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Bene Israel community finds a home in Toronto

Keeping Bene Israel traditions alive is the core mission of Congregation BINA based in Toronto. Home to Bene Israel—a community of Jews from India—the 200 member congregation holds High Holiday services and…

Pushing Holocaust Education Forward

On Monday, April 17, Jews from all over the world…

Jews of the North

Approximately 335,000 people reported being Jewish in the 2021 Canadian…

JVS Toronto Celebrates 75 years Helping the Vulnerable Find Employment

Helping the vulnerable is embedded in JVS Toronto’s DNA. Founded…

Beth Tzedec is changing the game for adult involvement in synagogue

A major barrier for most young Jews is a synagogue's…

Opinion

What Harm Reduction & Passover Have in Common: A Path to Freedom

“Freedom is within our grasp, and Pesach reminds us that…

Developing an Earth-Based Jewish Practice

On December 17, 2022, I ran a 16mm film processing…

Valentine Grams: Dating Stories

LOVE NEVER DIES CAMP CRUSH DOUBLE TROUBLE EROTICA MAN Header…

Leaving Libya

Founded in 2001 by former Jewish refugees from Libya and…

Modah Ani

Modah Ani. Those were the first two Hebrew words I…

Arts & Culture

Film, Lectures, and Art, Oh My

Hello Niv readers! Happy spring! There’s oodles of Jewish film,…

Nosh at the J with Michael W. Twitty

“In a lot of cultures—Black, Jewish, Latin—for that queer boy…

Favourite Passover Dishes

Passover has come and gone, but we still can't get…

The Great Expectations of Ada Aharoni: A Journey from Egypt to Israel

Every year we retell the story of Passover and our…

The First Musical Haggadah was Not for Jews

The first Haggadah to include musical notation was Liber Rituum…

Variety

Mae Klein

At Home with Yourself, 2023. Watercolour. Life Cycle, 2023. Linocut on recycled…

A Peculiar Orangement

It was their first Seder together as a couple, and…

Bathroom of the Museum

Bathroom of the Museum Something made and lost is a…

How to spot the signs in spring

Spring into the season with blooming horoscope proclamations! …

Galena Bay Odyssey: Reflections of a Hippie Homesteader

Cover of Schwartz's memoir. Photo courtesy of Heritage House. Ellen…