Your daily spiel for Thursday, March 2

In today's spiel: Another anti-Semitic Montreal imam video uncovered, Haredim live longer – here's why – and an Israeli comedy show host urges Israelis to wake up and smell the "apartheid."
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Your Daily Spiel is The CJN’s daily roundup of trending stories in the Jewish world.

Solidarity with Montreal Muslims: Jewish groups condemned yesterday’s bomb threats targeting Muslims at Concordia University.

Haredim are outliving you: The ultra-Orthodox have higher rates of poverty and obesity, yet they live longer. Read about the possible reasons why, in Rabbi Dow Marmur’s latest column.

A second anti-Semitic video: A second video of an imam at a Montreal mosque giving an anti-Semitic sermon has been uncovered.

Not Folgers: Israeli comedy show host Assaf Harel begs Israelis to wake up and smell the “apartheid.”

 

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