Sock entrepreneur Marisa Sheff is helping the homeless, one pair at a time
Marisa Sheff wants to “sock it” to the cold, bare feet of the homeless. In August 2019, the Toronto-based entrepreneur launched Sock Footage, a company that sells boutique socks, online and in vending machines. But the shtick isn’t just that the socks have fun designs: ice cream, bourbon, poker hands, rubber ducks, etc. It’s that […]
Ronen Hoffman, the new Israeli ambassador to Canada, is set to arrive in time for Hanukkah 2021
After more than two years without a new ambassador at 50 O’Connor St. in Ottawa, Israel’s new ambassador to Canada is about to start his new job. Embassy officials say Ronen Hoffman arrives in Canada this Sunday, and presents his credentials to Canada’s Governor General Mary Simon in December at Rideau Hall. Hoffman, 58, is […]
A pen pal program started during COVID is linking seniors and teenagers in Toronto
Aryelle Sigulim started writing letters to her grandparents at the beginning of the pandemic, when they were all locked down and lonely and craving contact with their loved ones. Her Bubby and Nana wrote back, and the project snowballed. “I really enjoyed their responses. So, I started writing to their friends and they also loved […]
A cattle car exhibit brought some Holocaust education to Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods Park (before it hit the road)
“To imagine 100 people in there feels impossible.” “It’s explained how many people were in these cars, but it’s hard to imagine when you’re reading it in a history book. Ten of us were in there, and to imagine 100 people in there feels impossible. It’s a lot to take in.” That was the reaction […]
Beth Tikvah and Beth David: Light gets shed on a merger of two Toronto synagogues
Two long-established Toronto synagogues have been tightlipped about plans to merge, but a recent email to members of the shuls provides some details. The merger is between Beth Tikvah Synagogue at 3080 Bayview Ave. and Beth David Congregation at 55 Yeomans Rd. Both synagogues are Conservative and egalitarian. An amalgamation of the houses of worship […]
Toronto to remove ‘dangerous and illegal’ pro-Palestinian banners
(This story has been updated with new information from the City of Toronto). The City of Toronto says it will “immediately” remove “illegal” pro-Palestinian banners overlooking a busy expressway. Over the past few days, The CJN has received and seen complaints on social media about pro-Palestinian banners attached to a railing and draping part of […]
City of Toronto to memorialize Phillips garment factory fire of 1950
A plaque will mark what happened at 447 Richmond St. W.
Toronto’s Prosserman JCC will (finally!) open Monday, Oct. 4
On Monday, Oct. 4, the last piece of the puzzle will fall into place: the expanded Prosserman JCC, on the sprawling Barry and Honey Sherman Campus on Bathurst Street north of Sheppard Avenue, finally will be fully open. Monday’s official opening of the Sheff Family Building on the Sherman campus will mark the final phase […]
Man arrested in alleged antisemitic assault at LCBO store
The suspect allegedly assaulted staff and made antisemitic comments.
Toronto man arrested, again, for assault involving antisemitic slurs
A man has been arrested in Toronto for an alleged assault involving antisemitic slurs. It’s the third time in as many months the same man has been arrested on charges that included antisemitic vitriol hurled at victims. According to Toronto Police, on Sept. 11, a woman was sitting on a bench on the subway platform […]
