Chef roasts food industry over systematic sexism in new doc
The documentary, directed by Canadian master Maya Gallus, focuses on several prominent female chefs as they challenge the assumptions of a hyper-masculine kitchen culture.
Micah Barnes takes audience back to the days of high rollers
The premiere of Micah Barnes at the Sands, at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre in Toronto on May 14, will benefit the JCC’s Music Scholarship and Innovation Fund.
Program brings together Israeli, Palestinian youths in Canada
Zena Abo Zarka and Savyon Tzorf, two Israeli teenagers, spoke about their friendship at a gala in Toronto on April 26. Their relationship seemed to typify that of many 17-year-old girls, except Abo Zarka is Palestinian and Tzorf is Jewish.
Israel’s Ashkenazic chief rabbi makes a historic visit to Canada
The connection between the Land of Israel and the Torah is indestructible, said Israel’s Ashkenazic chief rabbi on an official visit to Canada.
Playwright finds herself in a very different place
The central character of Carol Libman’s new intergenerational drama is a singer whose ambition and dreams have hurt two of the people she’s closest to.
The voice of Nora Jones and the vibe of Lana Del Rey
Avery Florence is a Toronto musician who released her first album, called January, at the beginning of the year
Documentary to feature lost music of the Holocaust
In 1947, Leo Spellman composed a symphony in a displaced persons camp in Germany. The piece, Rhapsody 1939-1945, was performed only once. Its rediscovery is the subject of a doc, for which a fundraising gala will be held on May 22.
New doc goes behind the scenes of the Oslo Accords
Israeli filmmaker’s film will have its national premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto.
Mezuzah mishegoss – one man’s fight to display a religious symbol
It took a few days, but a condominium management team in Toronto will no longer object to a Jewish condo owner attaching a mezuzah to the door frame of his residence.
Marches planned for missing Jesse Galganov
Marches are being organized in Montreal and Toronto on May 13, to raise awareness of the ongoing investigation into the fate of young Montreal native Jesse Galganov, who went missing in Peru in late September.
