As we drink our four cups of wine at the Passover seder, many of us will be drinking wine from Israel. We’ll be continuing a tradition which began in 1882 when the first experimental vineyards were planted in Rishon LeZion with the financial and moral support of Baron Edmond de Rothschild, a French Zionist, philanthropist […] The post Treasure Trove celebrates Passover and remembers Israel’s first vineyards appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

How a personal tragedy and Oct. 7 motivated the most important storytelling of her life The post War reporting from the heart: Ellin Bessner on how her Jewish journalism mission changed forever appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

Synagogue officials declare it an antisemitic attack The post Five windows were smashed at Kehillat Shaarei Torah synagogue in north Toronto—police are investigating appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

Trauma myopia. It’s a term I encountered recently in the New York Times, in an article about alliances and tension between Jewish and African-American activists. The journalist, Daniel Bergner, interviewed a young non-Jewish activist named Nicole Carty, who spoke about “a Jewish propensity for ‘trauma myopia’.” “I’ve been to a lot of Passover celebrations,” she […] The post The essence of Passover is recounting our history. Or is it? Avi Finegold contemplates the concept of origin stories appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

There’s a poster I’ve hung on to from just a couple of days before Oct. 7. It reminds me how much has changed in what I do as a Jewish journalist—and as a Jewish person in general, too. The poster was promoting a Toronto visit by Swell Ariel Or, the Israeli star of the television […] The post War reporting from the heart: Ellin Bessner on how her Jewish journalism mission changed forever appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

This is a special edition of Doorstep Postings, the periodic political commentary column written by Josh Lieblein for The CJN. It’s a shame that our pro-Palestinian friends have spent so much time and gotten so good at pointing out the contradictions that underlie and undermine our political systems. I say it’s a shame because they never […] The post Doorstep Postings: Doug Ford scarfs it down after a smattering of his party members support the house speaker keeping keffiyehs out of Queen’s Park appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

Jonathan L. Milevsky is an author and educator. Raphi Zaionz is the founder of mygoals Inc. Both live in Toronto, for the moment. (The latter’s children either have left or are planning to leave Canada.) Towards the end of the film Schindler’s List, there’s a scene in which the famous non-Jewish philanthropist, who saved over […] The post The value of Jews to Canada today: What would the cost be if the community packed up and left? appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

The 2024 federal budget, announced in the House of Commons on April 16, included a significant increase in funding for projects that affect the Jewish community. Overall, the budget contained about $250 million in support for the Jewish community, said Mackenzy Metcalfe, director of government and alumni relations for the Centre for Israel and Jewish […] The post Jewish community boosts in Canada’s 2024 federal budget: security for buildings, Holocaust remembrance programs, and combatting hate appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

One would think that news of an impending, widescale attack from your nuclear threshold, sworn enemy nation would set off a panic. But that’s not what happened when I heard that Iran had finally unleashed its first direct assault on Israel. After living through the horrors of the murderous Oct. 7 Hamas infiltration there was […] The post Aron Heller, a part-Canadian writer living in Israel, on the experience of seeking escapism amid an unprecedented Iranian attack appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more

With reflections on reporting about the war from Ellin Bessner and more. The post Flip through the digital edition of the Spring magazine from The Canadian Jewish News appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News ..read more