewhere else. For generations, people have arrived here seeking opportunity, freedom, safety and the chance for a better future. They…
A few days ago, a press release arrived in my inbox for the 2026 Redress Design Award. In capital letters, it read, “2026 finalists announced, tackling common to complex textile waste.” After I wrote the book Knit Green: 20 Projects…
This week, Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen were married. The couple had only recently begun building a life together in Ramat Gan when terrorists burst into the home where they were visiting with family on Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct.…
(photo from levhaolam.com) Summer this year brought me an unusual experience. My twins went to stay with grandparents in Virginia and work as CITs (counselors in training) at a Jewish day camp. My husband dropped them off and then attended…
Many American Jews have given up on the Democratic Party. Seeing intractable opponents of Israel within its congressional ranks, many Jewish and pro-Israel voters decided that their best or only hope was within the Republican Party. This trend was based…
(photo by Cynthia Ramsay) When I was a kid, living near Washington, DC, my dad would hang an American flag up out in front of our house on US holidays. We’d all go outside for Memorial Day or 4th of…
