Toronto Jews

The Toronto skyline, 2015. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

November 14, 2018, 3:28 pm

Attack on Jewish teens in Toronto investigated as hate crime

Police say group made derogatory comments about the boys’ religion before punching and kicking two of them

By JTA

Lior Barron, second from left, and Phillip Nussbaum, third from left, celebrate their recent b’nai mitzvah at Zichron Yisroel with Mike Walden and Keith Zauder. (Zichron Yisroel/via JTA)

November 13, 2018, 4:10 pm

Real estate developer from Iran finds a new home for Toronto synagogue

After a school building was sold, the new owners were surprised to discover that a 140-family congregation has been worshiping there for 25 years — so they decided to help

By Dave Gordon

File: Ontario premier-elect Doug Ford at the 2014 Good Friday procession in East York, Canada. (Wikipedia/Bruce Reeve/CC BY)

June 13, 2018, 10:46 am

Ontario premier-elect says he will ban ‘anti-Semitic’ Quds Day rally

Toronto march calls for ‘eradication of Zionists’; speakers at New York protest compare Israel to Nazis and call for ‘intifada revolution’

By TOI staff

Designer Kim Smiley wearing some of her creations, Toronto, March 2018. (Gilbert Benamou)

March 29, 2018, 4:08 am

Toronto designer worn by Trudeaus stitches together fashion with social justice

With empathy as her work ethic, Kim Smiley hires immigrant and refugee women to make her intricate metallic lace and dazzling crystal jewelry

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Shoe designer and maker Daniel Charkow poses with a last. (Joshua Charkow)

January 22, 2018, 3:36 am

Toronto teen shoe designer puts best foot forward

Combining traditional craftsmanship with contemporary technology, Daniel Charkow turns upcycled materials into artistic footwear

By Renee Ghert-Zand

1915 photo on the front steps of United Bakers in Toronto. (Ontario Jewish Archives)

November 26, 2017, 5:51 am

From Latkes to Laffas: The evolution of the Toronto deli

New exhibition showcases 120 years of nosh in display dedicated to the city’s dozens of Jewish eateries of yesterday and today

By Robert Sarner

Katherine Romanow, left, creator of the Beyond the Bagel walking food tour by the Museum of Jewish Montreal. (Robert Sarner/Times of Israel)

September 23, 2017, 8:30 am

Take a bite out of Montreal’s rich history — and burn some calories, too

Best to come on an empty stomach to Beyond the Bagel walking tour, which opens a window into how vital Jews are to the city’s culinary offerings, past and present

By Robert Sarner

Canadians sing their national anthem, 'O Canada,' in Yiddish, June 2017. (YouTube)

June 15, 2017, 9:47 pm

Canadians mark 150 by singing anthem — in Yiddish

‘O Canada’ translated into mammeloshen and performed by 150 in Toronto for the sesquicentennial of independence

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Students in the science lab of Toronto's TanenbaumCHAT. (Courtesy)

April 30, 2017, 3:30 am

Day school tuition break gives struggling Canadian families precious ‘wiggle room’

At up to $40k a year, Jewish education is not an option for most households. A new approach in Toronto means lending a helping hand to those who usually extend one

By Dana Wachter

Toronto Jews form 'ring of peace' around Imdadul Islamic Centre in Toronto, Canada, February 3, 2017. (Facebook/Holy Blossom Temple)

February 5, 2017, 10:09 pm

After massacre, Canadian Jews form ‘rings of peace’ around mosques

Toronto’s Rabbi Yael Splansky sets interfaith solidarity initiative in motion following Quebec shooting that killed six

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Spray-painted swastikas on the doors of the Machzikei Hadas synagogue in Ottawa, November 2016. (Screenshot)

November 25, 2016, 1:34 am

Has the ‘Trump effect’ spilled over the border to Canada?

Jewish community divided on whether perceived rise in hate crimes directly related to US election, as PM denounces anti-Semitic acts north of the border

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Illustrative: Swastika graffiti. (Flash 90)

October 20, 2016, 9:47 pm

Swastikas found at seven sites in and around Toronto U.

B’nai Brith Canada also reveals it has footage of university rally protester performing Nazi salute

By JTA

Sue-Ann Levy at the September 14, Hart House book launch of her new book, 'Underdog: Confessions of a Right-Wing Gay Jewish Muckraker.' (Veronica Henri)

October 16, 2016, 3:11 am

Life as a proudly Jewish, lesbian, right-wing journalistic agitator

Pugnacious Toronto reporter and unabashed Zionist Sue-Ann Levy takes no prisoners in her new book, ‘Underdog: Confessions of a Right-Wing Gay Jewish Muckraker’

By Robert Sarner

Your Ward News editor James Sears (screen capture: YouTube)

June 10, 2016, 8:56 am

Canada’s post office halts delivery of anti-Semitic Toronto paper

Minister orders freezes on Your Ward News after years of complaints over its pieces on Zionists, Jewish leaders, Holocaust

By JTA

Author Max Blumenthal at a controversial Toronto event organized by PEN Canada — a charity which advocates for free expression and other basic rights for writers, on February 24, 2014. (Sammy Hudes/The Times of Israel)

February 26, 2016, 5:18 pm

Anti-Zionist Max Blumenthal jeered at Toronto event

500 guests attend ‘Embattled Truths: Reporting on Gaza with Max Blumenthal,’ organized by free expression charity, PEN Canada

By Sammy Hudes