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Back to SearchThe CJN Daily's political panel weighs in on the 2025 federal election
With just a week left in the 2025 federal election, it remains unclear which way Jewish voters will lean. Will they give stock to the parties’ promis…
1 year, 2 months ago
Rabbi Louis Sachs speaks out about being sued by his former synagogue in Toronto
Fresh from a hectic Passover weekend of assisting in conducting services at his Beth Sholom Synagogue in Toronto, and also leading a community seder …
1 year, 2 months ago
This Canadian soldier helped liberate Bergen-Belsen—80 years ago today
Eighty years ago, on April 15, 1945, the notorious Nazi death camp Bergen-Belsen, in Germany, was liberated by Allied troops. To their horror, Britis…
1 year, 2 months ago
Let my elephants go: A new Canadian documentary spotlights animal welfare in zoos
Just in time for Passover, Fern Levitt has a message of freedom for Canadian audiences—about elephants. On April 11, her new documentary, Lucy: The S…
1 year, 2 months ago
Olive Branch vs. Sobeys: A kosher food fight erupts in Thornhill
Sobeys, one of the three biggest grocery store chains in Canada, has vowed to “rectify any issues" after allegations that the manager of its longtime…
1 year, 2 months ago
Why 72% of police-reported hate crimes in Canada remain unsolved
Today, on Monday April 7, the human rights advocacy group B’nai Brith Canada is set to release its annual antisemitism audit, tracking what’s likely …
1 year, 3 months ago
Canada has a secret list of suspected Nazis. This historian found the files online
For decades, the Canadian government has held more than a million pages of war-criminal investigation files secret, citing privacy laws and internati…
1 year, 3 months ago
Jewish Canadians in Israel could impact election results back home
When Elliot Gluck recently tried to figure out how to vote in the upcoming Canadian election from abroad in Israel, he was left scratching his head. …
1 year, 3 months ago
How Canadian Jewish business leaders are bracing for Donald Trump’s trade war
Canadians have been bracing for a trade war with U.S. President Donald Trump for months—and this week, it might actually kick into high gear. Washing…
1 year, 3 months ago
This Holocaust survivor rediscovered her Jewish roots decades later—thanks to a Canadian genealogist
In 1942, while Nazis were forcing the Jews of Krosno, Poland to move into the local ghetto, they missed at least one: an eight-month-old Jewish infan…
1 year, 3 months ago