5776: A Year in Review part 4
The CJN looks back in part 4 of a 4 part series, at the stories that made headlines this year
Diverse Shabbats, sponsored by Airbnb
For kosher Airbnb hosts, can we trust that our kosher kitchen would remain kosher when we weren’t in the house and non-kosher-eating guests were?
Tension in the Holy Land
Yair Lootsteen reports from Jerusalem, where the gulf between progressives and the ultra-Orthodox is widening at an alarming rate
Montreal federation puts out the ‘bienvenue’ mat for French Jews
Agence Ometz, in partnership with Federation CJA, launched Initiative France Montréal last October to help French Jews immigrate and integrate
Sikh landlord gives Saskatoon Chabad House free rent
Mainstreet Equity Corp. CEO Bob Dhillon is providing Saskatoon’s Chabad House with free rent until it can find a new home
Volunteer ‘stood for tolerance and human rights’
Marvin Sadowski was a gentle man who thought outside the box
This isn’t your bubbie’s cheder anymore
Innovative, affordable Jewish supplementary education programs are gaining traction. How will they affect the future of day schools?
Jewish tenants irate over reno plans for Toronto building
By all accounts, tenants at 3636 Bathurst St. have been quite happy with their residences in the 19-storey apartment building. Many, including a good number of observant Jews, have lived in the midtown Toronto highrise for years. But for dozens, that may soon come to an end if the landlord’s plan to redevelop the site […]
‘I understand security realities in Canada,’ says CIJA community safety director
A Q&A with CIJA’s new community safety director Ryan Hartman, who served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 25 years
Let’s acknowledge Aboriginals before Jewish gatherings
The CJN reported in May, several Jewish groups have been at the forefront of moves to advance deep and thoughtful discussion about the fate of the First Nations
