Iris Weinstein, daughter of only Canadian taken hostage by Hamas, pleads for release of bodies from Gaza
Singapore resident visits Queen’s Park to raise awareness among authorities in Canada.
The family of 86-year-old Israeli hostage Shlomo Mansour spoke at a recent Sunday rally in Montreal
Joel Ceausu is now the full-time Quebec correspondent for The Canadian Jewish News, who can be reached at [email protected]. Batya Mansour can’t remember what she spoke about with her father Shlomo on Oct. 5, 2023, at his home in Kibbutz Kissufim. “We were going to see him again in a few days. It was a regular […]
Rutie Mizrahi, whose aunt and uncle were kidnapped on Oct. 7, reflects on a year of losses
Rutie Mizrahi lost her happiness on Oct. 7, and she isn’t sure when she’ll get it back. Life changed completely for the manager of a Jewish daycare in Vancouver when her uncle and aunt, Oded and Yocheved Lifshitz, were among the more than 240 hostages taken to Gaza during the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks that […]
Q&A: U.S. military expert John Spencer argues Israel isn’t committing genocide in Gaza
“It seems for Israel, Gaza is where the truth dies.” John Spencer
Canadian students remember the six murdered Israeli hostages with campus vigils
Jewish students across Canada organized vigils to commemorate the six Israeli hostages who were murdered in Gaza last week. The Israeli Defence Forces announced Sept. 1 that the bodies of six hostages, who had been abducted on Oct. 7 during Hamas attacks on Israel, were discovered in a tunnel in Gaza. Anastasia Zorchinsky, a […]
Hagar Brodutch talks to The Canadian Jewish News about being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza for 51 days
‘When we were there’ are the words she uses to talk about her captivity.
Women stood in bloody sweatpants on International Women’s Day to highlight the grim fate of Israeli hostages in Gaza
Fourteen women bound by the hands in small groups wore red-stained sweatpants while men dressed as Hamas militants silently led them around Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square on Friday, March 8. The International Women’s Day event by a group called Canadians for Israel included the dramatic re-enactment of the kidnapping of women who were taken to […]
Opinion: Toronto’s biggest sports arena officially changed its code of conduct because two Jewish fans didn’t understand the rules
Jews are already seen as wealthy, privileged and pedantic. Why add fuel to the fire?
The brother of a hostage is asking for Canada’s help in light of Israeli reports indicating 32 of the 136 remaining captives are dead
Or Levy attended the Nova music festival with his wife Einav.
The grim milestone of 100 days of captivity for Israeli hostages in Gaza was marked by vigils in Canada
Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto saw a crowd on a cold Sunday.
