A Canadian Jewish group rebuked the Liberal Party’s leader for comparing Ottawa’s poor record in admitting Jewish refugees in the 1930s and 1940s to the intolerance facing Muslims today. In a speech in Montreal on Monday, Justin Trudeau attacked the government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper for deliberately stoking fears and prejudice about Muslims in…
A Canadian cabinet minister took the unusual step on Tuesday of citing the Holocaust as a reason Parliament should approve a tough new security bill, a sign of the increasingly bitter debate over the proposed law. Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney spoke a day after Justin Trudeau, leader of the opposition Liberals, also cited the…
(JTA) — In this rendition of the Passover story, the Children of Israel do not play ice hockey or drink kosher l’Pesach maple syrup. But the first-ever Canadian Haggadah does have a distinctly Canuck vibe. For one thing the Canadian Haggadah Canadienne is in three languages – English, French and Hebrew. And instead of the…
The Canadian prog/hard rock trio Rush — performers of epic, ridiculously complex songs, heroes of nerds and inspirers of air drum solos — have announced that their upcoming spring and summer tour will “most likely be their last major tour of this magnitude.” The one and only time I’ve seen the band (fronted by Geddy…
Katherine Romanow (left) and Sydney Warshaw of Wandering Chew. Photograph by Lauren Kolyn. They’re not trained as chefs. They haven’t cooked in restaurants. But Sydney Warshaw and Katherine Romanow are becoming two of the biggest machers in Montreal’s burgeoning Jewish food scene. As The Wandering Chew, the duo stages pop-up events that “try to teach…
A Nazi-era war-crimes suspect has lost an appeal to keep his Canadian citizenship. In a ruling made public on Jan. 22, Canada’s Federal Court rejected the claim of Helmut Oberlander, 90, that he served Nazi Germany under duress. The court’s verdict upheld an earlier government decision. Oberlander failed to show that he had made any…
Palestinian protesters threw shoes and eggs at Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird in Ramallah after he met with his Palestinian counterpart. Baird was not hurt during Sunday’s demonstration, though an egg struck the top of his car as it left the foreign ministry compound in Ramallah in the West Bank following a meeting with Palestinian…
(JTA) — Ari Engel is homeless. It’s been a decade since he last held a regular job and two years since he gave up his apartment. But don’t shed any tears for him. Over the last 10 years or so, Engel has grossed about $5 million playing poker. The son of an Orthodox rabbi, Engel,…
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