Opinion
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…