Former Montreal mayor sentenced to one year in prison
Former Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum was sentenced to 12 months in prison and two years’ probation on March 30 after being found guilty of corruption-related charges in January.
Jews single-most targeted group: Toronto hate crimes report
Of 145 total incidents reported to police, Jews were victimized 43 times, according to the Toronto Police Service 2016 Annual Hate/Bias Crime Statistical Report.
Rabbi pleads for leniency in former Montreal mayor’s sentence
Rabbi Alan Bright of Shaare Zedek Congregation described his congregant Michael Applebaum as a broken man who has contemplated suicide and urged leniency
Traffic ticket guru accused of not providing services
Former clients accuse Jay Kimel-Fleishman, CEO of filemytickets.com, of being unprofessional, unaccountable and of owing them hundreds of dollars
Toronto filmmaker’s first feature on infamous subway thief
Adam Irvin’s first feature is about New Yorker Darius McCollum – a man with Asperger’s syndrome who has spent 23 years behind bars off and on for stealing subway trains and buses by impersonating transit workers
Man charged for murder of Toronto law professor Dan Markel
Markel’s death is being investigated as a murder-for-hire
Police seize illegal wine at Montreal shul
Two men may face charges or fines for selling and importing alcohol without a permit
We owe it to our kids to expose sexual predators
Exposure is the best – perhaps the only – form of protection. We owe it to our kids.
Jewish-Israeli man convicted in revenge murder of Palestinian teen
Yosef Ben-David of Jerusalem was found guilty of the kidnapping and murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir in July 2014. He is scheduled to be sentenced next month
Jewish groups call on Canada to deport Helmut Oberlander
“He is here illegally and he ought to have his Canadian citizenship revoked, as provided for by the law,” says CIJA CEO Shimon Koffler Fogel
