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Menachem Elyah Paull

Aug 21, 2026, 6:02 PM

Why I Am Leaving Montreal at 70 · עוזב בגיל שבעים

The Erasure Aliyah at Seventy — Post One of Three Menachem Elyah Paull Nine months ago I asked an editor in Jerusalem to erase me. She did it in two days. Two days. I have waited longer than that for a plumber. I have...

Aug 20, 2026, 6:43 AM

For nearly three years, we have heard the stories.

Photo of Jewish students at Queen’s, via Hillel Ontario’s website.

Jewish students have been harassed and intimidated. They have watched spaces they once considered welcoming become hostile to them. They have learned to think twice before wearing a Star of David, speaking openly about Israel or identifying themselves as...

William Barclay

Aug 12, 2026, 8:37 PM

Canada’s Jews: ‘Too White’ for Any Liberal Sympathy

For decades, the Canadian state has exemplified the modern race to confront all discrimination and extinguish every bigoted ‘-ism’ worldwide. For instance, interracial and LGBTQ+ relationships are commonplace in Canada, and a diverse array of religious ideologies have become widely...

Valerie Robin Clayman

Aug 9, 2026, 1:40 AM

Ga’ava means pride; you can never take that away from us

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Inspired by the social media noise, nonsense, and clickbait of the weirdly queer antizionist Jew-hate movement and my doomscrolling feed alternating posts, stories, and reels featuring drag queens dancing in skintight floor length Palestinian flag dresses before running for...

Aug 5, 2026, 8:21 PM

Antisemitism Threatens Jewish Canadians. Indifference Threatens Canada.

I have spent much of my professional life assessing risk. One of the first principles of risk management is that warning signs should not be ignored simply because the worst outcome has not yet occurred. A threat does not...

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi

Aug 4, 2026, 3:02 PM

Building Jewish Life in Vancouver

JWest - future Jewish community center complex in Vancouver, Canada. Image courtesy of JWest.

In challenging times, it is especially meaningful to share good news. During a recent visit to Vancouver, Canada I had the opportunity to spend time with a Jewish community that left me inspired—not because it has avoided challenges, but because...

Steven C. Wernick

Aug 4, 2026, 2:58 PM

Peace will yet come. And until it does, we sing

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Last night I sat among more than eight thousand people in the TD Coliseum in Hamilton as three thousand young athletes from across the world marched in to open the JCC Maccabi Games — a festival of sport, of...

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:...

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