NPR wipes Israel off the map, replaces it with ‘Palestine’
NPR has since apologized for its error
New direction for U of T’s Journal of Jewish Thought
To most, the distinction between Jewish thought and Jewish studies likely appears slight.
Josh Tapper, a Toronto journalist, is shifting the focus of U of T’s Journal of Jewish Thought from Jewish thought to Jewish studies, constituting a whole new direction for the publication
Radio-Canada defends ‘biased’ Mideast correspondent
Radio-Canada ombudsman absolves Luc Chartrand from CIJA’s accusation that he breached its journalistic norms with “one-sided” coverage of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Haaretz sparks controversy after removing Israeli flag from stage
The organizers of the New York conference removed the flag ahead of Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiator Saeb Erekat’s speech on Sunday
Radio-Canada’s Mideast guidelines welcomed by CIJA
The guidelines are aimed at ensuring balance and objectivity
Memo to the CBC: Israeli lives matter
The lives of Israelis are deeply affected by these distorted and harmful portrayals in the international media
Liberal party defends Trudeau statements on Iran
Justin Trudeau would “hope to re-open [Canada’s] mission in Iran,” but doing so would be conditional on several factors, a spokesperson for the Liberal leader told The CJN.
“We have been clear that this will depend on many factors, including ongoing human rights abuses and the outcome of negotiations between the P5+1 nations and Iran,” said Kate Purchase, Trudeau’s director of communications.
OBITUARY Canada’s first female cantor was mother figure to many
TORONTO — She was best known for her angelic voice and for being the first female cantor in Canada, but to her oldest daughter Debbie Firestone and the rest of her six children, Esther Ghan Firestone, who died May 28 at age 90, was also a loving mother who devoted herself to her family and friends.
“My mother was – aside from being professional – she was just so defined by being a mother… her house was a house where everyone who came through it became part of the family,” Firestone said.
Government calls CBC report ‘inaccurate and ridiculous’
The government of Canada is calling a CBC report that it is threatening to bring hate crime charges against advocates of a boycott of Israel “inaccurate and ridiculous.”
The CBC, however, is standing behind its report, saying “our reporter and our editors thought it was a strong, original story.”
COVER STORY: The Canadian Shoah film that almost never got made
Having survived the war disguised as a Christian child in Nazi-occupied Poland, Jack Kuper arrived in Canada in 1947 and soon began writing the story of his dramatic wartime ordeal in Yiddish. But the woman in the Jewish family that was taking care of him seemed disinterested in hearing it, so he stopped writing it.
Eventually Kuper mastered English, worked as a graphic designer at the CBC, made many TV commercials, formed the film company Kuper Productions, and wrote a bestselling biography, Child of the Holocaust (1967).
