Joseph Marshall
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Thirty Years Since Yitzhak Rabin’s Assassination
Thirty years ago this week, Israel was shaken by the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. On the night of November 4, 1995, at the end of a peace rally in Tel Aviv, three…
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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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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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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…
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Concordia University Montreal Professor Calls To Murder to Zionist Colleagues
Concordia University in Montreal is under fire after Mathematics Professor Chantal David is alleged to have called for the murder of her “hardcore Zionist Colleagues”. In a viral Instagram post being shared widely, David…
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OPINION: Lists, Lies, and Liberal Hypocrisy: The Growing Danger for Jews in Canada
Something has shifted in Canada. You can feel it in the air, in the silence that follows when someone mentions Israel, in the way people lower their voices when saying they’re Jewish. This country…
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Hampstead’s Reckoning: Who Can Residents Trust with Their Tax Dollars
Hampstead’s municipal election on November 2 is shaping up to be much more than a routine change of leadership. It is becoming a referendum on how the town handles public money, how often its…
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OPINION: Côte Saint Luc Voters Have a Chance to Break Free from the Liberal Machine
Côte Saint Luc residents finally have a chance to make a real change. The upcoming municipal election is more than a local contest over budgets and bylaws. It is a test of conscience. It…