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‘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.

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Canderel launches Forest Hill’s largest mixed-use community, revitalizing a gateway intersection at Bathurst and St. Clair in Toronto

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Obituary: Sheila Goldbloom was a mentor who believed in building understanding between communities

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Shticks & Giggles Live: How does feminism fit into Jewish comedy?

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This family from Toronto booked a December bar mitzvah trip on El Al—before they learned flights will be over in October

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McGill University’s antisemitism and Islamophobia probe cites BDS as a key source of tension

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A new philanthropic initiative asks Jewish Canadians to donate half their posthumous charitable givings to Jewish causes—but the uptake is slow

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Despite shattered goodwill, El Al could return to Toronto next spring, expert predicts

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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

McGill University campus MCGILL PHOTO
Canada

McGill University’s antisemitism and Islamophobia probe cites BDS as a key source of tension

By Janice Arnold

Canada

This rabbi from Montreal is preparing to donate a kidney to a stranger

By Janice Arnold

Canada

Winnipeg police are investigating why 70 headstones were toppled in the Shaarey Zedek cemetery

By John Longhurst

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

By David Matlow

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Montreal temple brings attention to Indigenous people through outdoor photo display

By Janice Arnold

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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

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‘A better Canada because of him’: Tributes pour in at the funeral for renowned historian Irving Abella

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The Jewish Nomad: Elana Dunkelman explains the journey of recording a fictional audiobook set during the Holocaust

By Ilana Zackon

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The Jewish Nomad: How to start reading Philip Roth (with subtitles rather than a book)

By Ilana Zackon

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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

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Liberal MP Ya’ara Saks was confronted with antisemitism at her daughter’s graduation. This is her response

By @YaaraSaks

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Obituary: Irving Abella, 82, was a Canadian historian who revealed why Canada kept Jews out during the Holocaust

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Debate heats up as Côte St. Luc tackles issue of illegal home-based shuls

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Liberal MP Ya’ara Saks was confronted with antisemitism at her daughter’s graduation. This is her response

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