Your daily spiel for Tuesday, April 4

Your daily spiel is The CJN’s roundup of Jewish stories trending around the world.


COR to commission: A former food mashgiach with the Kashruth Council of Canada is taking his ex-employer to the Ontario Human Rights Commission.

When men marry in: Most branches of Judaism view the religion as passing through the matrilineal line. That said, in his latest feature Ron Csillag examines issues like whether it should even matter if a gentile man who marries a Jewish partner converts.

Politics out of youth groups: In her latest column, Mira Sucharov takes issue with synagogue youth groups pushing hasbarah – public diplomacy for Israel – on teens.

Sorry for his son: The father of the teenager arrested on suspicion of calling in more than 100 bomb threats to JCCs and Jewish institutions did his first public interview and in it, apologized for his son’s actions.

Columbia students on BDS: The Columbia University student council has voted not to include a resolution regarding support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement to a student referendum.

Singapore sends visiting imam away: Singapore has deported an Imam who made a plea, in an Arabic sermon, to “grant us help against the Jews and Christians.”

Another day in the kosher-for-Passover aisle: If you liked the musical La La Land, you might love the Y-Studs’ Passover-themed rendition of “Another Day in the Sun.” You might, also, be extremely irritated by it.