JERUSALEM — More a festive celebration than a thoughtful presentation of ideas and policies, the opening of the General Assembly (GA) of the United Jewish Communities here on Sunday night was marked by the enthusiastic cheering and support of some 3,000 delegates from North America and Israel.
TORONTO — At Rivka Shaffir’s recent installation as president of Na’amat Canada, she left at each table a picture of a group of women that included her mother and Golda Meir.
Rivka Shaffir toured the the newly renovated Achva Day Care Centre in Israel which was inaugurated at the organization’s convention.
MONTREAL — While seven per cent of Canadians say they’ve never heard of the Holocaust, a recent national survey also found that 75 per cent think the subject should be compulsory in school, and it suggested there’s a link between Holocaust knowledge and “sensitivity” to diversity.
Jack Jedwab, director of the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS)
Conducted by Leger Marketing from Oct. 8 to 10, the poll, released in
Montreal on the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, questioned 1,500
Canadian on 25 Holocaust-related issues. The margin of error was 3.9
per cent, 19 times out of 20.
TORONTO — Israel has failed to break into the top 10 of the Country Brand Index, a ranking compiled by FutureBrand, a consulting firm based in New York.
Amir Gissin, Israel’s Toronto-based consul-general
TORONTO — The new Canadian Council of Conservative Synagogues (CCCS) consists of four Toronto congregations – Adath Israel Congregation, Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, Beth Tzedec Congregation and Beth Sholom Synagogue – but as its name implies, organizers hope to expand its purview.
Harvey Schiller, co-chair of Canadian Council of Conservative Synagogues
WINNIPEG — The Vaad Ha’ir of Winnipeg has transferred the operation of its kashrut supervisory agency to the New York-based Orthodox Union, which administers the widely respected OU hechsher.
Rick Stokoloff, general manager of the new Western Kosher hechsher. [Rhonda Spivak photo]
MONTREAL — Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) is limiting its list of issues in this provincial election to just one item: the economy.
Liberal MLA Lawrence Bergman is running for re-election in D'Arcy McGee.
TORONTO — Thirteen years since the assassination of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, people all over the world still gather to pay respect to a man who died as he lived, promoting the cause of peace in Israel.
WINNIPEG — Rabbi Uriel Malka, a veteran of Israel’s 2006 Second Lebanon War, is the new principal of Ohr HaTorah Day School, which provides an Orthodox education in a Zionist framework.
Rabbi Uriel Malka [Rhonda Spivak photo]
Rabbi Malka, 30, who has a bachelor of education degree from the Beit
Midrash for Teachers of Judaic Studies in Rechovot, Israel, is a
graduate of the Yeshiva Hesder program. The program combines Talmud
study and military service within a religious Zionist framework.
MONTREAL — Radio-Canada has acknowledged that a documentary it aired last month was “clearly pro-Palestinian” and says it will broadcast programs offering other viewpoints on Israel and Gaza in the future.
One of the few things that bugs me about Web 2.0 is the curtain of anonymity that it affords critics, cynics and just plain mean-spirited folk who populate blogs and news sites. Hiding behind user-generated nicknames that effectively conceal their identity, these people spread hatred, racism and bald-faced lies – and they do so without fear of being reprimanded.
JERUSALEM — More a festive celebration than a thoughtful presentation of ideas and policies, the opening of the General Assembly (GA) of the United Jewish Communities here on Sunday night was marked by the enthusiastic cheering and support of some 3,000 delegates from North America and Israel.
Canadian reality TV viewers are basking in the glow of CTV’s newest reality show, So You Think You Can Dance Canada.
TORONTO — At Rivka Shaffir’s recent installation as president of Na’amat Canada, she left at each table a picture of a group of women that included her mother and Golda Meir.
MONTREAL — While seven per cent of Canadians say they’ve never heard of the Holocaust, a recent national survey also found that 75 per cent think the subject should be compulsory in school, and it suggested there’s a link between Holocaust knowledge and “sensitivity” to diversity.
TORONTO — Israel has failed to break into the top 10 of the Country Brand Index, a ranking compiled by FutureBrand, a consulting firm based in New York.
TORONTO — The new Canadian Council of Conservative Synagogues (CCCS) consists of four Toronto congregations – Adath Israel Congregation, Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, Beth Tzedec Congregation and Beth Sholom Synagogue – but as its name implies, organizers hope to expand its purview.
WINNIPEG — The Vaad Ha’ir of Winnipeg has transferred the operation of its kashrut supervisory agency to the New York-based Orthodox Union, which administers the widely respected OU hechsher.
MONTREAL — Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) is limiting its list of issues in this provincial election to just one item: the economy.
TORONTO — Thirteen years since the assassination of Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, people all over the world still gather to pay respect to a man who died as he lived, promoting the cause of peace in Israel.
WINNIPEG — Rabbi Uriel Malka, a veteran of Israel’s 2006 Second Lebanon War, is the new principal of Ohr HaTorah Day School, which provides an Orthodox education in a Zionist framework.
One of the few things that bugs me about Web 2.0 is the curtain of anonymity that it affords critics, cynics and just plain mean-spirited folk who populate blogs and news sites. Hiding behind user-generated nicknames that effectively conceal their identity, these people spread hatred, racism and bald-faced lies – and they do so without fear of being reprimanded. 