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Boy George’s Vancouver concert faces protest over his support for Oct. 7 victims and Israel

A performance by Boy George and Culture Club will go ahead as planned at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver on Sept. 7 despite criticism and controversy over a new song by the performer that ...
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Land of milk and trade wars: Jewish dairy and honey farmers respond to U.S. tariffs

Dairy farmers Dave Loewith and his nephew Ben Loewith run the family's 79-year-old dairy operation near Hamilton, Ont., where their 500 Holstein cows supply milk for the domestic market. (Courtesy Joe ...
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Canada’s Jewish community raises funds for Venezuelan community after two deadly earthquakes

Volunteers with Tafsik Organization pack supplies for Venezuela, after the country was hit by two earthquakes June 24, 2026. (Photo courtesy of Tafsik/Instagram) After two massive earthquakes hit ...
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Owners of Jewish cafe charged with staging attack on their business

The owners of the BerMax Caffé & Bistro in Winnipeg were charged with public mischief, after police alleged they staged an anti-Semitic attack on their restaurant. Winnipeggers expressed shock and ...
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Alan Zweig looks back on decades of filmmaking—and ahead to his pessimistic new podcast

Ralph Benmergui, left, has known filmmaker Alan Zweig for decades—and reconnected at Zweig's home on April 8, 2024, to discuss Zweig's newest project and remember old times. (Photo by Zac Kauffman) ...
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Missing Toronto teen found safe after nearly two-week search, police say

Shomrim Toronto volunteers stand behind Toronto Police Supt. Donald Belanger announcing that they located Esti, 14, who had been missing for nearly two weeks, on May 28, 2026. (Credit: Mitchell Consky ...
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The remarkable story of how Bobbi Goddard made herself into a Jewish country singer in Mexico

When Bobbi Goddard travelled to Mexico in February 2020, she planned on staying just a couple months. But when the pandemic began, locking down borders and economies, she was happy to stay longer, ...
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War veteran Irving Matlow, 96, has joined a growing crew of Canadians immigrating to Israel after Oct. 7

Canadian community leader Irving Matlow, 96, receives a special welcome from the El Al flight crew as he immigrates to Israel from North America on Tuesday Jan. 2, 2024. (Credit: El Al) Irving Matlow ...
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Canadian Jews overwhelmingly support Israel, but hesitate to call themselves ‘Zionists’. A new study explains why

Toronto's 61st weekly Rally for Israel, at Bathurst and Sheppard, on Dec. 1, 2024 tried to ignore anti-Israel protesters who turn up at the long-running solidarity event. (Jonathan Rothman/The CJN ...
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New sightings, expanded search for missing autistic Toronto teen, Esther

Volunteers lined up Sunday May 24 at the Shomrim Toronto sfatey patrol command post to expand the search for Esther, 14, who ran away from home on May 15, without shoes, a coat or her phone. (Ellin ...
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Toronto police charge three people at UJA event protest—while more cops find themselves assaulted

From a social media video of the scene outside Merdian Hall in Toronto on Sept. 11, 2024. (via @DahliaKurtz) UPDATE (9/14/24): Toronto Police Service released images of three more suspects from the ...
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New Toronto cafe gives its employees a chance to beat the odds

Dianne Chazen, in front, and Joey Matchen work at The infinite Bean, a cafe inside Toronto's Miles Nadal JCC. (Credit: Emma Paidra) On a Wednesday afternoon, Joey Matchen and Dianne Chazen worked the ...