2025
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The Pickle Fountain: Proof That Humanity Has Officially Lost It
By Howie Silbiger, Editor in Chief Somewhere on the internet, a perfectly good chocolate fountain met its briny fate. Out went the sweet, in went the sour, and suddenly the world was introduced to…
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OPINION: The Death of English Media in Montreal
My whole life has been centered around media. I knew I wanted to work in radio from the time I was ten years old and I always believed that radio and television are the…
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Montreal Chooses Familiar Faces as Brownstein, Levi and Martinez Ferrada Hold the Line
Montrealers went to the polls and when the ballots were counted, little had changed across the island. The faces are mostly familiar, the politics mostly predictable, and the promises once again sounded like those…
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Go Vote, Montreal. It Matters.
Today, Montrealers have a chance to do something many people around the world can only dream of: cast a ballot in a free and democratic election. It may not feel dramatic. There are no…
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From 400 Students to a National Crisis: The Long Battle Over Israel’s Draft Exemption
Last week in Montreal, hundreds of black-coated men stood outside the Israeli Consulate. Their signs were simple: “Torah first, draft last.” “We will not be soldiers.” The air was tense but calm, a mix…
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Jewish Heirs Sue the Met Over Van Gogh Masterpiece Seized by Nazis
A Jewish family has launched a new lawsuit against the Metropolitan Museum of Art, claiming that one of Vincent van Gogh’s celebrated paintings, Olive Picking, was looted by the Nazis and wrongfully sold before…
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RABOUIN AND SAUVÉ SIGN PRO PALESTINIAN PACT AS LAWSUIT HITS CITY
Two Montreal politicians, Projet Montréal leader Luc Rabouin and Transition Montréal leader Craig Sauvé, have ignited outrage by signing the Pacte Anti Apartheid, a pro Palestinian pledge demanding that the city cut all institutional…
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Jeremy Searle, longtime Montreal city councillor and outspoken civic activist, dies at 72
Jeremy Searle, a longtime Montreal city councillor who was as known for his outspoken nature as for his dedication to civic life, passed away on October 25, 2025, at the Lakeshore General Hospital. He…
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Israeli Educator Assaulted in Midtown Manhattan in Suspected Antisemitic Attack
Rami Glikstein, a 58 year old Israeli educator and lecturer for the Israel Defense Forces, was assaulted in New York City on Monday evening while visiting with his family. The incident took place around…
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Jewish Students Build Sukkah to Protest for Palestine as UBC Calls Police
In one of the more ironic campus scenes in recent memory, Jewish students at the University of British Columbia built a sukkah on MacInnes Field to mark Sukkot and to protest for Palestine. Within…