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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the U.S. Congress in Washington March 3. YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT

Deal with Iran paves way to bomb, Netanyahu says

In his address to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued that the proposed nuclear deal being negotiated with Iran will lead inexorably to a nuclear-armed Iran and war in the Middle East. “This deal has...

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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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	Limmud targets young adults with diverse speakers list TORONTO — Limmud, an international Jewish learning festival that promotes Judaism’s rich history, culture and heritage, will present 85...read more...
	Vaccination of children called ‘the only responsible course’TORONTO — Last month, as the number of people infected by the measles virus continued to grow, the Orthodox Union (OU) and the Rabbinical...read more...
	Young professionals network for a cause TORONTO — There’s no telling to where introductions can lead. Providing a professional networking platform and building social...read more...
	Sephardi delegation heads to Ottawa, meets PM For the first time in Canadian history, an official delegation of Sephardi community leaders, activists, philanthropists and spiritual leaders from...read more...
	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...

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	Toronto photographer reconnects with his Slovak roots Photographer Yuri Dojc was at his father’s funeral in 1997 when he met a Slovakian woman who had survived Auschwitz. This woman led the now...read more...
	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...

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