Toronto roundnet tournament to raise money for Israeli charity
On July 22, the Toronto Spikeball League will team up with Save a Child’s Heart, to host a one-day charity roundnet tournament.
Fringe plays give voice to Jewish women
Michael Fraiman profiles Toronto Fringe Festival storytellers Paula Wolfson (Judas Star Supersong) and sisters Anna Mehler Paperny and Juliet Paperny (The Ties that Bind and Gag).
Toronto delays report into how to stop hate rallies
Disappointment and frustration have greeted a City of Toronto announcement that a study on how it should handle hate rallies held on its property, including the annual Al-Quds Day protest, will be delayed until next year.
Toronto’s Eitz Chaim Schools to close one campus
Ron Csillag reports on the imminent closure of the Patricia Avenue all-boys campus of Eitz Chaim.
Social worker has award named in her honour
Lynn Factor, a social worker who works with vulnerable youth and a member of both the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario, was recently honoured by having an award named after her.
Teen launches cookbook to honour late mother
Some 150 enthusiastic teenagers and members of the community filled The Village Shul in Toronto on June 19, to support the launch of a new cookbook, DoDo’s Delights: Joanne Godel-Blatt’s Recipes for Cooking and Living with Soul.
Canadian couple honoured for helping Israeli war orphans
Along with a certificate, Esti and Randy Cohen were presented with a symbolic sculpture by IDF Widows & Orphans, and took part in numerous ceremonies during their trip to Israel in April.
English rabbi’s story one of several dramatized in Come From Away
Hannah Alberga documents the captivating story of Rabbi Sudak, whose time in Gander is detailed in the hit musical Come From Away.
JEDx attendees hear Jewish ideas worth sharing
On June 12, around 1,000 people, mostly young adults from the Jewish community, filled Koerner Hall in Toronto for The House’s sixth-annual JEDx event.
The Canadian who documented Soviet horrors
Alex Rose reports on the Toronto premiere of the fascinating documentary ‘Hunger for Truth: The Rhea Clyman Story’.
