By Howie Silbiger Two synagogues in Toronto, one in Thornhill and one in North York, were struck by gunfire overnight, just days after another North York synagogue was also targeted. In less…
Anti-Israel Agitator Yves Engler Sentenced in Harassment Case
By Joseph Marshall Yves Engler has proudly built a career on confrontation, agitation and provocation. This week a Quebec court finally added something else to that list, a criminal conviction. In January…
Anti-Jewish Harassment Forces Halifax Student Out of School
By Joseph Marshall A Jewish student in Halifax is no longer attending school after months of anti-Jewish harassment by classmates that his family says school authorities failed to stop. According to reporting…
Swastikas on Kosher Restaurant in Montreal After Toronto Jewish School Shootings
By Joseph Marshall Montreal’s Jewish community woke up this morning to yet another act of intimidation after vandals spray painted swastikas across the windows of Gourmetti Pizza, a kosher restaurant in Ville…
OPINION: When Synagogues Are Shot at on Purim, Jewish Leadership Must Change
By Howie Silbiger On the night of Purim, when Jews around the world were celebrating survival against those who once plotted their destruction, someone stood outside a synagogue in Toronto and opened…
OPINION: La Presse and Manufactured Outrage
By Howie Silbiger La Presse ran a multi-day dossier this week about Jewish schools inviting Israeli speakers, including people who served in the Israeli army. It was written in the tone of…
Community Leaders Denounce “Sensationalist” Coverage of Jewish Schools
By Joseph Marshall Earlier this week, La Presse published a multi part dossier examining several subsidized Jewish schools in Montreal that had invited Israeli soldiers and Israeli speakers to address students. The…
OPINION: Tucker Carlson, Ben Gurion Airport, and the Power of Suggestion
By Joseph Marshall There are stories that are about facts, and there are stories that are about framing. The Tucker Carlson airport episode in Israel is both. Carlson says he was detained…
Jesse Jackson Dies Leaving a Legacy of Civil Rights Triumph and Deep Jewish Tension
By Howie Silbiger Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the most consequential and controversial figures in modern American civil rights history, has died, he was 84 years old. His life was a testament…
OPINION: If the Rules Don’t Apply at the Top, They Don’t Apply at All
By Howie Silbiger Let’s stop pretending this is normal. An independent ethics investigation runs for fourteen months. It concludes that a sitting commissioner breached the code of ethics during an election. A…