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Video of the Day

Netanyahu Sends a Moral Reminder to France, Canada and the UK

By Video of the Day

Hamas thanked France, Canada and the UK for supporting them.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Canada

Canada Launches New National Forum to Combat Jew-Hatred

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

"The safety of our community is under attack," CIJA said, "and so too are the values and way of life that define us as Canadians."

Terrorism / Yemen / Houthis / Canada

Canada Officially Designates Houthis as a Terrorist Entity

By Jewish Press News Desk

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc emphasizes Canada’s commitment to global counterterrorism efforts.

The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Canada

Canada Would Arrest Netanyahu - ‘This is Just Who We Are,’ says Trudeau

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“This ill-considered endorsement of the ICC’s politically motivated actions is a slap in the face to our ally and to every innocent Israeli still being held hostage,” wrote Leo Housakos, a Quebec senator.

Terrorism / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education / Canada

Convicted Terrorist to Teach ‘Social Justice’ at Canadian University

By David Isaac

Hassan Diab was convicted by a French court in 2023 for the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue that killed four.

Canada / Kosher Food News

Canadian Kosher-Meat Production Protected by Federal Court Decision

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“This should dispel the false perception that “shechita” does not abide by the highest standards of animal welfare,” says Kashruth Council of Canada.

News Briefs / Canada / Kosher Food News

Kosher Agencies Make No Bones About ‘Flawed’ Canadian Slaughter Laws

By Dave Gordon

“When the Jewish community is being treated differently than other communities in Canada because of our religious beliefs, that is discrimination,” said Richard Rabkin, managing director of the Kashruth Council of Canada.

Antisemitism / Religion / Canada

Canadian City Reverses Menorah Ban

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“The decision was wrong and reeks of discrimination,” the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies stated of the initial ban.

Antisemitism / Canada

Swastikas Mar Historic Orthodox Synagogue in Montreal

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“This vile act shows us that Jew-hatred is alive and well in Canada,” according to Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Canada

Jewish Group Criticizes Canada for Financing ‘Pay for Slay’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“With a per capita GDP of roughly $3,500 and an average unemployment rate of 25 percent, the P.A. simply could not afford to pay for the salaries of terrorists without international assistance," said the Abraham Global Peace Initiative.

Islamists / Canada

Radical Islamists to Convene in Toronto Conference

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“The Toronto conference contains an impressive array of radicals from a variety of different, competing strains of Sunni Islam and Sunni Islamism,” according to Sam Westrop, director of Islamist Watch.

Haredim & Hassidim / Diaspora / Canada

Canada Bans All Commercial Imports of Lulavim

By COLlive.com

"Lulavs are for personal use only and must accompany the traveler at the time of entry into Canada. Commercial imports are not permitted,” the government website states.

Antisemitism / Canada

Canadian Government Suspends Funding to Diversity Group after Antisemitic History Exposed

By Faygie Levy Holt

Senior consultant to the Community Media Advocacy Centre Laith Marouf has a history of hate-filled social-media posts, including: “I have a motto: Life is too short for shoes with laces or for entertaining Jewish white supremacists with anything but a bullet to the head.”

Travel / Canada

El Al Airlines to End Flights from Toronto to Tel Aviv

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

If El Al goes ahead with its plans, Canadians who want to travel to Israel will have to use Air Canada or fly out of the United States.

Antisemitism / On Campus / Education / Canada / PFLP

Canadian University Postpones Event with PFLP Terrorist Amid Outcry from Jewish Groups

By Faygie Levy Holt

The Dec. 2 program included a talk by a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a designated terror group in both Canada and the United States.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Canada

Canadian Jewish Leaders Raise Alarm After String of Anti-Semitic Assaults in Toronto

By Faygie Levy Holt

Michael Park, 32, was first arrested on Saturday after police responded to a report of an assault of a 33-year-old Jewish man.

Israel / Palestinian Authority / Canada

Israel to Canada: Ensure Your Aid to PA Arabs Not Used for Terrorism

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Canada has previously withheld aid from the Palestinian Authority following its conduct of paying stipends to terrorists and their families.

Terrorism / Antisemitism / France / Canada

Canadian Academic to Stand Trial in France for Alleged Role in Deadly Paris Bombing

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The release in 2018 of suspect Hassan Diab, faced opposition by civil-society groups in France, including pro-Israel organizations.

Antisemitism / Canada

Canadian Jews Remain Most Targeted for Religious Hate Crimes, Report Finds

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Jewish victims comprise some 50 percent of crimes in this category with Muslims at 10 percent, and Catholics and other religions at 3 percent each.

Terrorism / Iran / News Briefs / Canada

Jewish Group ‘Disturbed’ by Canada’s Refusal to Designate Iran’s IRGC as Terror Group

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“Ultimately, the IRGC is more dangerous than any of the groups listed, and constitutes a real and present danger to Iranian dissidents, the Jewish community and Canadians in general,” said B’nai Brith Canada.

Antisemitism / Canada

Canadian Restaurant Posting ‘Zionists Not Welcome’ Slapped with Anti-Semitism Complaint

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Foodbenders, a Toronto health food restaurant, has lost business and is now facing legal action after using the hashtag “#zionistsnotwelcome” in social media posts.

Jerusalem / Canada

Canadian Lawmaker Running for Prime Minister Would Move Embassy to Jerusalem

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Canadian lawmaker Erin O’Toole, a member of Canada’s Conservative Party, also said he would expand relations with Israel.

Israel / Science and Tech / Canada

Israeli Researchers Find Human Tumor Resembles One Found in Dinosaur’s Tail

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Israeli scientists have found rare and benign tumor, called LCH, in a young dinosaur that roamed the plains of southern Alberta, Canada, over 60 million years ago.

Antisemitism / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education / Canada

York University Reinstates Both Pro-Israel, Anti-Israel Student Groups After Clash

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The suspensions meant that the groups’ privileges were temporarily revoked, including reserving rooms, and putting up posters and tables around campus for other events.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Canada

Stephen Harper Nominated to Have Jerusalem Street Named For Him

By Eliana Rudee

Though tradition dictates that the honor be reserved for individuals who have been dead for at least three years, exceptions may be made.

Antisemitism / On Campus / Education / Canada

McGill Student Union Rejects Motion Forcing Jewish Student to Resign for Traveling to Israel

By Benjamin Brown / TPS

The anti-Semitic motion caused further outrage as it became clear that a non-Jewish student who will also be on the trip to Israel and, like Wright, holds a role in the student union, was not threatened with sanctions.

Terrorism / Iran / Hezbollah / Canada

Victims of Iranian terror to Receive more than $28 million

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Victims of Iranian-related terrorism will be getting more than $28 million following the sale of Iranian properties in Ottawa and Toronto in accordance with a recent Canadian court decision.

Featured / US / Eye on "Palestine" / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / United Nations (UN)

Trump, Kushner, Seek to Remove Refugee Status of Millions of Arabs Who Never Fled from Anywhere

By JNi.Media

Why haven't the PLO and Hamas permitted these three million or so people to turn their tent and shack cities into actual cities? Because if they do, it would mean they have given up the hope of returning to Israel.

Headline / Israel / Syria

PM Netanyahu: US, Canada Asked Israel to Help Evacuate the Syrian 'White Helmets'

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu approved their passage through Israel as an important humanitarian gesture.

Featured / IDF & Security / Syria / US / Global / Jordan / Health and Medicine

IDF Evacuates Syrian 'White Helmets' Civil Defense Members Fearing for their Lives to Jordan

By JNi.Media

The White Helmets have been the target of a disinformation campaign by Syrian and Russian regime propaganda outlets

Video of the Day

BDS Canada Gets Properly Told Off

By Video of the Day

Every Israeli official should be trained to response like Eli Cohen did to the BDS activist's lies.

Israel / US / Global

Finland Wins First Place, Israel 11th in World Happiness Report 2018

By JNi.Media

“The most striking finding of the report is the remarkable consistency between the happiness of immigrants and the locally born.”

Jerusalem / Canada

Canada's Opposition Leader Would Recognize Jerusalem as Israel's Capital

By Jewish Press News Desk

If Canada's Conservative party wins in 2019, Israel could win too.

Featured / Jewish / US / Global / Travel / Aliyah / Geulah

180 Jewish Fathers Follow in their Wives’ Footsteps to Israel

By JNi.Media

The trips inspire men to connect deeply with their Jewish heritage, and transform themselves, their families – and ultimately their communities and the wider world.

Featured / Politics / Boycott / BDS / Business and Economy / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Canada

Canada Reverses Boycott of Judea and Samaria Wineries

By JNi.Media

On Thursday afternoon, the same CFIA announced that it had not fully considered the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement.

Jewish / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / Canada

Canadian Company Fined $25,000 for Selling Non-Kosher Cheese to Jewish Camps

By JNi.Media

According to CFIA, 'this is the first case in Canada brought before a provincial court related to the misrepresentation of a kosher food product.'

Headline / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Police and Crime / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Central America / Obituaries

Report: Haredi Cult Leader Shlomo Helbrans Drowned in Mexico

By JNi.Media

According to Diardio de Chiapas, Helbrans' group of about 40 ultra-Orthodox Jewish families entered Chiapas three weeks ago legally from Guatemala, after having been expelled.

Featured / Politics / Iran / Antisemitism / Jerusalem

Iran's Bizarro Jerusalem Day Celebrations Begin

By JNi.Media

The International Quds (Jerusalem) Day demonstrations started in Tehran and about 900 other Iranian cities on the last Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, IRNA reported. Quds Day was initiated by the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979 to oppose Zionism and Israel, as well as Israel's unification of Jerusalem. It was conceived […]

The Walter Bingham File

The Walter Bingham File - Iran's Victory - Has The World Missed The Boat?

By Israel News Talk Radio

Was the warning for the intention to destroy the State of Israel not taken seriously enough?

Halacha & Hashkafa / From the Paper

Modeh Bemiktzat Oath In The Case Of Partial Admission (Siman 75:4)

By Raphael Grunfeld

The security interest is equivalent to heilach, tendering payment of the debt, because it empowers the court to seize and sell the defendant’s land to cover the debt.

The Tamar Yonah Show

Tamar Yonah Show - Shifra Hoffman takes the Mic

By Israel News Talk Radio

PM Benjamin Netanyahu should meet US President Donald Trump as an equal when he goes to the White House.

Jewish / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Canada

Biggest Marc Chagall Exhibition in Canada Focuses on his Music

By JNi.Media

The multidisciplinary exhibition is the first to focus on Chagall’s profound connection to music in his life and work.

Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / China

China and Israel Celebrate 25 Years of Diplomatic Relations

By Jewish Press News Desk

The link between the Israeli and Chinese peoples is an ancient one, dating from the Jewish community in Kaifeng a thousand years ago.

Politics / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Media / Islamists / On Campus / Education / Religion / Canada

Quebec Bill 59 Seeking to Protect Muslims by Quashing Free Speech

By JNi.Media

A petition to "Stop Quebec Bill 59" says the bill "criminalizes criticism of Islam and anything considered an Islamic practice (Honor killings, honor rape, female genital mutilation, female oppression, and beating of wives and children)."

Uncategorized

Political Hitman - Stand Up, Don't Sit With Your Heads Down

By Israel News Talk Radio

When you see injustice and lies on your college campuses, what do you do?

Jewish / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Canada

Surrealist Postmodern Jewish Artist Esther Warkov Showing at WAG

By JNi.Media

WAG is actually showing two Jewish artists who dabble in the surreal, Warkov and Marc Chagall.

US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Tuesday 223 American Olim Made Israel their Home

By JNi.Media

The 223 newcomers include Jews from 17 US states and two Canadian provinces, former servicemen from three different US Armed Forces units, families of all sizes, and young professionals.

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / United Nations (UN)

Israel Among Top Five Countries on WHO 2015 Life Expectancy Chart

By JNi.Media

Only 22 countries around the globe have reached an average life expectancy greater than 80 years, so if one is planning to retire abroad, one should consider those countries most seriously.

News Briefs / Interfaith Relations / Canada

Canadian Synagogue Invites Muslims in after Mosque Firebombed

By JNi.Media

On Friday, Beth Israel hosted two prayer sessions for local Muslims and a potluck dinner.

Israel / News Briefs / Canada

Canada's New Government Reaching Out to Arabs to 'Help Israel'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The new Canadian government explicitly states that MIddle East relations will not be a "partisan issue."

US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah / Canada

American and Canadian Jews Flying on Aliyah in Face of Terror

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

One of the new immigrants is 83 years old, and five are volunteering to serve in the IDF.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Canada

Canada Buys Iron Dome Radar Technology from Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Canada is buying Israeli Iron Dome radar that is able to detect rockets, artillery and mortars at long ranges, and can simultaneously engage a large number of targets. Ottawa's Dept. of National Defense awarded the contract to ELTA Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI), and Rheinmetall-Canada. The radar system offers exceptional detection […]

Israel / Jewish / US / Iran / News Briefs / Saudi Arabia / Gulf States / UAE

Foreign Ministry Calls Sunni Arab Nations 'Israel's Allies'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Dore Gold pointed out to American Jewish Leaders that Israel and Sunni Muslims agree on Iran.

US / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Charter 'Aliyah' Flight to Land in Israel Tuesday with 221 New 'Olim'

By Jewish Press News Desk

Minister Ze'ev Elkin will welcome 221 new immigrants from the United States and Canada at Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday., one year after Operation Protective Edge. The flight, organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, the Jewish Agency and JNF-USA, will carry 32 families and 53 singles from […]

UK / News Briefs / Europe / Boycott / BDS

Netanyahu: All You Need to Know About BDS Is It Doesn't Boycott ISIS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He also criticized Britain for boycotting Israel's defense expo; British diplomat claims UK "committed" to trade links with Israel.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Media / Canada

Canada Denies Hate Crime Laws to be Used against Israel Boycotters

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Was the original CBC report, that Ottawa might target boycotters with hate crime charges, fueled by hate?

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Canada

Canada May Propose Defining Boycott of Israel a 'Hate Crime'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Canadian government has expressed "zero tolerance" for boycotters of Israel.

News Briefs / Canada / Sports

Update: No Clue Who Built Sophisticated Tunnel to Pan Am Games Site

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Officials are not making any conclusions except to rule out that the tunnel is not a drug lab.

Israel / News Briefs / Canada

Canadian Foreign Minister Baird 'Shoulder-to-Shoulder' with Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Visiting Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Monday, "Canada doesn't stand behind Israel; we stand shoulder-to-shoulder with it." Baird won a warm welcome in Jerusalem after Sunday's visit to his Palestinian Authority counterpart in Ramallah, where his car was pelted by eggs thrown by demonstrators waiting outside the Canadian offices in […]

Terrorism / Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / Global / News Briefs

Israel Hits Back at ICC

By Jewish Press News Desk

The ICC is a political organization dependent on donor countries.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Canada

Palestinian Authority Arabs Pummel Canadian Foreign Minister with Eggs

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

PA police stood by while Abbas' Fatah youth wing stood armed with eggs to throw at Baird.

Terrorism / UK / Egypt / Canada

Canada and UK Close Cairo Embassies Citing Security Reasons

By Jewish Press News Desk

There is concern that terrorists may try to attack the foreign embassies.

Global / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Intifada

Canadian-Israeli in Coma from Har Nof Massacre

By Jewish Press Staff

A Toronto synagogue issued a rare Shabbat appeal to help the family.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Canadian Professor Charged in Deadly Paris Synagogue Bombing

By JTA

A Canadian university professor was charged in Paris on Saturday in the deadly 1980 synagogue bombing in Paris that killed four and injured more than 40. The arraignment of Hassan Diab came hours after he arrived in Paris after being extradited from Canada following a six-year fight to prevent it. Canada’s Supreme Court last week […]

IDF & Security / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Canada

Israel Signs Weapons Deals With United States and Canada

By Tzvi Zucker / Tazpit News Agency

Israel Will Buy, And Help Produce, American Jet Fighters; Will Sell Communications Equipment to Canada

Terrorism / US / News Briefs

Americans Frantic over Threat of Islamic Terror

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The ”Lone Wolf” analysis does not make anyone feel safer .

Terrorism / US / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Terror: US Pledges Support for Canada but Tells Israel to Stay Calm

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry still thinks Muslim terror in Israel is different from elsewhere.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Islamists / Jerusalem / Canada

Lieberman: Terror in Jerusalem and Ottawa Part of ‘Global Epidemic’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The real news will be when the West wakes up before it won’t be able to wake up.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Canada

Canadian Parliament in Lock-down Following Shooting

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Canadian soldier was injured after being shot on Canada's Parliament Hill.

Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Video Exposes Massive and Violent Anti-Semitism on US Campuses

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

American Jewish students are providing anti-Semites with their best weapon – fear.

Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Religion

Lev Tahor Sect Trafficked In Human Cargo, Documents Show

By JTA

Search warrants unsealed in Quebec allege that the Haredi Lev Tahor sect trafficked in human cargo and committed other abuses. The documents also reveal that Interpol and Israel helped build the criminal case against the group before its 250 members fled to Guatemala in March with leader Rabbi Shlomo Helbrans. The list of charges in […]

Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs

Tensions with Catholics Force Lev Tahor Out of Guatemala Village

By JTA

Mixing the Haredi Lev Tahor cult with a bunch of fiercely religious Roman Catholics is a recipe for dynamite.

Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Canada

Lev Tahor Cult Quietly Leaves Canada

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The sect moved from Quebec to Ontario and now is scattered in the US and Israel but mostly in Guatemala.

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Obituaries / Canada

Canadian Israeli Philanthropist David Azrieli, 92

By Jewish Press Staff

Far from missiles and mortar shells, Canadian Israeli Philanthropist David Azrieli has passed away at the age of 92.

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Canada

Canada Bans Hamas Fundraisers

By Avi Tuchmayer

Canada’s Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness has banned a Muslim charity that officials believe has funnelled more than C$15 million (US $13.7 million) to Hamas. Lawyers for the International Relief Fund for Afflicted and Needy (IRFAN-Canada) slammed the decision, which now makes it a criminal offence “to knowingly deal in the property or […]

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Ryerson U. Student Union Passes Symbolic Vote to Join BDS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The student union of Ryerson University in Toronto voted to join the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement aimed at Israel, but the university said it will ignore the non-binding decision. “The student union is a corporation independent of the university, we have to be clear there,” said Michael Forbes, a spokesperson for Ryerson and quoted […]

Haredim & Hassidim / Global / News Briefs

Canada Arrests Seven Lev Tahor Sect Members Arrested In Raid

By JTA

A dozen Canadian border security officials raided the compound of the fringe Haredi Orthodox sect Lev Tahor Wednesday and arrested seven members believed to be in violation of immigration laws. Two families in the Lev Tahor community are at the center of an ongoing child custody case, including one family who fled to Guatemala, the […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Canada

Israel and Canada to Collaborate on Nuclear Terror Prevention

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Israel and Canada are jointly developing technologies for identifying the source of nuclear terror attacks.

Jewish / News Briefs / Europe / Russia

Canadian Politician Irwin Cotler ‘Honored’ to be Banned by Russia

By JTA

Irwin Cotler, a veteran human rights activist and member of Canada’s parliament,  says being banned from Russia is an “honor.” When Russia issued its blacklist of 13 Canadians on Monday, Cotler was quick to express his pleasure at being included. ”I wear my exclusion from Russia as a badge of honor and am proud to […]

Terrorism / Iran / News Briefs

Canadian Court Orders Seizure of Iranian Assets for Terror Victims

By JTA

An Ontario court has ordered the seizure of more than $7 million in assets belonging to Iran to compensate American victims of terror. The historic ruling last week brought to an end several lawsuits filed in Canada by terror victims from the United States seeking damages from Iran for training, arming and financing the Hamas […]

Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs

Six Lev Tahor Children May Remain In Guatemala, Judge Rules

By JTA

Six children from the Haredi Lev Tahor sect who fled Canada will be allowed to remain in Guatemala with their parents, but with conditions, a Guatemalan family court judge ruled Tuesday. The Lev Tahor members from two families can stay in the Central American country, but they must check in with the Canadian embassy within […]

Middle East / Levant / Jewish / Politics / Global / News Briefs

Canadian Cabinet Resolution Recognizes Jewish Refugees

By JTA

Canada has formally recognized the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab lands. On Monday, Ottawa accepted a report tabled last year that called on the federal government to “officially recognize the experience of Jewish refugees who were displaced from states in the Middle East and North Africa after 1948.” The federal cabinet approved the report […]

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Canadian Jews Buys Tel Aviv Penthouse for $31 Million

By Jewish Press News Desk

You missed the boat if you wanted to pick up a nice little penthouse in Tel Aviv. An unidentified Canadian real estate tycoon picked up a seafront penthouse, stull under construction, for a paltry $31 million, Globes reported. The apartment is on the 20th and 21st floors and the balconies cover an area of 3,000 […]

News Briefs / Business and Economy / Anti-Israel NGOs / Settlements

Canadian Minister ’Thanks Oxfam’ and Buys SodaStream Machine

By Jewish Press News Desk

Canada’s Employment minister Jason Kenney has countered the BDS ‘Boycott SodaStream” campaign by buying one of the company’s soda-making machines and crediting Oxfam for the idea. Oxfam has dumped Scarlett Johansson as an ambassador because she signed up to promote SodaStream whose 20 factories around the world include one in the industrial area of Maaleh […]

Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs

Children from Haredi Sect Must Return To Quebec, Judge Rules

By JTA

An Ontario judge ruled Monday that children from a fringe Haredi sect whose members fled Quebec while the community was being investigated by social services should be returned to the province. The court upheld a Quebec order to place 13 children from the Lev Tahor sect into temporary foster care, The Canadian Press reported, but […]

Op-Eds

Mentch vs. World: PM Harper’s Support for Israel, Democracy and Values

By Leslie-Ann Stoffel

"Our view on Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state is absolute and non-negotiable."

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Jordan

Canadian MP Failed to Win ‘$Million’ Photo-Op with Harper at Kotel

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Canadian Jewish legislator lost out on an attempt for a “million dollar shot” with Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a visit to the Western Wall (Kotel), Canadian media reported. Jewish Conservative Member of Parliament Mark Adler is looking ahead to next year’s election in his district where nearly 20 percent of the residents are […]

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Arab MKs Heckle Harper in Knesset

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Like him or not, Netanyahu is a master of making mincemeat of Arabs MKs who heckled Prime Minister Harper.

Settlements

Canada Says One Thing And Publishes Another on Israel, Lawyers Say

By JTA

Former Israeli ambassador to Canada Alan Baker and prominent Toronto lawyers have condemned an apparent discrepancy between Ottawa’s fervid public support for Israel and official policy. Baker, who served as Israel’s ambassador to Canada from 2004 to 2008, and six Toronto lawyers, have written to Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird demanding the Foreign Affairs Department […]

Israel

Canada Names Critic of Palestinians New Envoy to Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Vivian Bercovici is a breath of fresh air and at least one envoy on whom the Netanyahu government can rely.

News Briefs / Judaism

Canadian Girl Guides Cookies Go Kosher

By JTA

The famous Girl Guides cookies now have the OU approval as being kosher thanks to an all-Orthodox troop in Canada, but their chocolate mint cookies still are on the forbidden list. All Girl Scout cookies in the United States have been kosher for at least 20 years, said organization spokesman Stewart Goodbody. When the 31 […]

Israel / US / News Briefs

Israel Sixth Favorite Country for Americans, Says Survey

By JTA

Israel is the sixth favorite country of American citizens and Saudi Arabia is their least favorite among allies, according to a Pew Research Center survey carried out in November and released this week. The Jewish state was viewed favorably by 61 percent of Americans and was sixth behind Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, and […]

News Briefs / The Knesset

Canadian Prime Minister to Address the Knesset

By Jewish Press News Desk

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will deliver a speech to the Knesset during his visit to Israel next month, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein announced Wednesday. Harper will lead an entourage of approximately 200 politicians, businessmen and journalists towards late January. ‘”I am happy and proud to host the prime minister of Canada, a courageous and […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Canada Sends Ex-Jobbik Leader Packing before Montreal Speech

By JTA

Canadian immigration officials this week ordered a former leader of the ultra-nationalist Jobbik party in Hungary out of the country prior to a speaking engagement in Montreal. Csanad Szegedi was sent back to Budapest on a plane just before he was slated to address a Chabad group. Approximately 200 people who came out to hear […]

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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