Meet the singer who performs Yiddish opera from Holocaust survivors—and also Richard Wagner
Jaclyn Grossman has a message for Jewish opera fans: Don’t cancel Wagner.
How a class of Dawson College theatre students are incidentally workshopping a controversial script about Zionism and campus politics
David Sklar’s play about campus free speech, finished in summer 2023, has suddenly become painfully relevant.
Remembering filmmaker Charles Officer, who ‘cut through the ideology’ with incisive storytelling
Jake Yanowski and Michael Levine reflect on the life and work of the late Black Jewish artist.
She saved 12 Jewish lives during the Holocaust—and now Quebecois filmmakers are telling her story
An interview with Sophie Nélisse, star of ‘Irena’s Vow’, opening April 19.
MAID takes centre stage in a new comedy about the difficulty of preparing to die
‘In Seven Days’ debuts in Toronto next month.
Just for Laughs co-founder Andy Nulman on the comedy festival’s Jewish roots—and recent collapse
What led the world’s largest comedy festival to file for bankruptcy protection?
From Nassau Street to United Bakers, a new family folk album waxes nostalgic about old Jewish Toronto
“A Song for Ira” imagines two grandparents reminiscing about the good old days.
As Kanye West drops a new album, a new play in Winnipeg shines a harsh light on his antisemitic past
Creators Seth Zosky and Dan Petrenko were in Israel on Oct. 7—and learned the true horror of antisemitism firsthand.
A new comic book spotlights Toronto’s Ward—with a supernatural twist
“The Schmata” is the villain creature of this new comic that blends history with philosophy.
Does Jewish representation actually matter in film and TV? A Jewish casting director weighs in
Montreal-based Jess Greenberg pulls back the curtain.