Toronto day school restarts legendary continental basketball tournament
What used to be the largest Jewish basketball tournament in North America is making its return to TanenbaumCHAT, after a decade-long hiatus.
Farber: The Jewish white supremacist vote
It’s possible that Jews comprised some of the 25,667 Toronto voters who cast their ballot for Faith Goldy, a well-known figure on the extreme right.
Zierler: Finding Hebrew in the big city
Wendy Zierler recounts her early childhood education learning Hebrew at Associated Hebrew School in Toronto.
Canadian lawyer fights to restore Ukrainian mass grave
Mark Freiman, a former deputy attorney-general of Ontario and the last president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, is taking it upon himself to restore a Jewish cemetery in the Ukraine.
Window exhibit attempts to capture displacement
Lynne Heller’s work Suspended, the latest exhibition at the Fentster window gallery, is on display until Feb. 12 and draws upon the childhood time Heller spent at Camp Naivelt.
From the Archives: Winter’s back
Cars navigate the slushy roads near the Health Bread Bakery, north side of College Street at Grace Street, Toronto, ca. 1950s. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, fonds 44, item 22
Classical music DJ soothes seniors’ souls
Susan Minuk profiles ‘classical music DJ’ Howard Mednick.
Babka basics
An excerpt from The Last Schmaltz: A Very Serious Cookbook by Anthony Rose and Chris Johns.
The road to Yiddish Glory’s Grammy nomination
Marc Weisblott writes about the background of the album Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II, which was recently nominated for a Grammy award.
From the Archives: B’nai Brith bowlers
B’nai Brith women international bowling banquet, March. 1948. Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, item 3409.
