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Quebec shutters three Orthodox campuses citing unqualified teachers and building safety concerns

Quebec’s Ministry of Education has revoked the permits of three Montreal campuses of the Belz Community School, a 42-year-old Orthodox institution, citing deficiencies ranging from unqualified ...
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Rabbi Ronnie Cahana, 72, continued to teach and inspire at his Montreal synagogue after a devastating stroke

Rabbi Ronnie Cahana (Supplied by Shaare Zion Beth-El Congregation) Rabbi Ronnie Cahana was already recognized as a leader in interfaith work and social activism in addition to his duties as a pulpit ...
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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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Alberta court allows University of Alberta to dissolve endowment named after Nazi collaborator

An Alberta justice ruled on Aug. 7 that the University of Alberta was within its authority to dissolve a $30,000 endowment linked to a Nazi collaborator. The Yaroslav and Margaret Hunka Ukrainian ...
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Two more charged with promotion of hatred following protest at Bathurst and Sheppard

Two more individuals have been arrested in connection with an anti-Israel protest at Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue, which took place March 15. Toronto Police Service (TPS) announced the latest ...
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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 ...