Your daily spiel is The CJN’s roundup of Jewish stories trending around the world.
Poll not OK, writers say: Two guest contributors to The CJN argue that a recent survey conducted by groups Independent Jewish Voices and Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East contained questions “ordered and worded in such a way that might bias the results in favour of positive answers.”
$15 million not bad to start: Two multimillion dollar donations given to reduce tuition at TanenbaumCHAT are well and good, writes Rabbi Jay Kelman in his latest column (actually, he said the donations were “wonderful), but there’s a helluva lot more to be done when it comes to making Jewish day school accessible.Â
Lev Tahor still tied to controversy: The former mayor of San Juan La Laguna, a small town in western Guatemala, has been sentenced to a year in prison for expelling the Lev Tahor sect. The controversial ultra-Orthodox group has apparently had a presence in the town for about six years, with a large number coming more recently from Quebec following clashes with Canadian authorities.Â
Former British mayor not expelled: Jewish groups are criticizing a decision by the British Labour party to suspend, rather than expel, the former mayor of London for comments he made about Hitler having supported Zionism.
Numbers Guy: The top 10 nominees for the 2017 Prism Prize (that’s the award for best Canadian music video) were released yesterday. It’s worth noting that last year’s winner, filmmaker Philip Sportel, has a CBC short documentary out about David Teitel, an eccentric health food store cashier who got his start at a Kensington Market cheese shop.
