By Joseph Marshall Montreal’s Jewish community woke up this morning to yet another act of intimidation after vandals spray painted swastikas across the windows of Gourmetti Pizza, a kosher restaurant in Ville…
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OPINION: When Synagogues Are Shot at on Purim, Jewish Leadership Must Change
By Howie Silbiger On the night of Purim, when Jews around the world were celebrating survival against those who once plotted their destruction, someone stood outside a synagogue in Toronto and opened…
OPINION: La Presse and Manufactured Outrage
By Howie Silbiger La Presse ran a multi-day dossier this week about Jewish schools inviting Israeli speakers, including people who served in the Israeli army. It was written in the tone of…
Community Leaders Denounce “Sensationalist” Coverage of Jewish Schools
By Joseph Marshall Earlier this week, La Presse published a multi part dossier examining several subsidized Jewish schools in Montreal that had invited Israeli soldiers and Israeli speakers to address students. The…
OPINION: Tucker Carlson, Ben Gurion Airport, and the Power of Suggestion
By Joseph Marshall There are stories that are about facts, and there are stories that are about framing. The Tucker Carlson airport episode in Israel is both. Carlson says he was detained…
Jesse Jackson Dies Leaving a Legacy of Civil Rights Triumph and Deep Jewish Tension
By Howie Silbiger Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the most consequential and controversial figures in modern American civil rights history, has died, he was 84 years old. His life was a testament…
OPINION: If the Rules Don’t Apply at the Top, They Don’t Apply at All
By Howie Silbiger Let’s stop pretending this is normal. An independent ethics investigation runs for fourteen months. It concludes that a sitting commissioner breached the code of ethics during an election. A…
Accountability Optional: EMSB Majority Wipes Away Ethics Violation
By Joseph Marshall In a move that should concern anyone who cares about governance at the English Montreal School Board, the Board of Commissioners voted to invalidate a 14 month ethics investigation…
OPINION: The Crisis Economy of the Jewish World
By Howie Silbiger 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…
Can Competition Bring Down Kosher Meat Prices in Montreal?
By Joseph Marshall In Montreal, where smoked meat is a religion and bagels are a rite of passage, there is one thing you learn young: good food is never cheap. But kosher…