‘A very dangerous precedent’: Two Jewish theatre artists respond to Victoria, B.C.’s Belfry Theatre cancelling a play set in Israel
Breaking down the debacle, its aftermath and ripple effects on our Jewish arts podcast.
Israeli-Canadian drag queen Gila Münster reflects on a year mired in right-wing protests and left-wing antisemitism
“I don’t get hired in certain places because I am Jewish. I know this for a fact.”
In her new book, Ruth Rakoff tackles ultra-Orthodox Judaism, generational trauma and the death of her brother
The sister of David Rakoff talks about her debut novel.
A new Canadian opera spotlights the legacy of Chiune Sugihara, the ‘Japanese Schindler’
‘I Have My Mother’s Eyes’, an improvised opera, premieres this week in Vancouver.
‘A more beautiful side of Israel’: This Canadian-led photography collective is raising money for kibbutzim attacked by Hamas
Photographer Niv Shimshon kickstarted the initiative to transform art into action.
‘It feels pretty hopeless’: Jewish artists open up about what it’s like working in a dominantly anti-Zionist industry
What can you do when you see the dark side of people you have to work with?
Matthew Jocelyn, a ‘controversial’ Canadian artist, just took over the Koffler Centre. What does that mean for its Jewish future?
He wants audiences to ask, “What’s happened to the Koffler?”
Sarah Segal-Lazar’s journey from Jewish Montreal to writing folk songs in rustic P.E.I.
Her new album is a folksy, country, emotional ride through breakups and U.S. politics.
Forgotten Canadian sports icon Bobbie Rosenfeld gets an onstage revival in Barrie, Ont.
She won an Olympic gold in 1928—yet few people even know her name.
Why do Jews love jam bands?
Digging into the pot-smoking, guitar-playing kibbutznik stereotype.
