Hallmark Hanukkah flicks: Did anyone actually ask for these?
The CJN podcasters lean into holiday TV shmaltz—so that you don’t have to.
A school ahead of its time: How The Toronto Heschel School has inspired 25 years of innovative Jewish education
The Canadian Jewish News now delivers a printable weekly digest
Rabbi Avi Finegold’s hot take for Hanukkah: Maccabees, materialism and the middle path
Alon Ozery’s tale of 1980s Toronto, before the bakery: Coleman’s Deli and high school hideaways
CUPE, the largest union in Canada, has rejected a BDS resolution
Mark Hebscher on why Lou Marsh’s name must be removed from Canada’s top athletic award right now
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CUPE, the largest union in Canada, has rejected a BDS resolution
Ronen Hoffman, the new Israeli ambassador to Canada, is set to arrive in time for Hanukkah 2021
Will kosher food be taboo? University of Toronto’s Scarborough Campus Student Union expands support for BDS
Cabinet minister Karina Gould talks about the pandemic challenges of distributing vaccines, becoming a new parent and rising antisemitism
Arts & Leisure
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Alon Ozery’s tale of 1980s Toronto, before the bakery: Coleman’s Deli and high school hideaways
Mark Hebscher on why Lou Marsh’s name must be removed from Canada’s top athletic award right now
Leonard Cohen in 1972: a European tour, the documentary film, and secrets of the Chelsea Hotel
Flashback: Vancouver’s voice of concentration camp survival
Perspectives
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Rabbi Avi Finegold’s hot take for Hanukkah: Maccabees, materialism and the middle path
Rabbi Elyse Goldstein says an investigation into sexual harassment at a rabbinic seminary should be a ‘warning shofar blast’ to Jewish organizations everywhere
The Jewish Nomad: Seeing a real-life concert again was worth even more than Spotify
The view from the climate disaster in B.C.: ‘We have departed from the shores of the safe and predictable world we imagined for ourselves and our children’
Events
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‘Jews Going Out of Business’ comedy show feat. The CJN podcaster Laura Leibow—Sunday, Dec. 26
Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature—virtual ceremony video
‘The Lost Expert’ by Hal Niedezviecki: virtual book launch—full video here
