In her first media interview since stepping down early as 🇨🇦's Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, @DeborahLyonsSE explains why she left. There were no medical or mental health issues that prompted her decision, announced July 17. But

Why this Canadian doctor resigned from the College of Family Physicians of Canada @CFPC_e after their official peer-reviewed @CFPJournal published what he considered a "deeply offensive" pro-#Hezbollah article about 200 men who were injured in the exploding pagers operation last

Today, July 18, Jewish communities will mark the 31st anniversary of the #AMIA31Años terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in which Hezbollah, backed by Iran, murdered 85 people, wounded hundreds more at the city’s Jewish Federation building. Until Oct. 7, 2023, it was

Did Canada's elections to the World #Zionist Congress get marred by the same kind of alleged massive voting fraud that plagued the @AMZ4israel vote in the U.S.A? Probably not, @TheCJN has learned, but that doesn't mean there are no issues. Which is why the final results of the

Why the suspect arrested in connection with the defacing of Canada's #Holocaust memorial, was also charged with criminal harassment by threatening the Jewish community. It's an usual move, according to some lawyers familiar with the case. @ottawacity says the suspect, Iain.

How reciting Psalms and channeling the story of Persia's Jewish heroine Queen Esther helped Canadian @alanarubenfree survive an Iranian missile strike that wrecked the Tel Aviv apartment building where she was sheltering. The playwright and visual artist, who is originally from

"One day they'll tell their grandchildren about this": Canadian Holocaust survivor Eva Kuper is keeping stoic while stranded on a mission to Israel with 65 Montreal post-secondary students–the trip now cut short by the Israel-Iran war. The group is hunkering down in a hotel,

As Israel braces for Iran's retaliation, do they care that Canada and 4 countries earlier this week sanctioned Israeli cabinet ministers Itamar Ben Gvir + Bezalel Smotrich? Probably not. But experts say it's an unprecedented move: a signal showing Canada is very displeased with

From denouncing vandalism on 🇨🇦's Holocaust monument to protecting 🇨🇦Jews from violent street protests, these 2 rookie Conservative MPs @KronisTamara and @Roman_Baber have had their hands full defending Jewish issues since taking office a mere 3 weeks ago on Parliament Hill. In

A day before Canada announces #sanctions vs 2 #Israeli cabinet ministers @itamarbengvir& @bezalelsm for extremist anti-Palestinian views, @CanadianPM @MarkJCarney "wiped away tears" while he visited a memorial exhibition for the victims of the #October7 Hamas massacre at the.

In late November 2023, Israeli forensic experts notified Canadian-born peace activist Vivian Silver’s family that her remains had been identified in the rubble of her burned-out kibbutz neighbourhood. The Winnipegger had been killed on the first day of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

#ICYMI: @AirCanada delays resumption of direct flights from to Israel, again. Until September 8. Cites "ongoing geopolitical uncertainty in the region". Service from #YYZ to #TLV was supposed to resume June 8, but the airline pulled the plug on May 15, in this release, while

Why recent charges of anti-Palestinian racism ended Ottawa public school trustee Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth's nearly 3-year battle to fight "toxic" antisemitism & inequity in the "dysfunctional" @OCDSB. Why she suddenly resigned this week. Hear her story on @TheCJN Daily.

Crucial elections are underway for control over Israel's 4 main historic #Zionist bodies: the Keren Kayemeth LeYisrael–Jewish National Fund, @JewishAgency @khuia + @wzo_official. Voting is international, with Canadians placing their ballots starting today June 5-15. These

Why conversions to Judaism in Canada are popular, despite or because of Oct. 7? Why would anyone chose to become Jewish, with so much antisemitism and anti-Zionism plaguing the community? The answers will inspire you, on today's @TheCJN Daily, with two rabbis deeply involved in

Lawyers for @JnfCanada were back in a different court this week trying to fight against @the_cra revoking its charitable status last summer, which stripped the venerable Jewish charity of the ability to issue tax receipts to donors. Yesterday, JNF Canada's lawyers asked the

The 56th annual @UJAFederation #WalkWithIsrael saw a record crowd raise $1.4 million for the victims of Oct. 7, the walk coming just 4 days after the horrific murders of 2 staffers from the Israeli embassy in Washington. But a phalanx of thousands of police officers and private

Why did Canada "summon" the Israeli ambassador @MoedIddo for an explanation of the gunfire near some 🇨🇦diplomats touring the West Bank? Why is Prime Minister Mark Carney taking a seemingly much tougher stance on Israel's war in Gaza and dealings with the Palestinians, after he's