Howie Silbiger
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OPINION: The Crisis Economy of the Jewish World
When Bret Stephens spoke at the State of World Jewry address at the 92nd Street Y, he did not rely on comforting words or empty slogans. Instead, he shared a thoughtful argument about the…
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OPINION: Jew Hatred Is Not a Super Bowl Stunt
There is a growing tendency to treat Jew hatred as a branding problem rather than a moral one. As if the right slogan, the right shock, the right viral moment will somehow fix a…
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OPINION: How Many Ethics Violations Does It Take to Get Re-Elected
I ran in a school board election in 2024. I lost. I didn’t run in the same ward as Julien Feldman, so we were not direct competitors, and for full transparency, I’ve known Julien…
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Holocaust Memory Means Nothing While Jews Are Targeted
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 life right now: a world…
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When Leaders Sell Moral Authority and Jews Pay the Price
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 a “rules-based international order,” not…
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Canada Is Failing Its Jews
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 revelation. The idea that Jews…
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Guardian reports Trump administration discussed asylum for UK Jews
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 Trump has discussed the possibility…
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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, a passing…
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Jews Are Training With Guns Because No One Else Is Protecting Them
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 else. When more bullets tore…
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Canada’s Jewish Moment of Reckoning
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 pattern. It is sustained. It…