The CJN Daily ‘A better Canada because of him’: Tributes pour in at the funeral for renowned historian Irving Abella Hear highlights from Abella’s funeral, held this week.
Sponsored Canderel launches Forest Hill’s largest mixed-use community, revitalizing a gateway intersection at Bathurst and St. Clair in Toronto By Canderel
Canada, News This family from Toronto booked a December bar mitzvah trip on El Al—before they learned flights will be over in October By Ellin Bessner, Lila Sarick
Canada, News McGill University’s antisemitism and Islamophobia probe cites BDS as a key source of tension By Janice Arnold
The CJN Daily A new philanthropic initiative asks wealthy Canadians to donate half their posthumous charitable givings to Jewish causes—but the uptake is slow 2022.07.05
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Menschwarmers With Sue Bird’s retirement, a Jewish sports hero cements her legacy View episodes from Menschwarmers Subscribe to Menschwarmers (opens a new window)
Shticks & Giggles Can diarrhea and suicide attempts ever be funny? Meet the Jewish comics trying to make it work View episodes from Shticks & Giggles Subscribe to Shticks & Giggles (opens a new window)
Canada This family from Toronto booked a December bar mitzvah trip on El Al—before they learned flights will be over in October By Ellin Bessner, Lila Sarick
Canada McGill University’s antisemitism and Islamophobia probe cites BDS as a key source of tension By Janice Arnold
Canada Winnipeg police are investigating why 70 headstones were toppled in the Shaarey Zedek cemetery By John Longhurst
Galleries & Museums Montreal temple brings attention to Indigenous people through outdoor photo display By Janice Arnold
Stage & Screen Avinoam Silverman’s new ballet wrestles with his questions about faith and grief By Alex Rose
Flashback: How experiences of the Holocaust were artistically examined in Vancouver By Canadian Jewish Flashback
First-person The Jewish Nomad: Elana Dunkelman explains the journey of recording a fictional audiobook set during the Holocaust By Ilana Zackon
First-person The Jewish Nomad: How to start reading Philip Roth (with subtitles rather than a book) By Ilana Zackon
First-person L.A. Jewish Journal editor-in-chief David Suissa’s view on coming home to a Montreal facing a new French-language law By David Suissa
First-person Liberal MP Ya’ara Saks was confronted with antisemitism at her daughter’s graduation. This is her response By @YaaraSaks