A viral video prompts an apology from Toronto police—and highlights the ongoing tension between protesters and suburban residents
A Toronto police officer’s delivery of Tim Hortons to protesters on a Toronto highway overpass has brought worldwide attention to ongoing demonstrations that have been disrupting a suburban and predominantly Jewish neighbourhood. In a video taken Jan. 6 that has since gone viral, a Toronto police officer was filmed delivering a cardboard carafe and cups […]
Rabbi Erwin Schild of Toronto’s Adath Israel Synagogue personally experienced nearly 104 years of Jewish history (March 9, 1920-Jan. 6, 2024)
Rabbi Schild talked to The CJN last March about his life and career.
Toronto’s Jewish community calls for release of hostages at a Sunday afternoon rally at Christie Pits, as the war enters its sixth week
Toronto’s Jewish community is not alone and has allies with other Canadians. That was the message UJA Federation leaders delivered at a rally on Nov. 12, as Israel began its sixth week of war. Representatives of the Ukrainian and Iranian communities addressed the crowd, which frequently broke into chants of “Bring Them Home,” referring to […]
Jewish students in public high schools say they are afraid in the classroom—and frustrated by the indifference of administrators
Jewish students attending public high schools, particularly in Toronto and York Region, say rising anti-Israel sentiment among their peers is leaving them frustrated, and sometimes scared. A Grade 9 boy witnessed a Nazi salute at his downtown Toronto school. A Grade 11 girl found herself avoiding parts of her east end neighbourhood where a former […]
What I learned about my Jewish identity while performing in the musical ‘Parade’ during a war in Israel
For the last five months, I’ve been stepping into the shoes of a Jewish woman whose husband was lynched for a murder he did not commit. Parade, a musical written and performed on Broadway in the late 1990s, tells the devastating and true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish New Yorker who lived and worked […]
Toronto rally hears from the families of Israelis kidnapped and murdered by Hamas
Thousands of members of Toronto’s Jewish community filled the sanctuary of Beth Tzedec Congregation Nov. 1 in a show of support for the more than 230 hostages believed to be kidnapped from Israel by Hamas. About 3,500 people were registered to hear from the families of missing and murdered Israelis at the event, organized by […]
Empty strollers in downtown Toronto remind viewers of the 33 Israeli children kidnapped by Hamas
“I’m not going anywhere…. This is what I want to say to these 33 Israeli children that are held captive in Gaza.”
Canadians across the country rallied in support of Israel after ‘vile, horrific’ attacks by Hamas terrorists
Toronto’s mayor was greeted with a loud and prolonged chorus of boos.
On the 90th anniversary of the Christie Pits riot, Jewish Toronto still remembers the fight with pride
A look at how commemorations have evolved since Aug. 16, 1933.
Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett coming to speak in Canada this week despite a pending court case accusing him of being a war criminal
Wants to heal the ‘rift’ between Israelis and the Diaspora: Bennett
