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Jewish festival season is upon us—but who are these events for, anyway?

The heads of TJFF, Ashkenaz and KlezKanada grapple with the essential question.

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Shticks & Giggles

Shticks & Giggles Live: Talking Chronic Illness and Comedy

2022.05.22
Opinions, Perspectives

Doorstep Postings: A more perfect union between organized labour and Doug Ford

By Josh Lieblein

Lives, Obituaries

Obituary: Shirley Granovsky, a philanthropist who never forgot her family’s early financial struggles

By Alex Rose

Canada, News

Pro-Palestinian protests in Ottawa schools are creating a ‘toxic environment,’ says the local Jewish Federation CEO

By Lila Sarick

Arts & Leisure, Books & Authors

How far should a Jewish mother go to protect her family? Samantha M. Bailey tackles themes of obsession and dark secrets in her new thriller

By Ellin Bessner

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The not-so-secret history of antisemitism in Canada’s abortion debate

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Yehupetzville with Ralph Benmergui

It’s a lonesome life for a Jew in Western Newfoundland—and that’s how Sheina Lerman likes it

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Rivkush

Lawyer, filmmaker, would-be candidate for Conservative leader: A deep dive with Joel Etienne

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Canada

Pro-Palestinian protests in Ottawa schools are creating a ‘toxic environment,’ says the local Jewish Federation CEO

By Lila Sarick

Canada

Elisha Wiesel visits Montreal where he remembered his aunt and his father Elie’s commitment to justice

By Janice Arnold

Canada

Canadian ruling on West Bank wine labels leaves door open for ‘clarifying information’

By Ron Csillag

Canada

The New Blue Party attracts Jewish candidates fed up with how Doug Ford and the Tories handled the pandemic

By Alex Rose

Arts & Leisure

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Books & Authors

How far should a Jewish mother go to protect her family? Samantha M. Bailey tackles themes of obsession and dark secrets in her new thriller

By Ellin Bessner

Treasure Trove: A weekly piece of our history from the collection of David Matlow

By David Matlow

Film, TV & Theatre

‘Big Brother Canada’ winner Kevin Jacobs drew on his experiences at Jewish summer camp for reality show strategies

By Alex Rose

Flashback: Montreal’s hottest spot to dance for Israel

By Canadian Jewish Flashback

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Shticks & Giggles Live: Talking Chronic Illness and Comedy

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Opinions

Doorstep Postings: A more perfect union between organized labour and Doug Ford

By Josh Lieblein

First-person

Paul Perlove on how writing for 1970s Canadian TV gave him one very interesting anatomical experience

By Paul Perlove

Opinions

Doorstep Postings: The countdown to Steven Del Duca’s appointment with destiny

By Josh Lieblein

Opinions

Tyler Samuels argues that a mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket shows that Jews and other minorities must unite to combat hatred that doesn’t stop at a border

By Tyler Samuels

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Arts & Leisure

Treasure Trove: A weekly piece of our history from the collection of David Matlow

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Flashback: Montreal’s hottest spot to dance for Israel

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Arts & Leisure

Flashback: The abacus that counted on a long journey to Ottawa’s kosher butcher shop

By Canadian Jewish Flashback

Print

Check out The CJN’s new printable weekly digest—and learn how to see it first each Friday

By The CJN Staff

First-person, Perspectives

Toronto musician Lorie Wolf and her search for justice after sexual assault: ‘The feelings of isolation, loneliness and betrayal are deep’

By Lorie Wolf

Canada, News

The New Blue Party attracts Jewish candidates fed up with how Doug Ford and the Tories handled the pandemic

By Alex Rose

First-person

The Jewish Nomad: What I loved about going back to Montreal for two months

By Ilana Zackon

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International, News

How this Montreal businessman just repaid a 78-year old debt to France, where his father was rescued from the Nazis on D-Day 1944

By Ellin Bessner

Arts & Leisure, Events, Film, TV & Theatre

Ivan Reitman’s Virtual Fraternity—a tribute from the filmmaker’s closest friends

By Ed Conroy

Canada, News

Four Winnipeg siblings who survived the Holocaust together in a slave labour camp in Siberia are recording their stories for the future

By John Longhurst

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