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French President Emmanuel Macron attended a pre-Rosh Hashanah ceremony at the Great Synagogue of Paris last night, the first time that a sitting president has done so; Israel closed the only pedestrian crossing with Gaza after rioting Palestinians damaged its infrastructure; and the Israeli theatre company Gesher is bringing its production of The Dybbuk to Toronto this month for its North American premiere.
Dr. Sheldon Rubin, a trailblazing doctor who became New Brunswick’s first oncologist, died on Aug. 13, at the age of 75.
A group of young Jews from Uganda recently completed a Birthright Israel trip; Roseanne Barr is claiming that she’ll move to Israel this fall; and Ultra-Orthodox political party Agudath Israel has alerted the High Court of Justice that it will remove a clause in the party regulations that forbids women from running for office on their platform.
Maxwell Smart and Irwin Cotler were honoured this week at a Canadian Friends of Tel Aviv University’s black-tie dinner in Montreal; Israeli police have announced a move to criminalize lap dancing at strip clubs; and American Jewish actress Emmy Rossum has announced that the upcoming season of Shameless will be her last.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, recently said that a rollout of the Trump administration’s peace plan for Israel is “not imminent.”; Natalie Portman and Timothée Chalamet are among the list of talent attending the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival; and the August 29 rally to oppose B’nai Brith’s “smear campaign” against the Canadian Union of Postal Workers drew about 75 pro-Palestinian protesters and some 200 members of the Jewish community.
Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks will host a five-part series on morality for the BBC, three Canadians took part in the Kippah March in Berlin recently; and first look photos from Matthew Weiner’s The Romanoffs have been released.
Marilyn Lazar profiles Dr. Sharon Cohen, the medical director of Toronto Memory Program.
J.K. Rowling recently got into a Twitter argument with fellow author Simon Maginn over his criticism of Jewish complaints about anti-Semitism in the U.K. Labour Party; Former Being Erica showrunner Aaron Martin is working on a new sci-fi show for Netflix, called Another Life; and several lawmakers from an Arab-Israeli political party are involved in an effort to get the U.N. General Assembly to officially condemn Israel’s nation-state law.
Through a variety of programs, weekend retreats and trips to Israel, NCSY provides teenagers with the opportunity to embrace their traditions and heritage while being a part of the greater Jewish community. The organization works around the clock to inspire the next generation with their initiatives, including Torah High, a school that offers exceptional and affordable Jewish studies courses, for credit, to public high school students.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel’s most dynamic – and most comprehensive – university, is flourishing and fulfilling David Ben-Gurion’s prophetic words, “The future of Israel lies in the Negev.”
Campus protest encampments, political challah baking, shiksappeal gets revived—and six more from the year that was.
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