By Howie Silbiger Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. The words “Never Again” are spoken slowly and solemnly…And then the day ends, and the chants begin. This is the contradiction that defines Jewish…
When Leaders Sell Moral Authority and Jews Pay the Price
By Howie Silbiger Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney went to Davos and did something Canadian leaders rarely do in public, he told the truth about the world. Not the comforting fiction of…
Canada Is Failing Its Jews
By Howie Silbiger When reports began circulating that the United States was openly discussing asylum protections for Jews in the United Kingdom, it landed with a dull thud rather than a shocking…
Guardian reports Trump administration discussed asylum for UK Jews
By Howie Silbiger A report published this week by The Guardian has sent a jolt through Jewish communities on both sides of the Atlantic, claiming that the administration of US president Donald…
Analysis: What François Legault’s Departure Means for Quebec’s Jews
By Joseph Marshall The resignation of François Legault closes a chapter that shaped Jewish life in Quebec more than many people like to admit. His years in office were not defined by…
Mordechai Antal, Educator and School Board Commissioner, Dies at 60
Mordechai Antal, a Montreal Jewish educator, labour leader and English Montreal School Board commissioner, died suddenly, he was 60. Antal collapsed after suffering a heart attack while delivering a shiur in synagogue,…
Ottawa Petition Targeting Canadian IDF Veterans Sparks Concern
By Joseph Marshall A federal parliamentary petition calling for investigations into Canadians who served in the Israel Defense Forces has ignited a political and communal firestorm, with Jewish organizations warning that the…
Jews Are Training With Guns Because No One Else Is Protecting Them
By Howie Silbiger When bullets ripped through the doors of Yeshiva Gedola High School on an early November morning in 2023, it felt unreal, like something that happened somewhere else, to someone…
How About Tulsa Oklahoma as The Promised Land?
By Joseph Marshall Forget the Promised Land, how about Tulsa? That is not a punchline. It is the question now being posed to Jewish Canadians who no longer feel safe where they…
Canada’s Jewish Moment of Reckoning
By Howie Silbiger There is no longer any honest way to pretend that what Jews are experiencing in Canada and around the world is a series of isolated incidents. It is a…