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A.B. Yehoshua

Q&A A.B. Yehoshua: ‘Un État binational serait...

Né à Jérusalem en 1936 d’un père dont la famille est établie en Eretz Israël depuis six générations et d’une mère originaire du Maroc, Avraham B. Yehoshua, que les Israé...

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A.B. Yehoshua

Q&A A.B. Yehoshua: Israel needs national unity gov...

The great Israeli writer A.B. Yehoshua, was born in Jerusalem to a father whose family had lived in Israel for six generations and a mother of Moroccan origin. This brilliant novelist, whose work has been published throughout the world and...

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Emerson Swift Mahon

BACKSTORY Emerson Swift Mahon: Canada’s first black Jew

In 1912, a young black man left Grenada in a quest for learning. His voyage led him to Canada and conversion to Judaism. “May you be written in the book of life in the New Year,” says the greeting in Yiddish on the back of a photograph...

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Moshe Modeira

BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Maybe one day, we won't need...

I’m the definition of the word “mutt,” that lovable euphemism for a person who doesn’t quite fit into any single ethnic category. My mother is of North and East African descent. My father is of East African and Goan...

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From left, Karen Mock, Morley Wolfe and his longtime friend Arthur Downes at Wolfe’s 80th birthday

COVER STORY: The challenge of black-Jewish dialogue

Good things happen when communities work together, but is a new generation willing to continue the struggle? When protests erupted over Garth Drabinsky’s production of the musical Show Boat, Karen Mock was among those who searched...

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Wolfshead smoked salmon bagel SCHMALTZ APPETIZING PHOTO

FEATURE: Too soon to mourn deli's demise

Some are calling it the end of an era. A string of Toronto’s deli-style Jewish establishments along the Bathurst Street corridor have recently closed – from Marky’s Deli & Restaurant in 2012 to Moe Pancer’s Deli last...

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	El Paso rabbi to tell the story of hidden Jews The story of the expulsion of Spanish Jews is pretty well known. In 1492, after about 100 years of persecution and forced conversions, King Ferdinand...read more...
	Israeli minority students aim to disprove apartheid myth A handful of Canadian philanthropists partnering with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) are working with minorities in Israel to bring...read more...
	National Assembly condemns swastika vandalism as hate crime MONTREAL — Quebec's National Assembly unanimously condemned what police are treating as a hate crime: Nazi graffiti and a death threat...read more...
	Anti-Israel group QuAIA 'will not be missed,' Jewish leaders say TORONTO — Jewish community leaders reacted with both triumph and relief at the news the pro-Palestinian group Queers Against Israeli...read more...
	GTA students to take part in Kindness Week TORONTO — A wave of acts of kindness is sweeping across the GTA. Some 7,000 students, including kids from six local Jewish day schools, will be...read more...

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	Leonard Nimoy played iconic character Spock on Star Trek NEW YORK — Leonard Nimoy, the actor best known for his role as Spock on Star Trek, died Feb. 27 morning at his home in Los Angeles. The cause...read more...
	Israeli film aims to show ‘human face of the IDF’Eden Adler is, in the most superficial sense, the picture of a soldier: handsome, strapping and eminently self-possessed. The 22-year-old Israeli was...read more...
	Prayer explores Hebrew language through art Israeli-born, Vienna-based artist Dvora Barzilai is one of many talents who are showcasing their work in Toronto this winter through the second...read more...
	YouTube parody offers religious take on Tinder TORONTO — The video begins with a stereotype of a religious Jew – payot, black hat and all – sitting next his bored, eye-rolling,...read more...
	Actress strikes it rich in Netflix series Up-and-comer Brooke Wexler, 21, is starring in Netflix’s newest series, Richie Rich, which debuts today. Richie Rich is the live-action TV...read more...

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