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Jewish-owned restaurant targeted by gunfire over Passover
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (1211+ words) Toronto Police are investigating and have stepped up patrols in the area of a Jewish-owned restaurant, after the building was shot at around 1:30 a.m. April 3, during Passover. " No one was injured in the shooting at Old Avenue Restaurant on Avenue Road…...
Opinion: Jewish summer camps — inclusive before 'inclusivity"
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1275+ words) I was young, young enough that confidence sometimes had to be borrowed from necessity, but old enough to understand that what we were building mattered. We were not just filling summer days. We were shaping experiences that would linger. The…...
Why egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall is at risk
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1966+ words) Israel's Supreme Court ordered the government on Feb. 19 to complete long-delayed renovations to Robinson's Arch, the official egalitarian prayer section just south of the main Western Wall. For years, it's where non-Orthodox Jews, including women, can pray together, and also…...
Treasure Trove vows to ‘try harder’ in 2026
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (247+ words) We Try Harder" is the marketing slogan introduced by Avis Rental Car in 1962.It was one of the most successful marketing campaigns ever, and was supported by pins such as this made in the various languages of the countries where…...
Rosh Hashanah confessions from the other side of the pulpit
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (2008+ words) Even for the least religiously involved Jews, the High Holidays are a high point'and sometimes the only point'of organized Jewish engagement. For many families, it may be the only time in a year they step inside a synagogue or participate…...
LGBTQ+ Jews on Canadian campuses caught in the middle as Queer and progressive spaces become anti-Zionist
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1159+ words) This past summer, Queen's University student Ella Deutsch, a Jewish member of the LGBTQ+ community, signed up to volunteer with Montreal Pride. Before Deutsch could take part, first there was a mandatory "anti-oppression" training session to attend. The 90minute virtual session…...
Debating the World Zionist Congress: Should Diaspora Jews get a say in Israeli affairs?
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (275+ words) Have you heard of the World Zionist Congress before? Until relatively recently, a lot of people hadn't'including two hosts of The CJN's Not in Heaven podcast. Yet, perhaps owing to the impact of Oct. 7 and the wide-reaching effects of the…...
Documentary about Toronto’s Kensington Market portrays its Jewish roots and bohemian spirit
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (1779+ words) The Jewish legacy of Toronto's Kensington Market, a self-contained downtown village of sorts that grew out of Jewish immigration to the city in the 1900s, isn't confined to its remaining visible touchstones like the Kiever Shul, according to Stuart Clarfield. The…...
Winnipeg’s Jewish community responds to help people evacuated from wildfires
10+ mon, 1+ day ago (497+ words) Winnipeg's Jewish community is stepping up to support people evacuated from wildfires in the northern part of the province. B'nai Brith Canada's Winnipeg chapter operates the Kavod thrift store, which is accepting donations of clothing, toiletries, diapers, pet food, infant…...
Voting starts for Canadian Jews to join the World Zionist Congress. Here's what's at stake
10+ mon, 2+ day ago (1411+ words) These legacy non-governmental institutions, which serve Jews in Israel and around the world, take direction from the World Zionist Congress, based in Jerusalem, and described by founder Theodore Herzl over a century ago as the unofficial "Parliament of the Jewish…...