menu_open

Canadian Jewish News

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Next year in… ? Phoebe Maltz Bovy on the globalization of antisemitism reflected in pre-Passover protest scenes

Would you believe it, we are in for yet another round of yes there’s a lot of antisemitism these days but how can you care about Jews’...

previous day 2

Canadian Jewish News

Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Treasure Trove celebrates Passover and remembers Israel’s first vineyards

As we drink our four cups of wine at the Passover seder, many of us will be drinking wine from Israel. We’ll be continuing a tradition which began...

20.04.2024 4

Canadian Jewish News

David Matlow

War reporting from the heart: Ellin Bessner on how her Jewish journalism mission changed forever

There’s a poster I’ve hung on to from just a couple of days before Oct. 7. It reminds me how much has changed in what I do as a Jewish...

20.04.2024 1

Canadian Jewish News

Ellin Bessner

The essence of Passover is recounting our history. Or is it? Avi Finegold contemplates the concept of origin stories

Trauma myopia. It’s a term I encountered recently in the New York Times, in an article about alliances and tension between Jewish and...

19.04.2024 2

Canadian Jewish News

Avi Finegold

The value of Jews to Canada today: What would the cost be if the community packed up and left?

Jonathan L. Milevsky is an author and educator. Raphi Zaionz is the founder of mygoals Inc. Both live in Toronto, for the moment. (The latter’s...

18.04.2024 3

Canadian Jewish News

Jonathan L. Milevsky And Raphi Zaionz

Doorstep Postings: Doug Ford scarfs it down after some of his party members support the house speaker keeping keffiyehs out of Queen’s Park

This is a special edition of Doorstep Postings, the periodic political commentary column written by Josh Lieblein for The CJN. It’s a shame that...

18.04.2024 2

Canadian Jewish News

Josh Lieblein

Aron Heller, a part-Canadian writer living in Israel, on the experience of seeking escapism amid an unprecedented Iranian attack

One would think that news of an impending, widescale attack from your nuclear threshold, sworn enemy nation would set off a panic. But that’s not...

17.04.2024 3

Canadian Jewish News

Aron Heller

Opinion: Ben Murane, who heads the New Israel Fund of Canada, argues that while Nakba Remembrance Day may be difficult for Jews, it’s also important

On April 14, the Peel District School Board added Nakba Remembrance Day to its diverse calendar of “significant days”—sparking short-sighted...

16.04.2024 1

Canadian Jewish News

Ben Murane

8fd08e93d38d1cdc708b78093dce543c