By Howie Silbiger 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…
Category: opinion
OPINION: When Synagogues Are Shot at on Purim, Jewish Leadership Must Change
By Howie Silbiger 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…
OPINION: La Presse and Manufactured Outrage
By Howie Silbiger 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…
OPINION: Tucker Carlson, Ben Gurion Airport, and the Power of Suggestion
By Joseph Marshall 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…
OPINION: If the Rules Don’t Apply at the Top, They Don’t Apply at All
By Howie Silbiger 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…
OPINION: The Crisis Economy of the Jewish World
By Howie Silbiger 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…
OPINION: Ontario’s Teachers’ Union Picks an Anti Zionist Group to Train on Antisemitism
By Joseph Marshall 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…
OPINION: Jew Hatred Is Not a Super Bowl Stunt
By Howie Silbiger 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…
OPINION: Concordia University Isn’t the Problem. It’s the Mirror.
By Mayer Wochyniak The National Post ran a piece this week calling Concordia University a “wretched hive of antisemitic scum and villainy.” It’s a headline built to travel, and it did. People…
OPINION: How Many Ethics Violations Does It Take to Get Re-Elected
By Howie Silbiger I ran in a school board election in 2024. I lost. I didn’t run in the same ward as Julien Feldman, so we were not direct competitors, and for…