A protest directed at an Israeli real estate expo at a Thornhill synagogue brought on a Jewish counter-demonstration—and the chaos led to three arrests
Hundreds of people taking one side or another in the Israel-Hamas war faced each other across a suburban street on Thursday, creating a scene that involved blasting music at ear-splitting volumes and chanting for hours in front of the Beth Avraham Yoseph Synagogue (BAYT) of Toronto in Thornhill, Ont. York Regional Police reported that three […]
Sleep Country buys out Hush Blankets, founded by Lior Ohayon and Aaron Spivak
Sleep Country Canada already sells weighted blankets along with their mattresses. But now they will own some blankets with Jewish soul. The bed retailer bought the wildly successful Canadian start-up business Hush Blankets, which was launched by two Jewish friends from Thornhill, Ontario. Co-founders Lior Ohayon and Aaron Spivak dreamed up the idea in 2017. The […]
A new MP is coming soon to Thornhill—the most Jewish riding in Canada
For observers of the Jewish political scene, the federal riding of Thornhill is distinct for two reasons: It has Canada’s highest concentration of Jewish residents (37 percent of the total population, according to the last National Household Survey) and it’s the only one of 14 ridings in which Jews comprise more than five percent of […]
