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Handmaids in Tel Aviv, June 22, 2017. (Courtesy of HOT)
May 26, 2018, 8:53 am
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ season 2: One of the most powerful scenes involves a rabbi
In contrast to show's grim setback, writers provide a genuinely touching moment when two women who meet at a colony work camp fall in love and are married by Jewish clergy member
By Gabe Friedman
Police stand outside the Bombay Bhel restaurant in Mississauga, Canada Friday, May 25, 2018 (Doug Ives/The Canadian Press via AP)
May 25, 2018, 11:14 pm
Canadian police say ‘no indication’ restaurant bombing is terror or hate crime
Police searching for two suspects in attack that injured 15 outside Toronto, say they aren't ruling out any motives
By Rob Gillies
The scene outside the Bombay Bhel restaurant in Mississauga, Canada, shortly after an explosion that wounded 15. (Twitter screen capture)
May 25, 2018, 8:52 am
15 wounded, some said critically, in Canada restaurant bombing
Police searching for two suspects seen entering the Bombay Bhel restaurant in Mississauga, near Toronto
By TOI staff
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to AFP journalists in Ottawa, Ontario, on May 9, 2018. (AFP Photo/Lars Hagberg)
May 17, 2018, 12:22 am
Canada slams ‘inexcusable’ use of live fire at Gaza border, says citizen injured
Without directly mentioning Israel, PM Trudeau condemns 'reported use of excessive force and live fire,' calls for inquiry
By Alexander Fulbright
White House Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House, on May 14, 2018. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)
May 14, 2018, 11:12 pm
White House: Blame for Gaza violence ‘rests squarely’ with Hamas
Spokesman accuses terror group of 'intentionally and cynically provoking' Israeli response to clashes, says peace plan won't be impacted
By Alexander Fulbright
Shearith Israel president Edmond Elbaz addresses a March 20, 2018 ceremony at Montreal City Hall. (Sylvain Légaré)
May 9, 2018, 8:45 pm
Canada’s oldest synagogue celebrates 250 years of Jewish life in Montreal
With a festive May 10 gala, Quebecois Jews, still 90,000 strong, boast a diversity nearly unheard of in any other community
By Robert Sarner
Jewish refugees aboard the German liner St. Louis, June 29, 1939. (Planet News Archive/SSPL/Getty Images/via JTA)
May 9, 2018, 6:17 pm
Canada to apologize for turning away Nazi era ship of Jews
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says refusing German liner MS St. Louis carrying 907 German Jews was blight on country's past
By AP
Charles Bronfman (photo credit: Courtesy)
May 5, 2018, 3:17 am
Birthright co-founder proposes lobby in Israel to advocate for American Jews
Charles Bronfman says idea was prompted by the widening rifts between diaspora and Jewish state, as well as by Israel's ultra-Orthodox religious monopoly
By JTA
Naim Ateek (Screen capture: YouTube)
April 29, 2018, 11:08 pm
Pro-Palestinian charity in Canada accused of promoting ‘anti-Semitic’ book
B’nai Brith calls for revocation of tax exemption for group run by cleric Naim Ateek over his tome's 'falsehoods'
By JTA
Illustrative: Anti-Semitic hate mail received by the Jewish community center in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on Friday, February 16, 2018. (B'nai Brith Canada)
April 26, 2018, 12:07 am
Anti-Semitic incidents rise to record level in Canada
B'nai Brith Canada calls for a 'concerted national effort to ensure that anti-Semitic outbreaks do not become a fact of life'
By JTA
Police inspect a van suspected of being involved in a collision killing 10 people at Yonge St. and Finch Ave. on April 23, 2018, in Toronto, Canada. (Cole Burston/Getty Images/AFP)
April 24, 2018, 12:57 pm
Police struggle to establish motive in deadly Toronto ramming
Suspect Alek Minassian to appear in court after killing 10 people and injuring 15 in apparently deliberate attack
By AP and TOI staff
Quebec opposition leader Jean-François Lisée of the Parti-Québécois speaks in a TV interview that aired on February 21, 2018. (screen capture: YouTube)
April 17, 2018, 5:32 am
Quebec lawmaker criticizes Jewish colleague for wearing kippa in parliament
Opposition leader Jean-François Lisée claims David Birnbaum violating rules forbidding partisan signs inside legislative chamber
By JTA
The 'Swastika Trail' street sign hanging in Puslinch Township, Canada. (Screen capture/YouTube via JTA)
April 12, 2018, 1:18 am
Jewish group challenges council decision to keep Canada town’s ‘Swastika Trail’
Puslinch Township decided not to remove controversial name of privately owned road, despite outcry from B'nai Brith Canada
By JTA
The Humboldt Broncos after a recent victory ( Courtesy/Humboldt Broncos via Twitter)
April 7, 2018, 12:25 pm
Fourteen killed in Canadian junior hockey team bus crash
Bus collides with semi-trailer; team is comprised of 24 players, all from Canada, aged 16 to 21
By AFP
1915 photo on the front steps of United Bakers in Toronto. (Ontario Jewish Archives)
March 30, 2018, 6:55 am
Canadians make every May Jewish Heritage Month
Parliament passes measure, expected to receive royal assent and become law before May
By JTA
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