Harbourfront allegedly recommended nearly $1 million in additional security costs. The post Ashkenaz Festival scales back its events at Harbourfront, facing increased security costs and concerns appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

Jewish advocacy leaders hope this will translate into lower prices on kosher meat. The post Canada’s Jewish community wins court reprieve halting new federal kosher slaughter rules appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

And who has the best chance of medalling in Paris. The post Here’s every Jewish athlete competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

The Paris Olympics open on Friday, July 26. For the first time since the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Israel will compete in the Olympic soccer tournament (the team’s first game is against Mali on July 24). Soccer (known as football outside North America) was introduced to Israel in the 1910s and was popularized by the British during […] The post Treasure Trove is cheering for Israel’s soccer team at the Paris Olympics appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

Camp Northland B’nai Brith has a pretty standard operating procedure for emergencies. When a fire or other urgent situation occurs, a siren rings that triggers a set of emergency protocols. This year, though, the camp—located in Haliburton, Ont.—is removing the siren from their protocols. It’s not because they don’t want to be prepared for emergencies. […] The post After nine months of war and trauma, Israeli kids are finding a respite at Canadian summer camps appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

The University of Windsor issued an olive branch on July 16 to its Jewish students—and to Canada’s Jewish community and its allies—pledging to take “tangible” steps to make all students feel included, safe and welcome on the campus. The unexpected statement was released just days after Jewish groups reacted with outrage to the school’s July […] The post University of Windsor offers a separate agreement to Jewish students after making a far-reaching deal with pro-Palestinian encampment protesters appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

Had July 13, 2024, been the slow-news day it first seemed, it would have been the moment to remember two greats whose deaths were announced on that date: celebrity sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer (who passed away on Friday) and fitness impresario Richard Simmons (whose body was found by his housekeeper Saturday morning). Instead, someone […] The post RIP shtick: Phoebe Maltz Bovy remembers Dr. Ruth and Richard Simmons—and the 1980s sensibilities that defined their identities appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

Canadian kosher organizations were in court in Montreal this week, asking for an injunction that would allow them to continue the practice of shechitah, or Jewish ritual slaughter, amidst newly imposed regulations by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. In a hearing before the Federal Court on July 10 and July 11, the Jewish Community Council […] The post Kosher organizations go to court, arguing that current meat production regulations jeopardize ritual slaughter practices appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

Hate and division are spreading like wildfire, and the global resurgence of antisemitism is a wake-up call we can’t afford to ignore. This isn’t just a Jewish issue; it’s a fundamental human crisis that demands our immediate attention. Our diverse backgrounds—Black, Muslim, and Hongkongese—offer unique perspectives on this pressing issue. We’ve seen firsthand how antisemitism […] The post Silence is complicity: Three non-Jewish allies talk about their recent experiences confronting campus antisemitism in Canada appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

An era appears to have come to an end from Vancouver to Montreal. The post Jewish groups are pleased to see pro-Palestinian campus encampments dismantled across Canada—whether voluntarily or by authorities appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more