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Canadian Jewish military members take legal action after dozens of discrimination claims rejected

'The fact that we are just rejected once again from this lawsuit about discrimination is at the height of irony.' Capt. Rabbi Jonathan Jaffit took legal action at the Federal Court of Canada this week ...
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Jewish Canadian Armed Forces members rejected from $150-million racial discrimination settlement

Canadian Soldiers assigned to Princess Patricia Canada Light Infantry participate in force on force training on the windward side of Oahu, Hawaii, during RIMPAC 2012. (Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Mass ...
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New Canadian play ‘The Cut’ explores tradition, family, and interfaith Jewish life

Sarah (Hallie Seline) and Andrew (Wade Bogert-O'Brien) in 'The Cut,' a new Canadian play by Jordi Mand. (Credit: Kayla Gordon) Director Brendan McMurtry-Howlett was guiding actors Wade Bogert-O’Brien ...
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Toronto: ‘Around us, there was destruction, broken windows, damaged cars and the smell of burning tires and bodies’

Chen Almog, the evening's keynote speaker, recalled the confusion and fear as terrorists invaded the Nova music festival on Oct. 7.
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Attack on Belleville synagogue was a hate crime that could have been ‘an unimaginable tragedy’

Belleville Police Chief Murray Rodd and Solicitor General Michael Kerzner at a press conference, Sept. 24, 2026. (Screenshot) The attack on a Belleville synagogue on Yom Kippur was a hate-motivated ...
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‘It definitely would have been a massacre’: Belleville synagogue member recounts Yom Kippur shooting

Nearly two dozen bullet holes tore through the historic stained glass windows at Belleville, Ont.'s Sons of Jacob synagogue Sept. 20, 2026 on the eve of Yom Kippur. (Eva Lobel photo for The CJN) ...
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The Macklemore–Ed Sheeran fiasco isn’t about Israel and Palestine. It’s about simplicity and complexity

Macklemore, a hip hop star actively supporting Palestine, in concert in 2016. (Photo: © pitpony.photography / CC-BY-SA-3.0) If you were to ask me, along with 90 per ...
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‘Surreal’: Belleville’s Jewish community returns to a bullet-scarred synagogue after Yom Kippur shooting

Sons of Jacob synagogue president Norm Weddum looks at the holes in the building's stained-glass windows, from shells or bullets, after a shooting on the eve of Yom Kippur left a police officer ...
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As Holocaust education becomes mandatory in most of Canada, teachers adapt to new curricula

Students at St. Peter Catholic High School visit Ottawa’s National Holocaust Monument on a field trip using the iWalk app, developed by the Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship. (Supplied by ...
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Rabbi Leigh Lerner, 81, was committed to inclusion and social justice

Rabbi Leigh Lerner was at the forefront of diversity, inclusivity and change, leading his congregation at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in Montreal where he served for 23 years. Both in Westmount, and ...
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Montreal Kosher responds to lawsuit and asserts it does not impose exclusive contracts on stores

Montreal Kosher (MK) and the Jewish Community Council (JCC) of Montreal have responded to a Federal Competition Tribunal lawsuit filed by Aleph Meats Inc., a west-end butcher shop launched by ...
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Jewish leaders want armed guards, more police at all Canadian institutions

Police lower caution tape around the Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville, Ont., days after the attack on Yom Kippur. (Photo: Jonathan Rothman/The CJN) Warning: This podcast contains a clip of ...