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Back to SearchPain lingers despite guilty plea by the man who defaced Canada's Holocaust monument
On July 25, Iain Aspenlieder pleaded guilty in court to a charge of mischief for defacing Canada's National Holocaust Monument. Before dawn on June 9…
11 months, 1 week ago
Nautical nachas: This summer, welcome Shabbat on a boat in the Laurentians
If you happen to be in the Laurentians one Friday afternoon this summer, near the Saint-Agathe, a resort area north of Montreal that’s popular with J…
11 months, 1 week ago
Deborah Lyons shares why she quit as Canada’s antisemitism envoy: ‘It was hard to get people to speak up’
In her first media interview since stepping down early as Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, Deb…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
This doctor quit a Canadian medical body after they published an article praising members of Hezbollah
There are two framed medical certificates missing from the wall of Dr. Michael Kalin’s office in his medical clinic in Montreal. Kalin, who owns Sant…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Irwin Cotler still calling for action against Iran, after they plotted his assassination
On July 18, Jewish communities will mark the 31st anniversary of the AMIA terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in which Hezbollah, backed by…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
‘Deeply disappointed’: An Iranian Canadian dissident reflects on the brief Israel-Iran war
It has been three weeks since a ceasefire on June 24 paused the brief war between Israel and Iran. As a recap of what happened: the Israel Defense Fo…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
'It's my gift to the world': Why this Canadian artist painted all 54 chapters of the Torah
When Sheila Nemtin Levine began painting, she didn't plan to fulfill the final commandment of the Torah: that every Jew should write their own Old Te…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Qatari money is quietly fuelling anti-Israel rhetoric in Canada, new report warns
While envoys from Israel and Hamas met this week in Qatar to negotiate the latest peace effort for the release of the hostages and a ceasefire in Gaz…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Not in Heaven: Legacy Jewish institutions are pivoting to meet the moment. But do we even still need them?
The North Star team is taking the day off and will return soon. Please enjoy this recent episode of another podcast from The CJN, Not in Heaven, all …
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Meet the Canadian fighting France for $30 million in unpaid embassy rent in Iraq
Although Montrealer Philip Khazzam has never set foot inside his family’s nearly-century old mansion in the Iraqi capitol of Baghdad, he has heard ma…
1 year ago