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Avi Lewis attends the "This Changes Everything" photo call during the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival at Ryerson Theatre on September 13, 2015 in Toronto, Canada. (Mike Windle / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
March 30, 2026, 6:12 pm
Canada’s main progressive party taps anti-Zionist Jewish ex-journalist as new leader
Avi Lewis, a former Al Jazeera reporter, accuses Israel of genocide as he takes helm of New Democratic Party; has said he seeks to ‘unlearn’ the ‘Zionist myths’ he was raised with
By Shira Li Bartov
A billboard showing an image of US President Donald Trump to thank him for his role in reaching the first phase of a ceasefire-hostage deal with Hamas, and another one bearing Israel's national flag, are installed on a main highway in Tel Aviv on October 9, 2025 (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
October 9, 2025, 4:28 pm
‘Hope is finally within reach’: Jewish organizations cheer Gaza hostage-ceasefire deal
Jews around the world, from the US to New Zealand, welcome agreement to secure the release of all hostages in first phase of Trump’s Gaza peace plan
By Zev Stub
Illustrative: An upset student sits in a school yard (iStock by Getty Images)
July 16, 2025, 1:20 pm
Antisemitism in Ontario schools ‘dire’ and underreported, Canadian study finds
Nearly half of antisemitic incidents reported were not investigated, and nearly one in six involved a teacher or staff member
By Zev Stub
Illustrative: A Canadian police car is seen near the Rainbow Bridge border crossing into the US in Niagara Falls, Ontario, November 22, 2023. (Usman Khan/AFP)
August 22, 2024, 1:56 am
Bomb threats emailed to over 100 Jewish institutions in Canada
Jewish community leaders say threat was ‘designed to disrupt lives,’ thank law enforcement for swift response; Trudeau decries ‘blatant antisemitism’ of targeted campaign
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Demonstrators stage a pro-Israel rally in front of the Beth Avraham Yoseph synagogue in Toronto, Canada on March 8, 2024. (Courtesy: BAYT)
March 29, 2024, 3:33 pm
Amid hostility and kosher restrictions, Canadian Jews fear their ‘golden age’ is over
The community is mounting a legal fight against restrictions that coincide with Israel-skeptic policies and expressions of antisemitism
By Canaan Lidor
Screen capture from video of a pro-Palestinian protest outside a Jewish community center in Montreal, Canada, March 5, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 6, 2024, 9:17 pm
Pro-Palestinian mob blocks access to Montreal Holocaust Museum over pro-Israel event
Central Jewish community group denounces protest as deliberate intimidation of local Jews; police deploy in force to secure similar gathering at synagogue
By Stuart Winer
Former Canadian justice minister Irwin Cotler speaking to a Knesset committee in Jerusalem on March 2012. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 3, 2021, 1:59 pm
Irwin Cotler’s ambitious agenda as Canada’s new special antisemitism envoy
As hate crimes against Canadian Jews soar, the respected human rights advocate will work closely with government and community groups to stem bigotry, including on social media
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative image of a man wearing a kippah. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
April 25, 2021, 11:13 am
Quebec court upholds law banning yarmulkes, other religious symbols in workplace
Jewish advocacy group says provisions of ruling ‘severely restrict religious freedom’ and limit career options for religious Jews
By David Lazarus
Liberal supporters react as they watch results roll in at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's election night headquarters on October 21, 2019, in Montreal, Canada. (Cole Burston/Getty Images/AFP)
November 20, 2019, 1:50 pm
In sudden switch, Canada backs pro-Palestine UN resolution
After decade of voting no, Ottawa now wants to reiterate commitment to two-state solution and ‘equal rights and self-determination of all peoples’; Israel ‘very disappointed’
By Raphael Ahren
Israeli workers inspects barrels in a winery in the West Bank settlement of Psagot, February 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
September 7, 2019, 3:27 am
Canada to appeal ruling that settlement wines can’t be labeled ‘Made in Israel’
Appeal court to dispute July decision by Canada’s Federal Court that wines produced by Israelis in the West Bank must not be labeled as a product of the Jewish state
By ToI Staff
A Canadian flag flies in the wind in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 25, 2016. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images/JTA)
July 24, 2019, 9:57 am
Court orders review of Canadian election date that falls on Sukkot
Decision comes after Jewish candidate Chani Aryeh-Bain sues on religious freedom grounds
By ToI Staff and JTA
A Canadian flag flies in the wind in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 25, 2016. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images/JTA)
July 23, 2019, 1:13 pm
Anti-Semitic incidents in Canada hold steady despite drop in hate crimes
Government statistics show Jews remain most frequently targeted minority group
By ToI Staff and JTA
A Canadian flag flies in the wind in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 25, 2016. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images/JTA)
July 22, 2019, 5:52 pm
Jewish group sues Canadian government over election on Jewish holiday
Holding vote on Sukkot ‘sends a message to the community that it does not count,’ says B’nai Brith
By JTA and ToI Staff
Dimitri Lascaris speaks at a rally in June 2018. (Screen capture/YouTube)
September 9, 2018, 10:30 pm
Trudeau slams activist who suggested Jewish MPs more loyal to Israel than Canada
Dimitri Lascaris’s comments calling on pair of lawmakers to condemn actions of B’nai Brith supporters lambasted as ‘vile and anti-Semitic smears’
By ToI Staff
A Hanukkah menorah (Flash90)
December 12, 2017, 1:21 am
Vancouver school apologizes to students for banning Hanukkah
Sixth-grade girls Maya Sontz and Rebecca Weinberg spearhead — and win — fight for inclusivity in their Christmas-bedecked public school
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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