Week of June 23, 2016
Diaspora Jews and Israel Should Diaspora Jews have a voice in the workings of Israeli politics? Israel’s politics are probably one of the most complex of all existing democratic governments. Even its most sophisticated citizens cannot agree on which party best serves the country and its people, so how then can Diaspora Jews believe they […]
Week of June 16, 2016
Poland and its Jews I returned to Poland for the first time since we escaped from our town in 1939, as one of nine survivors from Toronto who participated in the March of the Living (MOL). I fully agree with Rabbi Dow Marmur’s comments (“There’s more to Polish Jewry than the Holocaust”) that Jews should […]
Week of June 9, 2016
A summer of Trump Donald Trump understands that the more left-wing a person is – be they American or Israeli, Muslim, Christian, Jew or atheist – the more likely they are to be anti-American and anti-Semitic (“Liberal Jews plan a summer of opposing Donald Trump”). For decades, Americans and the U.S. Congress have supported Israel, […]
Week of June 2, 2016
Where’s the beef? Thank you, thank you Hilary Edwards for putting into words what has been bothering me for so long (“Where’s the kosher organic beef?”). I also searched for a better source of kosher meat for my family. When I investigated, I was not happy with what was being fed to these animals. It’s […]
Week of May 26, 2016
A message from the Shoah On our way to the death camps in Transnistria, I saw messages left behind on the walls of the empty Jewish houses with the following words, “We are being killed. If you survive, please tell the world what happened to us, say Kaddish for us and don’t ever forget us.” […]
Week of May 19, 2016
Get out of town! Kudos to Daniel Held for addressing the pressing issue of affordability in Jewish neighbourhoods (“Get out of town! It might be all you can afford”). The high cost of living Jewish (specifically an observant lifestyle) with skyrocketing rents and home prices, as well as day school tuition, synagogue membership, camp, etc. […]
Week of May 12, 2016
Not a subject for debate Jonathan Kay engages in intellectual jousting with his mother, Barbara Kay, on an issue that is far too serious to be viewed as a proposition to be argued in some debate society (“Kay vs. Kay”). The words he uses to contend that Jews who stand in line with the enemies […]
Week of May 5, 2016
Response to York’s president As community organizations dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for Jewish students on campus and advocating for the Jewish community, we read the interview with York University’s president, Mamdouh Shoukri (“President says York University committed to inclusion”), with great interest. We were disappointed to see comments that we felt were […]
Week of April 28, 2016
Support Jewish radio The article “Radio Shalom goes off the air,” quotes Stanley Asher who said, “If [New York], a city with a Jewish population of three million, can’t support Jewish radio, it’s hard to imagine Montreal could.” The Haitian population of Montreal is approximately 86,000. The Haitians have a 24-hour radio station supported by their […]
Week of April 21, 2016
Gaza doctor replies I just read the article, “Rights museum criticized for featuring Palestinian doctor.” It was sad to see an academic judge without knowing and that The CJN gave him a stage. I expect The CJN to spread tolerance, truth, kindness and wisdom. There is enough hatred and suffering for all. I would like to […]
