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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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Meet the man who’s been chasing the world’s best gelato since 2011

Peter Cohen, who has visited hundreds of gelato shops around the world, enjoys a frozen treat at his new favourite local gelato maker in Montreal, Fiore, on Aug. 16, 2026. (Ellin Bessner photo/The CJN ...
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TMU announces new task force following report on disruptive student protests

Still photos from a video showing protesters breaking into an event being held off campus by Students Supporting Israel group, near Toronto Metropolitan University on Nov. 5, 2025. (Instagram) Toronto ...
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‘The Invite,’ a non-erotic Seth Rogen-starring, Esther-Perel-influenced movie about open marriage

What if you make a Woody Allen movie, but from the Annie Hall perspective, rather than the Alvy Singer one? This question was answered in one way with Nobody Wants This, the Netflix show about a ...
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‘Nakba Past and Present’ exhibit opens at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, amid protests and controversy

Tucked into 12 metres on the fifth floor of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), three displays featuring less than 600 words of text led an estimated 200-300 demonstrators to protest the ...
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UPDATE: Montreal police officer, civilian, suspect confirmed dead in shooting incident in Jewish neighbourhood

Montreal police officers arrive at the front entrance of PA Supermarket at 5157 Avenue on June 22, responding to an active shooter in the residential and commercial plaza. (Screen grab from social ...
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Self-deprecating straight women were once a fixture of Jewish and mainstream culture. Where’d they go?

In place of my usual book review column, here is a Jewish meditation on straight womanhood — not an excerpt from my new book, but my attempt to foreground the Jewish subtext I had in the back of my ...
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Suspect in custody after attempted arson at Montreal synagogue

Temple Emanue-El Beth Sholom in Westmount, Que., was the site of an attempted arson on June 5, 2026. A 38-year-old man is in police custody after an attempted arson early Friday morning, June 5, at ...
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Toronto Holocaust Museum combatting online hate speech with new ad campaign

The Toronto Holocaust Museum has started testing an experimental advertising campaign to combat harmful content online. On May 12, the museum launched a YouTube account called “Hate Tags”, whose ...
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Carney vows targeted response to antisemitism, but Jewish leaders warn words are not enough

Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke at Holy Blossom Temple on June 1, 2026, to announce new efforts to combat antisemitism. (Photo: Mitchell Consky/The CJN) Prime Minister Mark Carney stood before Jewish ...
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The NBA has a new Jewish All-Star: Chet Holmgren

NBA star Chet Holmgren comes from a Jewish family who is deeply embedded in the Minneapolis community, even though he's never spoken about it publicly. (Illustration by ChatGPT) The Menschwarmers ...