Opinion
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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. Not a…
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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 children to…
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The Iran War Conspiracy Industry Has One Thing in Common: Somehow It’s Always the Jews
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 before the first smoke even…
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OPINION: When Synagogues Are Shot at on Purim, Jewish Leadership Must Change
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 fire. Twenty shots were fired…
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OPINION: La Presse and Manufactured Outrage
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 surprised revelation, as though something…
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OPINION: Tucker Carlson, Ben Gurion Airport, and the Power of Suggestion
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 and interrogated at Ben Gurion…
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OPINION: If the Rules Don’t Apply at the Top, They Don’t Apply at All
Let’s stop pretending this is normal. An independent ethics investigation runs for fourteen months. It concludes that a sitting commissioner breached the code of ethics during an election. A ruling is issued. A sanction…
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OPINION: The Crisis Economy of the Jewish World
When Bret Stephens spoke at the State of World Jewry address at the 92nd Street Y, he did not rely on comforting words or empty slogans. Instead, he shared a thoughtful argument about the…
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OPINION: Ontario’s Teachers’ Union Picks an Anti Zionist Group to Train on Antisemitism
Over the past year and a half, Jewish families across Ontario have found themselves quietly adjusting to a new, uneasy normal. Police cruisers parked outside schools have faded into the background, no longer the…
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OPINION: Jew Hatred Is Not a Super Bowl Stunt
There is a growing tendency to treat Jew hatred as a branding problem rather than a moral one. As if the right slogan, the right shock, the right viral moment will somehow fix a…