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WINNIPEG — Kasim Hafeez has seen the truth and, in an address to a largely Jewish audience at the Asper Jewish Community Campus on Feb. 6, he pulled no punches. Wahhabism, the Saudi Arabian version of Islam, is little different than Nazism...

McGill-Hebrew U rights law program causes controversy

MONTREAL — A new joint course of study offered by the law schools of McGill University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ), which has had to be defended against critics, will go ahead this summer. Launched last year, the second...

McGill University law professor René Provost, left, is a co-chair of the International Summer Program in Human Rights. Beside him, from left, are students Eloge Butera and Ornan Steinberg. [D. Guthrie photo]

Beth Tikvah implements Torah egalitarianism

TORONTO — Women took part in the Torah service at Beth Tikvah Synagogue this past Shabbat for the first time ever at the Conservative shul. The change was timed to coincide with the congregation’s annual Sisterhood Shabbat, after...

Man saves Jewish cemeteries and graves in Ukraine

TORONTO — Meylakh Sheykhet is on a mission to preserve Jewish cemeteries and grave sites in Ukraine. “We are obliged to do this,” he said in an interview last week while on a visit to Toronto to raise awareness about his work...

Mike Keenan named Maccabi Canada coach

Stanley Cup winner Mike Keenan has agreed to coach Maccabi Canada’s hockey entry at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel. Keenan will lead a team that is expected to include pros from the AHL and ECHL, as well as NCAA and junior-calibre...

We were blessed that he was in our midst

TORONTO — We are all blessed with the privilege of having had Rabbi Gunther Plaut in our lives, said his son Rabbi Jonathan Plaut in a eulogy at his father’s funeral at Holy Blossom Temple on Sunday. Senior rabbi at the temple from...


	New non-profit to showcase Israeli artists TORONTO — Jew-dos in Canada are about to become infused with a lot more Israeli flavour. A new Toronto-based non-profit called the Motek...read more...
	UJA campaign ahead of last year’s pace TORONTO — UJA Federation of Greater Toronto has raised more than $50 million in unrestricted gifts and almost $54 million total, in its 2012...read more...
	Beth Tikvah implements Torah egalitarianism TORONTO — Women took part in the Torah service at Beth Tikvah Synagogue this past Shabbat for the first time ever at the Conservative shul...read more...
	New Reform synagogue set to open in Toronto TORONTO — Two months after her Nov. 30 retirement as director of Kolel: the Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, Rabbi Elyse Goldstein...read more...

New non-profit to showcase Israeli artists TORONTO — Jew-dos in Canada are about to become infused with a lot more Israeli flavour. A new Toronto-based non-profit called the Motek...read more...

UJA campaign ahead of last year’s pace TORONTO — UJA Federation of Greater Toronto has raised more than $50 million in unrestricted gifts and almost $54 million total, in its 2012...read more...

Beth Tikvah implements Torah egalitarianism TORONTO — Women took part in the Torah service at Beth Tikvah Synagogue this past Shabbat for the first time ever at the Conservative shul...read more...

New Reform synagogue set to open in Toronto TORONTO — Two months after her Nov. 30 retirement as director of Kolel: the Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, Rabbi Elyse Goldstein...read more...

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	U of T journal seeks to make Jewish thought accessible Karin Nisenbaum, executive editor of the University of Toronto Journal of Jewish Thought, said she hopes the online publication will make complex...read more...
	British Muslim Zionist pulls no punches WINNIPEG — Kasim Hafeez has seen the truth and, in an address to a largely Jewish audience at the Asper Jewish Community Campus on Feb. 6, he...read more...
	McGill-Hebrew U rights law program causes controversy MONTREAL — A new joint course of study offered by the law schools of McGill University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ), which has...read more...
	New non-profit to showcase Israeli artists TORONTO — Jew-dos in Canada are about to become infused with a lot more Israeli flavour. A new Toronto-based non-profit called the Motek...read more...

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U of T journal seeks to make Jewish thought accessible Karin Nisenbaum, executive editor of the University of Toronto Journal of Jewish Thought, said she hopes the online publication will make complex...read more...

British Muslim Zionist pulls no punches WINNIPEG — Kasim Hafeez has seen the truth and, in an address to a largely Jewish audience at the Asper Jewish Community Campus on Feb. 6, he...read more...

McGill-Hebrew U rights law program causes controversy MONTREAL — A new joint course of study offered by the law schools of McGill University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ), which has...read more...

New non-profit to showcase Israeli artists TORONTO — Jew-dos in Canada are about to become infused with a lot more Israeli flavour. A new Toronto-based non-profit called the Motek...read more...

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	Man saves Jewish cemeteries and graves in Ukraine TORONTO — Meylakh Sheykhet is on a mission to preserve Jewish cemeteries and grave sites in Ukraine. “We are obliged to do this,...read more...
	German hackers reveal Canadian neo-Nazis TORONTO — There’s no need to man the ramparts, a new wave of antisemitism in not about to descend on Canadian society. Nevertheless,...read more...

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Man saves Jewish cemeteries and graves in Ukraine TORONTO — Meylakh Sheykhet is on a mission to preserve Jewish cemeteries and grave sites in Ukraine. “We are obliged to do this,...read more...

German hackers reveal Canadian neo-Nazis TORONTO — There’s no need to man the ramparts, a new wave of antisemitism in not about to descend on Canadian society. Nevertheless,...read more...

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COPD sufferers benefit from Y’s therapeutic exercise MONTREAL — There was a time in Susan Burt...
Israël attaquera-t-il l’Iran d’Ahmadinejad? Israël commettrait une “é...
‘Il faut éviter l’État unique et arabe’ L’historien français Georges...

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	British film evokes London’s Jewish East End On the face of it, the outdoor markets, small shops and push carts of London’s East End comprise the insular, working-class Jewish community...read more...
	Family business turned into an entertainment empire Soon after graduating with a master’s of arts degree from Washington State University, Howard Pechet joined his family’s hotel business...read more...
	Concert to feature ‘world’s greatest cantors’ TORONTO — Last July, Cantor Eric Moses of Toronto’s Beth Sholom Synagogue was sitting with colleagues Sol Zim and Yaakov Motzen over a...read more...
	Israeli quartet gives lesson in improvised jazz Toronto’s Trane Studio was packed recently when the Ori Dakari Quartet made their way onto the stage, to play the first show of a scheduled...read more...
	Actor Baruchel credits ‘stage mom’ for success MONTREAL — He was the scrawny kid aspiring to a boxing career in the Best Picture Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby. He starred alongside...read more...

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British film evokes London’s Jewish East End On the face of it, the outdoor markets, small shops and push carts of London’s East End comprise the insular, working-class Jewish community...read more...

Family business turned into an entertainment empire Soon after graduating with a master’s of arts degree from Washington State University, Howard Pechet joined his family’s hotel business...read more...

Concert to feature ‘world’s greatest cantors’ TORONTO — Last July, Cantor Eric Moses of Toronto’s Beth Sholom Synagogue was sitting with colleagues Sol Zim and Yaakov Motzen over a...read more...

Israeli quartet gives lesson in improvised jazz Toronto’s Trane Studio was packed recently when the Ori Dakari Quartet made their way onto the stage, to play the first show of a scheduled...read more...

Actor Baruchel credits ‘stage mom’ for success MONTREAL — He was the scrawny kid aspiring to a boxing career in the Best Picture Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby. He starred alongside...read more...

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	U of T journal seeks to make Jewish thought accessible Karin Nisenbaum, executive editor of the University of Toronto Journal of Jewish Thought, said she hopes the online publication will make complex...read more...
	University library globes removed after Israel scratched off WINDSOR — The University of Windsor has removed three globes from its Leddy Library after complaints that the State of Israel had been...read more...
	Protesters disrupt pro-Israel event at Western Members of the group Israel on Campus (IOC) at the University of Western Ontario are calling on their student council to respond to an anti-Israel...read more...
	Group decries ‘veiled threats’ against Jews HAMILTON — A lecture at McMaster University by pro-Iranian, anti-Israel speaker Zafar Bangash late last month contained “veiled threats...read more...
	Shoah studies program seeks master’s students The hope for the University of Haifa’s new Holocaust studies graduate program – the first of its kind in Israel – is that it will...read more...

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University library globes removed after Israel scratched off WINDSOR — The University of Windsor has removed three globes from its Leddy Library after complaints that the State of Israel had been...read more...

Protesters disrupt pro-Israel event at Western Members of the group Israel on Campus (IOC) at the University of Western Ontario are calling on their student council to respond to an anti-Israel...read more...

Group decries ‘veiled threats’ against Jews HAMILTON — A lecture at McMaster University by pro-Iranian, anti-Israel speaker Zafar Bangash late last month contained “veiled threats...read more...

Shoah studies program seeks master’s students The hope for the University of Haifa’s new Holocaust studies graduate program – the first of its kind in Israel – is that it will...read more...

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	Trampling on academic integrity The role of a university in today’s world is diverse and nuanced. However, embedded in the mission statements of most institutions of higher...read more...
	‘Critical solidarity’ – Israel bashing by another name I have heard many excuses for crude anti-Israel propaganda, but the term “critical solidarity” is new. This is the phrase that Germany...read more...
	Sickening symbolism Dear Ella, About six months ago my grandson Adam had a bar mitzvah. It was small and took place on a long weekend. Invitations were sent out, and...read more...
	There is nothing like celebrating T'U b'Shvat in Israel ראש השנה לאילנות אין כמו לחגוג את ט”ו בשבט בארץ ישראל יוסי טסטסה מיוחד עבור העיתון היהודי-קנדי היא אמנם ארץ זבץ חלב ודבש אך כשמתבוננים...read more...
	David Broza evokes nostalgia and yearning נוסטלגיה וגעגועים דייויד ברוזה הצליח לפרוט על מיתרי הרגש של הישראלים יוסי טסטסה מיוחד עבור העיתון היהודי-קנדי יום חמישי ה 26- בינואר היה עוד...read more...

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Trampling on academic integrity The role of a university in today’s world is diverse and nuanced. However, embedded in the mission statements of most institutions of higher...read more...

‘Critical solidarity’ – Israel bashing by another name I have heard many excuses for crude anti-Israel propaganda, but the term “critical solidarity” is new. This is the phrase that Germany...read more...

Sickening symbolism Dear Ella, About six months ago my grandson Adam had a bar mitzvah. It was small and took place on a long weekend. Invitations were sent out, and...read more...

There is nothing like celebrating T'U b'Shvat in Israel ראש השנה לאילנות אין כמו לחגוג את ט”ו בשבט בארץ ישראל יוסי טסטסה מיוחד עבור העיתון היהודי-קנדי היא אמנם ארץ זבץ חלב ודבש אך כשמתבוננים...read more...

David Broza evokes nostalgia and yearning נוסטלגיה וגעגועים דייויד ברוזה הצליח לפרוט על מיתרי הרגש של הישראלים יוסי טסטסה מיוחד עבור העיתון היהודי-קנדי יום חמישי ה 26- בינואר היה עוד...read more...

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	Tennis Canada hires Israeli to develop players MIAMI — Tennis Canada hired top Israeli coach Oded Jacob recently to head its junior development group in British Columbia ... read more...
	Jews in Super Bowl history With less than a minute to play in the biggest football game of his life, Jewish punter Josh Miller wanted a ham sandwich. “I was... read more...
	Maccabi Canada, JCC Chai Sports to partner JCC Chai Sports and Maccabi Canada have entered a partnership that will expose young athletes to top-level competition competing under the... read more...
	Canadians earn medals at Pan Am Maccabi Games The medal count was good – four silvers and two bronze – but they tell only half the story of the recently concluded Pan American... read more...

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Tennis Canada hires Israeli to develop players

MIAMI — Tennis Canada hired top Israeli coach Oded Jacob recently to head its junior development group in British Columbia

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Jews in Super Bowl history

With less than a minute to play in the biggest football game of his life, Jewish punter Josh Miller wanted a ham sandwich.

“I was...

Maccabi Canada, JCC Chai Sports to partner

JCC Chai Sports and Maccabi Canada have entered a partnership that will expose young athletes to top-level competition competing under the...

Canadians earn medals at Pan Am Maccabi Games

The medal count was good – four silvers and two bronze – but they tell only half the story of the recently concluded Pan American...

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	Shabbat dinner and ski biking in Steamboat Springs It’s Friday night in Steamboat Springs, Colo., and I’m feeling grateful as I open the doors of the Anglican United Church, clutching a...read more...
	Winter is an enriching time in South Florida Nothing will enhance a destination of sun, sand and sea as much as a wide array of theatre, music, exhibits, films and other arts. Along with...read more...
	Chabad at Mont-Tremblant moves to new home Mont-Tremblant is known worldwide as a ski centre and après-ski hot spot, but this famous Laurentian Mountain resort is actually a popular...read more...
	The glorious architecture of Prague Even the chill and the unexpected rain that continued all day couldn’t dampen or dull the glorious architecture of Prague, now included on...read more...
	The charms of Yorkshire How you imagine England to look from movies and novels – the archetypal England – is what you can expect to see in Yorkshire. Narrow...read more...

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