Chef raises money for kids with mental health issues
Award-winning chef Jordan Wagman shares secrets about dealing with auto-immune disease and helps raise money for children with mental health problems.
Toronto school flip-flops on flag flap
Students and parents at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute in Toronto might be suffering whiplash this week, from watching school administrators reverse course on their decision to first allow a banner proclaiming Jewish Heritage Month, then remove it and finally reinstate it, all over the course of a few days.
Canadians work Israeli crisis hotline remotely
A group of Israeli-Canadian women are building a volunteer network in Toronto to answer calls from Israel to provide home and Internet support in Israel.
Play set in the 1930s feels relevant today
Award-winning actress Sarah Orenstein brings her four decades of stage performance to the Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company’s production of Neil Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs, running from May 22 to June 10 in Toronto.
Toronto bus driver refuses to take ‘non-kosher’ drug test
In mid-May, B’nai Brith’s anti-hate hotline received a call from a TTC employee who had been suspended, with pay, from his work as a bus driver for refusing to take a mandatory drug test. The driver, an observant Jew, did not want to insert a swab in his mouth that included a preservative made from animal products.
Toronto Reform synagogue celebrates 60 years
Temple Emanu-El in Toronto celebrated its 60th anniversary on May 4, with a family Shabbat service, communal dinner and a talk from Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism.
Ve’ahavta supports homeless photography contest
The program provides people who have experienced homelessness with a disposable camera and invites then to participate in a photography contest.
Arbitrator upholds dismissal of York University employee for anti-Semitism
A labour arbitrator has rejected a grievance by a York University laboratory technologist who had been dismissed in 2016 for repeatedly posting anti-Semitic messages on his Facebook page.
Rising teen pop star pivots to Jewish music
“I hope to stay away from singing about girls and switch to singing about more inspirational things,”15-year-old Yonah says.
Reform congregations in York Region consider merging
Two Reform synagogues north of Toronto, Temple Kol Ami and Neshamah Congregation, will merge into one, subject to votes next month at both congregations.
