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Will Bill Clinton’s grandchildren be Jewish?

Chelsea Clinton’s announcement Thursday afternoon that she and Jewish hubby Marc Mezvinsky are expecting their first child has set off a fairly predictable wave of reactions Jewish-wise, not unlike the interest their 2010 wedding generated....

Holocaust survivor Eva Gelbman of Ottawa, left, and a a younger March of the Living participant light memorial candles at Auschwitz. [Rosemary Goldhar photo]

Who will tell the story?

The Grade 8 students sit there, rapt, as Gershon Willinger describes his improbable survival as a Jewish child born in Holland during World War II. “We talk about resistance fighters. To me, the resistance fighters are also the parents who...

From left, the Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal’s Kathy Assayag, Bobby Kleinman, and Brenda Gewurz.

Two women lead Jewish Community Foundation into the...

MONTREAL — For the first time this fall, two women – president Brenda Gewurz and incoming executive director Kathy Assayag – will make up the Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal’s leadership tag team. The 43-year-old JCF...

Jeff McLaughlin with Hannah Pick, Anne Frank’s best friend

Holocaust educator seeks forgiveness from daughter of...

WINNIPEG — It has been something that has been haunting Jeff McLaughlin for many years, and he has finally been able to exorcise the sense of guilt that he has been carrying with him. In early March, he was able to get his burden off his back...

Israeli Nobel Prize winner Aaron Ciechanover, foreground, is introduced by Irwin Tauben, president of Technion Canada, Montreal chapter. Janice Arnold photo

Israeli Nobel laureate overcame childhood obstacles

MONTREAL — Aaron Ciechanover was, by his own admission, on the road to juvenile delinquency. “I already had a police file,” he recalled. Seems bathers at the beach in his native Haifa resented his swiping their thongs when they...

Markham, Israeli firms partner to produce medical...

Back in the day, people who smoked marijuana did so to get high, but it turned out the cannabis plant possessed some beneficial side effects as well. It could reduce nausea, it was an anti-inflammatory, and it helped people suffering from...

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Teen raises $11,000 by doing something sweet He only just celebrated his bar mitzvah last week, but 13-year-old Zachary Winkler is a seasoned philanthropist, having raised $11,000 in his annual...read more...

Düsseldorf remembers art dealer Max Stern MONTREAL — A 12th Nazi-looted painting has been restituted to the university heirs of the late German Jewish art dealer Max Stern, who owned...read more...

Court allows Lev Tahor children to remain near sect in Ontario The Ontario Superior Court overturned a lower court decision that upheld a Quebec order to place the children in foster care in Quebec. The lower...read more...

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Golden synagogues of Toronto musical service Toronto’s downtown Shaarei Tzedec Synagogue (the “Markham Street shul”) is the venue for a pre-festival event prior to the opening...read more...

Toronto student creates successful film festival When high school student Rebecca Baruch decided she wanted to create an outlet for students who, like her, had a passion for filmmaking, she...read more...

Actress gets waisted in her new memoir Getting Waisted is Monica Parker’s personal memoir, which takes a candid look into her life as a serial dieter. Parker, an actress and...read more...

New show at Koffler Gallery Vancouver-based artist Adad Hannah has earned an international reputation for his video-recorded tableaux. His new body of work centres upon a...read more...

Play focuses on medieval religious conflict Daniel Kash will perform the role of Cocco, one of the four strong men in Tarragon Theatre’s world premiere of A God in Need of Help, by...read more...

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