By Howie Silbiger Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the most consequential and controversial figures in modern American civil rights history, has died, he was 84 years old. His life was a testament…
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Accountability Optional: EMSB Majority Wipes Away Ethics Violation
By Joseph Marshall In a move that should concern anyone who cares about governance at the English Montreal School Board, the Board of Commissioners voted to invalidate a 14 month ethics investigation…
Can Competition Bring Down Kosher Meat Prices in Montreal?
By Joseph Marshall In Montreal, where smoked meat is a religion and bagels are a rite of passage, there is one thing you learn young: good food is never cheap. But kosher…
NY Teen Arrested For Email Calling For The Murder Of Jews
By Joseph Marshall A 17 year old student at a public charter school in Queens was arrested this week after allegedly sending an email calling for the killing of Jews to hundreds…
EMSB Commissioner Julien Feldman Suspended, Ordered to Apologize
By Joseph Marshall An Ethics Commissioner has suspended English Montreal School Board Commissioner Julien Feldman for 15 days, ordered him to issue a public apology, and imposed a financial penalty after finding…
Guardian reports Trump administration discussed asylum for UK Jews
By Howie Silbiger A report published this week by The Guardian has sent a jolt through Jewish communities on both sides of the Atlantic, claiming that the administration of US president Donald…
Mordechai Antal, Educator and School Board Commissioner, Dies at 60
Mordechai Antal, a Montreal Jewish educator, labour leader and English Montreal School Board commissioner, died suddenly, he was 60. Antal collapsed after suffering a heart attack while delivering a shiur in synagogue,…
Ottawa Petition Targeting Canadian IDF Veterans Sparks Concern
By Joseph Marshall A federal parliamentary petition calling for investigations into Canadians who served in the Israel Defense Forces has ignited a political and communal firestorm, with Jewish organizations warning that the…
How About Tulsa Oklahoma as The Promised Land?
By Joseph Marshall Forget the Promised Land, how about Tulsa? That is not a punchline. It is the question now being posed to Jewish Canadians who no longer feel safe where they…
Rabbi Shlanger Raised His Hands in Peace. The Terrorist Riddled Him With Bullets
By Jack Forrester What unfolded at Bondi Beach on the first night of Chanukah is now understood to have been far more calculated, more lethal, and closer to catastrophic than initially known,…