3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (845+ words) Throughout her childhood Marisa Fox heard stories about her mother’s escapades as a spy and freedom fighter. Tamar Fromer Fox had told her daughter that in 1939 she managed to escape from Poland to Palestine, where she joined a Jewish paramilitary…...

4+ day, 11+ 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, 31+ min 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, 1+ day ago   (766+ words) StandWithUs Canada’s new legal department is creating a network of pro bono lawyers to help Jewish students get legal advice and support. The Canadian chapter of StandWithUs, created in 2013, is part of the larger StandWithUs network that spans nine countries,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (786+ words) The Canadian Jewish News Doorstep Postings: Canadian Jews in a comic-book rut I had streamed 2/3rds of the way through the recent Masters of the Universe movie while scrolling the latest news of the Liberals humiliating their domestic political opponents again…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (349+ 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…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1850+ words) A leaked memo to CBC journalists last week ordered them not to call the 9/11 al-Qaida attacks “terrorism” in forthcoming coverage of next month’s 25th anniversary. It prompted backlash within Canada and beyond. CBC News’ editor-in-chief and general manager, Brodie Fenlon, came…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (722+ words) Montreal’s Agglomeration Council, that governs shared services and responsibilities for the city and 15 other municipalities on the island of Montreal, has adopted an unprecedented motion to promote “civil peace, public safety, and social cohesion” on its territory with a particular…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (764+ words) Montreal City Council adopted a significantly amended version of an anti-Israel motion late Aug. 24, after the motion was initially introduced in June by the Official Opposition party, Projet Montréal. In the end, the accusations of “genocide” were removed, the claim…...

2+ week, 6+ day 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…...