Opinion

The Jewish community has been called on again and again to rally for Israel. We have gathered outside city halls, campuses, consulates and synagogues. We have waved Israeli flags, sung Hatikvah, demanded the return…

It never seems to matter what Jews actually do. A Jew can build a business from nothing, work insane hours, save every dollar, take every risk, and if he makes it, the anti Jewites…

Prime Minister Mark Carney stood in Toronto this week and admitted what Canadian Jews have known for a long time. Canada is failing its Jewish community. The words were welcome. The timing was ugly.…

Prime Minister Mark Carney said this week that Canada is failing its Jewish community, a blunt admission from a government now trying to present itself as serious about combating Jew hatred after years of…

There were two shows called The Goldbergs. They were not connected, at least not officially. Different creators, different eras, different families, different Americas. Still, it is not hard to imagine the newer Goldbergs as…

There is nothing wrong with being comfortable. Jews have had enough centuries of being chased, blamed, taxed, expelled, beaten, restricted and murdered that nobody has to apologize for wanting a decent house, a good…

Did Canadian Jews even know it was Jewish Heritage Month? I’m asking seriously. Not because Jews forgot, we remember everything, most of the time too much. We remember dates, names, speeches, old betrayals, who…

In 1947, Hollywood released Gentleman’s Agreement, a movie about a non-Jewish journalist who pretends to be Jewish so he can write about anti-Jewish prejudice from the inside. Gregory Peck plays Philip Green, a decent…

I don’t usually sit around thinking about stories after they are published. I write them, publish them and move on. The story of MK removing its certification from Benny & Fils, however, has been…