Howie Silbiger
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Canada’s Answer to Jew Hatred: Build the Jews a Bigger Fence
Canada is a free, open and multicultural society. We know this because we have been told it so many times that it has practically become part of the national anthem. Diversity is our strength,…
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Two Mohalim, 98 Babies and a Belgian Criminal Case
By.Howie Silbiger Belgium has not banned brit milah. It has found another way to make performing one potentially criminal. Two Jewish mohalim in Antwerp are facing the possibility of a criminal trial after prosecutors…
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September 9, 2002: Concordia University, One Riot and Decades of the Same Politics
Every time something happens at Concordia University in Montreal involving Israel, there is another round of concern about what has happened to the university, how things have become so polarized and how Jewish students…
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Apparently, Nazi vs. Jew is now Entertainment
You would think you were in Germany in the 1930s, but nope, America, 2026. Last week, at the Kia Center in Orlando, Florida a man unfurled a giant Nazi flag during a boxing match,…
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A Hollywood Bar Mitzvah and a Very Jewish Lesson
I had almost forgotten about Keeping Up with the Steins until I came across it again recently. It came out in 2006 and it is not one of the great Jewish films of all…
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Welcome to Concordia: Palestinian Activism Now Part of the Orientation Experience
After nearly three years of anti-Israel protests, occupations, vandalism, student strikes and slogans that have crossed repeatedly into open Jew hatred, including “Kill the Jews” graffiti and a protester telling Jewish and pro-Israel demonstrators…
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Have I Given My Children a Judaism Worth Holding Onto
By Leah Rosen (a pen name) I used to think assimilation was something obvious. It was a Jewish child marrying someone who wasn’t Jewish, a family giving up the holidays, or grandchildren who no…
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Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Blocked from Canada Ahead of Côte Saint-Luc Appearance
A Palestinian organization recognized by the US government as operating as a front for terrorist groups Samidoun and The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine has emerged as potentially part of Canada’s decision…
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The Montreal Vote Was No Victory
There has been a lot of discussion since Monday night’s vote at Montreal City Hall about whether the outcome should be considered a victory for Montreal’s Jewish community. The original Projet Montréal motion was…
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Montreal City Council Passes Amended Palestinian Solidarity Motion 54-6
Montreal City Council overwhelmingly adopted an amended motion expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people Monday night, following a lengthy debate that saw Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada’s Ensemble Montréal administration remove some of the most…