Howie Silbiger
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The Editor Who Called My Parents, Christy McCormick Never Stopped Editing Me
I was sad to hear about the untimely death of Christy McCormick. Christy was more than just a friend. He was a mentor during my first years in journalism and, more importantly, one of…
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Federal Judge Rejects ‘It’s About Israel, Not Jews’ Defence in Israeli Flag Assault Case
A federal judge has refused to dismiss most of a civil-rights lawsuit against pro-Palestinian activist Janine Ali, who was arrested after grabbing an Israeli flag being worn around the neck of Jewish activist Kimmara…
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Let’s Start Calling it What it is…Jew Hatred
I am beginning to think we have created an impossible standard for recognizing Jew hatred. Apparently it is no longer enough to attack a synagogue while Jews are praying. It is not enough to…
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Rabbi Ronnie Cahana, Rabbi Emeritus of the Beth El, Dies at 72
Rabbi Ronnie Cahana, the longtime Montreal spiritual leader, poet and activist whose rabbinate continued even after a devastating brain-stem stroke left him largely paralyzed, died unexpectedly on Thursday, August 13. He was 72. Cahana…
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Montreal Has No Business Joining the anti-Israel Propaganda War
Projet Montréal wants Montreal City Council to declare that Israel is committing genocide and apartheid and to cut the city’s institutional ties with Israel, Israeli institutions and Israeli municipalities. The motion was postponed in…
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The Nöam Fire: We May Have Gotten Ahead of Ourselves
Almost immediately after Nöam burned, the reaction across much of the Jewish community was predictable. A kosher restaurant in a heavily Jewish neighbourhood had been deliberately set on fire in the middle of the…
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Federal Report Finds Campus Anti-Jewism Widespread as Quebec Court Authorizes Class Action
By Howie Silbiger A federal government commissioned report has found that nearly every Jewish student surveyed experienced or witnessed anti-Jewish conduct on a Canadian campus over the past year. The report was released…
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The Nazis Were The Honest Ones
I believe in giving credit where credit is due. The Bulgarian Nazis, all minors, who surrounded a hotel and harassed Jewish teenagers on a Bnei Akiva trip were the most honest Jew-haters of the…
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Boy George Has More Courage Than Too Many Jews
Boy George released a song last week called We Will Dance Again. It remembers the young people murdered at the Nova music festival, rejects the lie that October 7 can be removed from the…
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Two Fires, Two Communities, and the Same Fear
When Shabbos ended in Montreal on Saturday night, I turned my phone on and saw what was left of Nöam Restaurant. Later, when The Suburban posted it, I watched a surveillance video showing the…