Tensions escalated at Toronto’s weekly pro-Israel rally—but similar events stay calmer elsewhere
What began with a few flag-waving friends is now a Sunday brunch circus.
Rabbi Adam Scheier says Montreal police are protecting protesters ahead of the Jewish community
Shaar Hashomayim rabbi was drinking a Second Cup coffee when he was told to move along.
Does this book read as too parochial—or too ‘Zionist’? The pitfalls of Writing While Jewish
Back in 1963, the late Philip Roth wrote an essay for Commentary entitled “Writing About Jews.” It’s a powerful manifesto about the purpose of fiction—one incidentally about postwar Jewish America—but with broader relevance. Is the point of an individual novel or short story to portray all of humanity, or something specific about human nature via […]
Letter from Vancouver: A monument draws on Jewish tradition to remember victims of Oct. 7
The garden of Temple Sholom Synagogue in Vancouver is now a serene and contemplative place to remember the horrific events of Oct. 7, 2023—and the Israeli civilians, soldiers and foreign nationals who have lost their lives since that day. A monument initially envisioned by Senior Rabbi Dan Moskovitz draws on the Jewish tradition of placing stones […]
How reality TV got real: A review of Emily Nussbaum’s cultural history book ‘Cue the Sun!’
There’s a trope on sitcoms where characters think they’re being filmed for a reality television show, when in fact what they’re experiencing is real life. (Real life within the fictional sitcom universe, that is.) A young saleswoman on a 1992 episode of Waiting for God finds it bizarre that a retiree has applied to work […]
