By Howie Silbiger Every year, students get on planes and go to Poland for the March of the Living. At this point, it’s just built in. Schools talk about it early, parents…
Category: opinion
This Passover, Freedom Comes With a Security Plan
By Howie Silbiger As Passover approaches, Federation CJA is urging Montreal’s Jewish community to remain vigilant. In previous years, that kind of message would have faded into the background. This time, it…
The Netanyahu Death Hoax: How It Fooled The World
By Howie Silbiger The recent wave of false reports claiming that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been killed did not last long. It was debunked quickly, the videos came out, and…
Breaking the Silence Around Abuse in Jewish Institutions
By Howie Silbiger Last week, a person working within a Montreal Jewish institution was quietly removed from their position after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced. There has been no criminal conviction and,…
The Difference Between a Massacre and Survival Was One Armed Guard
By Howie Silbiger The terror attack today at a synagogue in Michigan should make every normal human being shudder. A man drove a truck straight into a synagogue. Not a government building….
Canada’s Answer to Anti-Jewish Hatred: Build Higher Walls
By Joseph Marshall and Howie Silbiger Jews are the only religious group in Canada that needs security guards standing outside their houses of worship. Jews are the only community that sends their…
The Iran War Conspiracy Industry Has One Thing in Common: Somehow It’s Always the Jews
By Howie Silbiger The war between Israel and Iran is now well underway, missiles have crossed borders, cities have been struck, and the world is watching nervously as the conflict expands. Yet…
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…
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…