Film, TV & Theatre

BBC director Alvin Rakoff reflects on the journey from Toronto’s Kensington Market to a long career in show business

By Ruth Schweitzer

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

By David Matlow

Flashback: A very Jewish retail Christmas experience in New Brunswick

By Canadian Jewish Flashback

Books & Authors

Fiction on Soviet Jewish life and Canada during the Holocaust win 2021 Quebec Writers’ Federation Literary Awards

By Janice Arnold

Books & Authors

Alon Ozery’s tale of 1980s Toronto, before the bakery: Coleman’s Deli and high school hideaways

By Alon Ozery

Sports

Mark Hebscher on why Lou Marsh’s name must be removed from Canada’s top athletic award right now

By Mark Hebscher

Food

The traditional Hanukkah doughnut has become an over-the-top treat. Just ask the Kosher King

By Barbara Silverstein

Leonard Cohen in 1972: a European tour, the documentary film, and secrets of the Chelsea Hotel

By Michael Posner

The Holocaust as seen through Muslim eyes—on display in a Toronto painting exhibition (for one night)

By Ron Csillag

Books & Authors

The beloved song ‘Hava Nagila’ has come to life in a children’s book by an author from Montreal

By Janice Arnold