Doorstep Postings: A byelection result in Toronto failed to foreshadow obliteration of Donald Trump
This is a special autumn election result edition of Doorstep Postings, the periodic political commentary column written by Josh Lieblein for The CJN. In case you haven’t noticed, Canadians and Americans are very different people. Americans are friendly, outgoing, welcoming, generous, open and fun to be around. They also think nothing of solving problems big and […]
Doorstep Postings: The repeat offences of Olivia Chow—audited on the eve of Yom Kippur
This is an emergency High Holidays edition of Doorstep Postings, the periodic political commentary column written by Josh Lieblein for The CJN. The tractate of the Talmud known as Yoma states that anyone asking for forgiveness before Yom Kippur must make at least three sincere attempts to make amends. And if the wronged person does not […]
Doorstep Postings: We’re looking for readers still willing to defend federal Liberals
This is a special post-byelection edition of Doorstep Postings, the periodic political commentary column written by Josh Lieblein for The CJN. Increasingly, there’s a question we must ask erudite readers like you: is there anyone left, in the Jewish community—or even outside of it—who will voluntarily defend the Liberal Party of Canada without sounding like a […]
Doorstep Postings: Justin Trudeau is adrift after the vibe shift sidelines Donald Trump
And our columnist has some Jewish angles to prove it.
Doorstep Postings: In the name of God it’s time for Justin Trudeau to go, now that the Liberals lost St. Paul’s
This is a special edition of Doorstep Postings, the periodic political commentary column written by Josh Lieblein for The CJN, covering the aftermath of the federal byelection in the St. Paul’s riding of Toronto, where Conservative candidate Don Stewart defeated Liberal candidate Leslie Church—and the 82 others on the ballot. The trouble with Justin Trudeau has […]
Doorstep Postings: A byelection play for Jewish votes brings out new accusations of Conservatives keeping a swindler’s list
Can the June 24 vote be won based on who shows more contempt for antisemitism?
Doorstep Postings: Keeping track of double standards in a system struggling to grapple with antisemitism in Canada
This is a special edition of Doorstep Postings, the periodic political commentary column written by Josh Lieblein for The CJN. In case you’re just joining us, a coalition of pretend revolutionaries have spent the past eight months trying to gaslight all of humanity into believing that Israel is on its way out. Unfortunately for them, when […]
Doorstep Postings: Nowadays, all the world’s a stage—and the anti-Israel protesters are merely cosplayers
This is a special edition of Doorstep Postings, the periodic political commentary column written by Josh Lieblein for The CJN. I was dimly aware of the Eurovision Song Contest before Israeli singer Eden Golan placed what I am told is a respectable fifth. She did so on May 10 despite a throng of anti-Israel protests outside […]
Doorstep Postings: The endlessly spinning cycles of wokeness—from the campus quad to the highest corridors of political power
This is a special edition of Doorstep Postings, the periodic political commentary column written by Josh Lieblein for The CJN. Tired of hearing columnists whine about out-of-control wokeness on college campuses? Join the club, so am I! They’re almost as bad, if not worse, than the columnists decrying right-wing extremism, which is somehow always reaching new […]
Doorstep Postings: Doug Ford scarfs it down after a smattering of his party members support the house speaker keeping keffiyehs out of Queen’s Park
This is a special edition of Doorstep Postings, the periodic political commentary column written by Josh Lieblein for The CJN. It’s a shame that our pro-Palestinian friends have spent so much time and gotten so good at pointing out the contradictions that underlie and undermine our political systems. I say it’s a shame because they never […]
