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 […]
Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver communities gathered on this Oct. 7 to mourn and remember
A recap with reports from some of the cities where the anniversary was marked.
Jewish students in Toronto challenge anti-Israel hostilities while marking Oct. 7 anniversary
Hope Schrier was initially scared to go to her downtown Toronto campus on Oct. 7, 2024. But she ultimately decided this would be a day to show her strength—if just by showing up. A fourth-year creative industries student at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), Schrier wore her ‘Bring Them Home’ tag and yellow-ribbon pin on the […]
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 […]
Treasure Trove: An Israeli artwork reflects the complex mix of emotions about Oct. 7
Michelle Shalmiev was born in a village in the Caucasian mountains and immigrated to Israel and settled on a kibbutz when she was 14. Her series “Putting Your Stamp on History” tells the history of Israel in 16 stamp artworks. The series includes this piece about Oct. 7, 2023, which she describes in her artist statement: “This […]
Numerous memorial projects planned in memory of the Canadian-Israelis killed on Oct. 7
Nearly one year after the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas in Israel that left 1,200 Israelis dead, multiple memorial projects—from a peacemaking prize and scholarships to musical compositions, books and documentaries, are commemorating the lives of the Israeli-Canadians killed in the attacks.
Transcript: The CJN Magazine’s editor explains its recent controversial cover
‘The thinking behind the cover was very simply to depict reality.’
Toronto protesters stand up for Israeli victims of sexual violence at Take Back the Night 2024
Protesters holding photos of the Israeli women who were assaulted, kidnapped and murdered on Oct. 7 held a silent vigil at a Take Back the Night rally at Toronto’s Christie Pits on Sept. 12. The annual gathering, sponsored by the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre for 40 years, raises awareness about sexual assault. Meanwhile, about 100 […]
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 […]
