Opinion
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The Nazis Were The Honest Ones
I believe in giving credit where credit is due. The Bulgarian Nazis, all minors, who surrounded a hotel and harassed Jewish teenagers on a Bnei Akiva trip were the most honest Jew-haters of the…
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Boy George Has More Courage Than Too Many Jews
Boy George released a song last week called We Will Dance Again. It remembers the young people murdered at the Nova music festival, rejects the lie that October 7 can be removed from the…
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They Say Israel, They Mean Jews
We were told again this week that the anger is about Israel, then someone fired at a Jewish bakery in Toronto. Another location belonging to the same Jewish-owned chain had its window smashed. In…
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Two Fires, Two Communities, and the Same Fear
When Shabbos ended in Montreal on Saturday night, I turned my phone on and saw what was left of Nöam Restaurant. Later, when The Suburban posted it, I watched a surveillance video showing the…
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Meir Weinstein’s Announcement Should Surprise Nobody
Meir Weinstein announced this week that his Israel Now movement is forming what it calls the New Jewish Defense Force. The group intends to document organizations and individuals it considers a threat to the…
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The Real Pandemic Was the Death of Critical Thinking
By Nechama Rubenstein Summer is a time when families get out of the house, explore the city and visit the attractions that become crowded almost as soon as school ends. It now feels perfectly…
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How Many Jews Must Be Attacked Before Government Calls It Terrorism?
Two locations of a Jewish-owned bakery in Toronto were attacked overnight. One was struck by gunfire. A window was smashed at the other. Thankfully, no one was injured, which provided everyone in authority with…
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Tisha B’av: July 22, 1946: The Day Jews Fought Back
On July 22, 1946, the Irgun bombed the southern wing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. Eighty years later, on July 22, 2026, Jews will be preparing for Tisha B’Av. The timing is…
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We Still Sing Shlomo Carlebach. We Just Don’t Talk About the Women
By Linda Shefferman Many synagogues around the world use Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach’s compositions as the basis of prayer, but rarely mention the women who accused him of sexual abuse. His melodies are sung during…
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A Jew Is a Jew. Montreal Should Remember That.
By Shimshon Cohen Canada’s first synagogue was in Montreal, and it was not Ashkenazi. The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, Shearith Israel, was formally established in 1768. It was a Sephardi congregation, built by some…