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Oct 29, 2026, 1:22 AM

Yahrzeit: Louis B. Mayer

A remembrance of the man who was the driving force behind Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and of a Jew who lived the American dream to its fullest Six years after he was forced out of the gargantuan moviemaking factory that he had lorded...

Oct 22, 2026, 9:13 AM

The Canary Has Learned to Breathe the Air

Whenever my relatives from Montreal visit me in Brooklyn, the conversation turns to the same question: how can I bear to live in New York? They know that more than half of the hate crimes recorded in the city...

Oct 17, 2026, 8:48 AM

Treasure Trove: Israel’s Aviation History Will Include Flights from Canada Again

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

The long awaited resumption of Air Canada’s Toronto-Tel Aviv direct flight is scheduled for November 30, 2026. In anticipation of these flights starting again, Treasure Trove is taking this opportunity to give a brief history of aviation in the...

Boruch Itzkowitz

Oct 13, 2026, 12:02 AM

When Halakha Meets Headlines: The Toronto Burial Controversy and What It Reveals about Jewish Authority

The Toronto Beth Din's decision to restrict burial rites for Jews who die by medical assistance has ignited predictable outrage. Critics frame it as cruel, outdated, punitive. Supporters defend it as principled adherence to Jewish law. Both sides miss...

Oct 11, 2026, 1:12 AM

Public Safety Canada Update on Anti-Zionism

Canada has taken an important step towards stemming the rise of antisemitism. Public Safety Canada’s recently released National Commitments to Combat Antisemitism - Summer 2026 progress report, and the Canadian Handbook on the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism, make clear that...

Oct 10, 2026, 1:36 AM

The Ten Per Cent – Did We Fail in Our Aliyah?

The Man Upstairs - public art, Frankfurt Airport Train Station

At first, I thought it was twenty per cent, but it is indeed ten per cent. We are among the ten per cent who don’t stay. Ninety per cent of people who make Aliyah from North America, through Nefesh...

Oct 9, 2026, 6:32 AM

Treasure Trove: On Thanksgiving in Canada and Other Places

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

The Thanksgiving holiday which gives us this long weekend in Canada has a long tradition in our country. Long before European explorers arrived, First Nations across Turtle Island (for some Indigenous peoples, Turtle Island refers to the continent of...

Jonathan van der Veen

Oct 8, 2026, 11:25 PM

Winnipeg Walks with Israel

Today is the third anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023, when Islamic terrorists crossed the border from Gaza and butchered nearly 1,200 people in Israel. It was the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. More than 200 others were...

Jodi L. Goldfinger

Oct 8, 2026, 1:08 AM

October 7: The Fear That Crossed The Ocean

Image of a hand holding a Jewish Star necklace | Created by Jodi L. Goldfinger using AI tools on October 7, 2026

Are you safe? It is such a simple question. Three words I had asked people in other contexts, after storms, accidents, or emergencies. But after October 7, 2023, those words changed. I was thousands of kilometres away from Israel, sitting safely...

Steven C. Wernick

Oct 6, 2026, 7:08 PM

Three Years After October 7, We Remember

A medieval parable about not letting go, and what bereaved Israeli families are teaching us about it. Tomorrow marks three years since October 7. For many Jews, the anniversary has already come. On the Hebrew calendar in the Diaspora, the massacre...

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