Israel’s new unity government could dramatically change something many Israelis care deeply: haredi exemptions from military service.
Nearly every government in recent years has needed the haredi parties to cobble together a governing...
MONTREAL — With trademark wit and eloquence, Israeli President Shimon Peres cast his special spell on Montreal’s Jewish community May 10, praising it for its “warmth and friendship” toward him and Israel but also stressing...
TORONTO — Israeli President Shimon Peres says Ontario and Israel should increase their research co-operation in developing new treatments for neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
Peres spoke at a roundtable...
By speaking out against a United Church working group’s recommendations on Israel, Rev. Andrew Love said he was hoping to swing the church back toward a more balanced and “positive” approach to the Mideast conflict.
The situation...
TORONTO — Kids from junior kindergarten through Grade 8 arrived by the busload to the grounds of the Prosserman Jewish Community Centre last Thursday to celebrate the Robbins Hebrew Academy’s (RHA) 50th anniversary.
The school celebrated...
MONTREAL — The Israeli consulate in Montreal will pass on a petition to visiting Israeli president Shimon Peres on May 10 affirming local rabbinic and academic support of his efforts in seeking U.S. clemency for convicted Israeli spy Jonathan...
