Opinion

By Howie Silbiger, Editor-in-Chief Opinion Here is what I know. Debate is supposed to be the safety valve. Words let us spar without drawing blood. We take a punchline instead of a punch. We…

Canada has never been a safe country for Jews. It wasn’t during the Holocaust and it isn’t now. The chant of globalize the intifada isn’t just echoing through the streets, it’s being carried out…

Member of Parliament Anthony Housefather has long cultivated the image of a steadfast guardian of the Jewish community in Ottawa, ever present at synagogue commemorations and always ready with a statement. But beneath the…

By: Howie Silbiger, Editor-in-Chief The 2025/26 Concordia Student Union handbook is out. On the surface, it looks like a standard spiral bound planner. Bold type proclaims “Made for students, by students,” and the cover shows protesters…

A doctor in Belgium thought it acceptable to write “Jewish/Israeli” in the allergy box of a child’s hospital record. In London, ninety thousand people at Wembley booed when two Israeli fans said where they…

By Howie Silbiger – Editor-in-Chief Wembley Stadium turned from a concert hall into a trial by mob when Coldplay frontman Chris Martin called two young Israeli fans “equal humans” on stage (see video at…

Content Warning: The following video is extremely graphic, depicting part of a genocidal terror attack that took place in Israel on October 7th, 2023. It depicts a father’s sacrificing his life to save his…

By Howie Silbiger – Editor-in-Chief The Quebec government is preparing to introduce legislation that would ban prayer in public, a move framed as a response to Muslim street gatherings but one that has serious…

By Howie Silbiger, Editor-in-Chief There is no space left for excuses. Jewish communities are under attack, and every institution is showing its true face. Some stand tall. Others collapse in shame. Some raise the…