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Secular Jews are on the rise. Do they really understand what they’re missing?

Mark Oppenheimer goes rosh-to-rosh with us to debate what defines observance.

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Canada, News

New incentive program is offering families up to $100,000 to move to Ottawa and enrol in day school

By Alex Rose

Five Questions About Israel

The CJN is hosting a new podcast tackling big questions about Israel—and we want to hear from you

2023.05.05
Perspectives, Phoebe Maltz Bovy

What, and why, is secular Judaism? Phoebe Maltz Bovy, defender of the (absence of) faith

By Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Wayne and Shuster
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Wayne and Shuster’s kids are helping to bring their parents’ classic comedy skits to a new generation

2023.05.04
Perspectives, Phoebe Maltz Bovy

The billionaire matchmaker: Phoebe Maltz Bovy takes Michael Steinhardt’s ‘Jewish Pride’ for a ride

By Phoebe Maltz Bovy

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Culturally Jewish

The Segal Centre is putting on an epic 3-hour Jewish family drama—and we visited the set

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Antisemitic incidents seem disproportionately high in Canada. How is this possible?

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Bonjour Chai

After Yom ha-Atzmaut, Israeli protests reignite: Where does the Jewish State go from here?

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Canada

New incentive program is offering families up to $100,000 to move to Ottawa and enrol in day school

By Alex Rose

Canada

Montreal Jews to air concerns for Israel’s democracy in rally outside consulate on May 5

By Janice Arnold

Canada

This group of 25 Jewish women is celebrating 7 decades of friendship—one that’s seen them through good times and bad

By Michael Brooke

Canada

Quebec’s first school guide to genocide education is now available in English after six years of work

By Janice Arnold

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New incentive program is offering families up to $100,000 to move to Ottawa and enrol in day school

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Tariq Khan, a member of Alberta’s new multicultural council, resigns after a history of antisemitic posts are revealed

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‘It is too much, Dayenu—It is not supposed to be this way’: Rabbi Mark Fishman on the terror attack deaths of Maia, Rina and Lucy Dee

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Canada, News

Shael Rosenbaum, a member of the third generation of survivors, takes over ‘the Holocaust business’ at the Canadian Society for Yad Vashem

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Canadian Politics, Perspectives

Doorstep Postings: Josh Matlow on how Passover has helped him prepare for three months of running to become the next mayor of Toronto

By Josh Lieblein

Canadian Politics, Perspectives

Doorstep Postings: The role Meir Straus was named to play—a teenage candidate for Toronto’s chief magistrate

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Perspectives, Phoebe Maltz Bovy

Can religious and secular Jews be friends? Phoebe Maltz Bovy takes a side in a fight that one American writer has picked with another

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A brazen Israeli flag burning outside a Jewish school has shocked the Montreal community

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Canadian Politics, Perspectives

Doorstep Postings: The state of official reactions in Toronto to the diminishing protests on Al-Quds Day—with the added backdrop of a mayoral race

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Obituaries

Obituary: Alex Buckman, 83, a tireless force for Holocaust education in Vancouver

By Sam Margolis

Obituaries

Tribute: Rabbi Professor Michael Brown, 84, shaped the field of Jewish studies across Canada and internationally

By Sara R. Horowitz

Obituaries

Obituary: ‘Lightning Lou’ Billinkoff, 99, became Canada’s fastest sprinter when he was in his 90s

By John Longhurst

Obituaries

Obituary: Leo Goldhar, 91, a philanthropist with the vision to build Toronto’s northern-most Jewish community centre

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