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William Barclay

Aug 1, 2026, 9:42 AM

Canaries, Coalmines, and Canada’s National Collapse

Illustrative: Anti-Israeli demonstrators wave Palestinian flags during a protest in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 9, 2023. (Cole Burston / AFP)

Since the most recent outbreak of the Israel-Palestine Conflict on October 7th 2023, countless pro-Israeli businesses and centres of Jewish life, such as community centres and schools, have been terrorized by gunshots, arson, and bomb threats, as well as...

Karen Lieberman

Jul 31, 2026, 10:43 PM

Lost Opportunity at the Canadian Human Rights Museum: Nakba Past and Present

An exhibit about the Nakba (catastrophe in Arabic) opened at the Canadian Human Rights Museum on June 26, 2026. Nakba is the term used for the period of time following the war waged by five Arabic armies against the...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jul 27, 2026, 7:03 PM

The IDF Must Make Hebrew a Weapon, Not a Barrier

The IDF faces a shortfall of approximately 12,000 soldiers, including 7,000 combat troops. Military leaders warn that shorter service terms and mounting reserve exhaustion will only widen the manpower gap. Yet Israel is overlooking an answer in plain sight:...

Steven C. Wernick

Jul 24, 2026, 7:34 PM

A Mourning Text Became a Morning Prayer

Robert Brym and Rhonda Lenton open their new study with a sentence that should stop every Canadian Jew cold: the golden age of Canadian Jewry ran from the early 1960s to the early 2020s, and it is over. Their Canadian...

Jul 24, 2026, 7:28 PM

Canada’s empty platitudes and inaction ruin the effort to fight antisemitism

Canada’s empty platitudes and inaction ruin the effort to fight antisemitism. Antisemitism in Canada, US and in other countries of Western world had reached unprecedented levels not seen and felt before. The empty platitudes and inaction of the Canadian governments...

Sheldon Kirshner

Jul 13, 2026, 6:39 PM

Mark Carney Needs To Be Consistent

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was recently in Jeddah to drum up business with Saudi Arabia, a wealthy and influential Arab state. He was the first leader from Canada to visit this oil-rich Arab nation in 26 years. While...

Jul 10, 2026, 7:50 PM

We Have the Seekers. Will We Keep Them?

Imagine you’ve decided to go on a hike for the very first time. It’s something you’ve been considering for a while, but now you’ve mustered the courage to try. You pack a bag with the things you think you’re...

Michael Zoosman

Jul 10, 2026, 7:06 PM

The death penalty only unlocks a Pandora’s Box of more terror and killing

In his June 11 op-ed for the Jerusalem Report, ex-Shin Bet official Moshe Fuzaylov claims that “(t)he death penalty isn't revenge, it's how terror loses its key.” Mr. Fuzaylov concludes that executions form part of “a vital pincer movement...

Jul 10, 2026, 8:42 AM

Treasure Trove: Alfred Dreyfus, Toronto and Elaine from Seinfeld

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

In 2025, France declared that July 12 will be the national day of commemoration for Alfred Dreyfus. The first such day is in 2026, which is the 120th anniversary of the day that France’s highest appeals court recognized Dreyfus’...

Jul 8, 2026, 7:44 AM

The Inheritance My Father Never Put in His Will

There is a kind of inheritance no lawyer can draft and no court can distribute. It is not measured in dollars, deeds, or possessions, nor can it be divided equally among siblings. It is transmitted quietly, through thousands of...

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