Your daily spiel for Friday, June 2
In today’s spiel: Jewish groups denounce Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris accords; the ACLU says Portland mayor’s call to revoke permits for alt-right gathering “unconstitutional;” Israeli smokers increase.
Bad Jews’ director says characters’ histrionics not about stereotypes
Before three of the performances of Bad Jews, audiences are invited into the Koffler Gallery to watch actors participate in a searing creative process like the one this reviewer witnessed at a rehearsal.
Poll: More Canadians view Judaism favourably, but millennials less so
A poll on religious trends shows Canadians over 55 hold a more favourable view of Christianity and Judaism, while millennials are more likely to favour Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism and Hinduism.
‘Too many’ Jews in the media?
That was the question posed on a recent edition of the Canadaland podcast, hosted by Jesse Brown.
Jewish groups alarmed as more anti-Jewish sermons found in mosques
Sheikh Muhammad bin Musa Al Nasr is captured in a YouTube video from December 2016 saying, according to a translation by CIJNews, that Jews are “the most evil of mankind” and that Allah has ordained that they be killed by Muslims.
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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.
Your daily spiel for Monday, March 20
In today’s spiel: GTA Jews largest target of hate crimes, Ezra Levant says Israelis love him and “10 Things I Hate About Jews” video creator Gavin McInnes and Drake drops “More Life.”
Jew from the 6ix: Dissecting Drake’s complicated relationship with Judaism
He’s been open about not fitting in at Forest Hill Collegiate. His “re-bar mitzvah” video got mixed reactions from the Jewish community. Michael Fraiman explores what the black, Canadian, Jewish rapper has meant for Jews’ self-image, plus others’ view of us.
Mosque says call for Jews’ deaths was response to Gaza ‘massacre’
Montreal police investigating a video taken in a Montreal mosque in 2014 of a man making a supplication in Arabic for Allah “to destroy the accursed Jews.”
Essays explore Mourner’s Kaddish’s mysterious popularity
Strangely, the Mourner’s Kaddish makes no reference to death, dying, mortality, sadness, life after death, bereavement or the precariousness of the human condition.