Women stood in bloody sweatpants on International Women’s Day to highlight the grim fate of Israeli hostages in Gaza
Fourteen women bound by the hands in small groups wore red-stained sweatpants while men dressed as Hamas militants silently led them around Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square on Friday, March 8. The International Women’s Day event by a group called Canadians for Israel included the dramatic re-enactment of the kidnapping of women who were taken to […]
Watch The CJN’s live Purim comedy show with Laura Leibow, Rachel Manson and Natalie Norman
Three of Canada’s funniest Jewish female comics dish on what it takes to make it in the industry.
Jessica Roda has researched a new wave of ultra-Orthodox women performers raising the ire of certain rabbis
It’s been eight years since Jessica Roda started studying the relatively secret world of female artists performing for ultra-Orthodox communities. And while she wasn’t brought up that way–she comes from a Sephardi family with French and Spanish origins–her access came from teaching piano and the French language to families in Montreal who may have otherwise […]
Canada’s 2022 Maccabiah hockey teams blast out of the gate with resounding wins
The twin brothers from Calgary play volleyball with the Under-18 men’s team, while Tissenbaum is the goalie for the women’s ice hockey team. The Toronto native now works in Boston.
Rabbi Appel on Parashat Vayera
Rabbi Julia Appel says infertility can feel especially isolating in the Jewish community.
Israeli organization working to empower young girls
Gender imbalance isn’t exactly a new problem in society, yet it snuck up on Roni Koren. And she’s doing something about it.
Leaving the nest for the first time
Now, for the first time, I’ve left my home, my friends and my family, and have moved in with strangers in a dorm, in another city, on a huge campus where I know no one. Talk about being outside my comfort zone! Sure I have tons of new friends, but no one real. I find myself glued to my phone, texting all my old friends.
National Council of Jewish Women steps in to save two Act to End Violence Against Women programs
Two programs that were offered by Act to End Violence Against Women have been rescued.
Act To End Violence Against Women is closing shop
Act To End Violence Against Women, which has been working for decades to provide shelter, support and services to abused women and their children, is folding operations.
Jewish community examines harassment and inequality in the #MeToo era
It’s time for the Jewish community to examine issues such as workplace harassment, gender discrimination and the wage gap between men and women, says Rabbi Stephen Wise, spiritual leader at Shaarei-Beth El Congregation in Oakville, Ont.
