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Your Daily Spiel for October 18
Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that Lara Alqasem will be allowed to stay and study in the country; the Montreal Holocaust Museum may relocate to a larger space in downtown Montreal; and award-winning documentary Restoring Tomorrow is now playing in Toronto.
The storied history of Jewish coffee culture
The vast multiplication of java joints in today’s world is no substitute for the grand tradition of European-inspired coffee houses.
Ran Ukashi: combating anti-Semitism in Canada
Myron Love interviews Ran Ukashi, the newly appointed national director of B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights.
News
Branch of Jewish women’s group to open in Barrie, Ont.
A new branch of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada is starting in Barrie, Ont. It’s the first Jewish organization outside a synagogue to open in the booming city north of Toronto.
Culture
Children’s book tells true tale of Holocaust survival
Julie Kirsh reviews The Promise by Pnina Bat Zvi and Margie Wolfe.
