Mayor Olivia Chow’s city hall inconsistently addresses antisemitism in Toronto, according to complaints
An in-depth look into efforts to get more action and reaction from local politicians.
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.
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 […]
Joel Sacke, 88, assaulted at Toronto’s weekly rally for Israel, vows to return Sunday
‘We’re there and we will be there and we will continue to be there.’
Pride of Israel synagogue hosted a solidarity rally a month after its windows were shattered
Toronto police made no arrests, but dragged pro-Palestinian protesters off the synagogue’s front steps.
Signs at two Toronto synagogues torched overnight in hate-motivated crime spree
The executive director of one shul predicted the attack—and explains how he knew.
‘Simply not true’: Toronto Jewish school head confirms windows were not ‘smashed’ in a hate crime
The head of school refutes sensationalist reporting by Rebel News.
Sit this one out—or march loud and proud? Queer Jews face a hard choice in deciding whether to join Pride Toronto festivities in 2024
Leaders of the Jewish organizations that march as a group in Toronto’s annual Pride parade have had a hard time deciding whether to join this year’s joyous blowout celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel and subsequent war in Gaza, the weekly, often chaotic anti-Israel protests, along with increased […]
University of Toronto doctors will stop acknowledging their affiliation with the medical school over its ‘failure’ to protect Jewish students and faculty
Over 100 Jewish doctors who are faculty members at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine (TFOM) will stop acknowledging their affiliation with the school in response to what they see as a failure to protect Jewish students and faculty. The doctors will continue to perform all of their regular roles and responsibilities. However, […]
Israel’s Judaica Centre closed its doors after 42 years in Toronto due to a retail climate that makes it difficult for a small store to survive
Lisa Rabin arrived in Toronto from Cape Town in 1995 without knowing much about Judaism. She hadn’t grown up religious but, at age 23, she wanted a few items in her new home that reflected her heritage. Rabin decided to visit Israel’s Judaica Centre, which had a location in a plaza on Clark Street in […]
