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Rabbi Adam Scheier, right, meets with Rabbi Moshe Sebbag at the Grande Synagogue de Paris.

Open Canada’s doors to French Jews, rabbi urges

MONTREAL — After a whirlwind two-day trip to Paris in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks there, Rabbi Adam Scheier is convinced that Canada, and particularly Quebec, must do more to help French Jews immigrate here if they wish to do so....

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The billboard erected by Act to End Violence Against Women in 2006.

COVER STORY: Domestic abuse a Jewish issue, too

Lynda can recall the very moment she gave into her then-husband’s psychological and emotional abuse, giving him total control over her life. “It was a situation when we were moving into our apartment and my parents were helping me in the...

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"After our baby was born, his need to control intensified."

GUEST VOICE: 'He was abusive right from the...

Our story began on a blind date. I was 20 years old and he was 26. What I now identify as abuse started early in our relationship. It was emotional and subtle. He would tell me that I looked “too Jewish” and comment on my short hair and...

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Rabbi Philip Scheim, voted against gay commitment ceremonies eight years ago, but says now: "As I get older, I didn’t want to find a way to say ‘no’ to people who really wanted that connection [to the Jewish community]. I wanted a way to say ‘yes.’”

Beth David to host 'landmark' gay commitment...

TORONTO — In what is being termed a landmark event among Conservative congregations in Toronto, Rabbi Philip Scheim will officiate next month at a “commitment ceremony” for a gay couple in the sanctuary of the Beth David B’...

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Rabbi Daniel Freelander

Q&A Rabbi Daniel Freedlander: WUPJ supports...

This past September, Rabbi Daniel Freelander was appointed the new president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ), the international umbrella organization of the Reform, Liberal, Progressive and Reconstructionist movements in Judaism....

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The author in the arms of the servant Sarah.

Coming of age in apartheid South Africa

Apartheid was flourishing in my growing-up years. Jews were widely thought of as being opponents of this system of racial injustice, their liberal values being deeply rooted in a history of persecution in eastern Europe. But there was also unspoken...

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	Sephardi ex-journalist is third Tory hopeful in Mount Royal MONTREAL — Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney introduced Mount Royal Conservative candidate hopeful Pascale Déry as a member of a...read more...
	La Presse ‘Shylock’ reference ‘unacceptable’: CIJA MONTREAL — The Montreal daily newspaper La Presse continued to use the term “shylock” in a series of articles on loan sharking...read more...
	Israeli consul general makes first visit to Halifax HALIFAX – Ziv Nevo Kulman expected a warm welcome on his first visit to Halifax – and he received it. What he didn’t expect were...read more...
	Israeli startup helps address cyber attacks TORONTO – In December 2013, right in the middle of the Christmas shopping season, U.S. retail giant Target was hacked in the biggest-ever...read more...
	New fresh kosher lettuce now MK-certified MONTREAL – Kosher consumers in Canada will soon be able to enjoy salads with a greater variety of lettuce and without the laborious soaking,...read more...

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	Shaarei Tefillah holds comedy night to ‘raise the roof’Jews face a lot of tough situations, so sometimes, it’s good to get together and laugh, says Rabbi Shmuli Soroka, executive director of Shaarei...read more...
	U of T library hosts rare Judaica exhibit A Middle Eastern Torah dating from the 10th to 12th century, a 14th-century Torah commentary by Rashi, and an early 15th-century manuscript of the...read more...
	Dialogue project lifts veil between language solitudes Gail Marlene Schwartz and Élisabeth Couture have found fertile ground in Quebec for their dialogue project, the bilingual production of which...read more...
	Miss Lebanon accuses Miss Israel of photobombing a selfie at pageant MIAMI — Miss Lebanon Saly Greige, currently participating in the Miss Universe contest, accused Miss Israel of photobombing a selfie of them...read more...
	Anne Frank finds new life in Montreal production Lorraine Pintal, artistic director of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, knows that Anne Frank will fill her 846-seat hall at 84 Ste....read more...

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