Category: opinion

By Howie Silbiger 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,…

By Howie Silbiger 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…

By Howie Silbiger 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…

By Howie Silbiger Three Jews walked out of shul on Bathurst Street and someone opened fire at them from a vehicle. Police say it was an imitation gun. Who cares? The fact…

By Howie Silbiger Montreal loves a good kosher fight. We do not always love kashrus, apparently, but we love the fight. Give the community one restaurant, one MK alert, one angry Instagram…

By Howie Silbiger There is a sickness that has worked its way into Jewish life, and it has been there for so long that too many people now mistake it for wisdom….

By Howie Silbiger The American left has a problem with political violence, and although it doesn’t encompass all aspects of the leftist philosophy, it is just prevalent enough to taint the entire…

By Howie Silbiger There was a time when Yom Ha’atzmaut felt light. You didn’t think too much about it, flags went up, music was loud, someone was burning meat somewhere. It was…

By Howie Silbiger Yom HaShoah arrives, and like clockwork, the language settles into place. Six million. Never again. Ceremonies, candles, school programs, a pause that feels serious in the moment and then,…

By Howie Silbiger If you’ve been watching Tucker Carlson lately, Israel keeps coming up, and not just in passing, it keeps coming back, again and again, until you start noticing how much…