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Jews of the North

Approximately 335,000 people reported being Jewish in the 2021 Canadian census. About 0.6 per cent of that population lives in Northern Canada. It’s a pindrop in the vast global landscape and a…

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…

Joyce Arthur continues the fight for abortion rights and access in Canada

Before 1969 all abortions in Canada were considered a criminal…

In times of crisis Project Kesher acts

Shira Pruce never imagined Project Kesher would become a humanitarian…

Opinion

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…

The LGBT Logs

JQY (Jewish Queer Youth) is a nonprofit organization based in…

Arts & Culture

Esmé Shapiro’s enchanting embrace—lean into it

Once upon a time, there lived a girl named Esmé…

Alberto Hemsi: A Five-Hundred-Year Journey

In 2004, Miryam Capelutto Hemsi, widow of the composer Alberto…

Leaving Libya

Founded in 2001 by former Jewish refugees from Libya and…

Faith’s flourless chocolate berry cake

This not-too-sweet cake is fudgy and dark with an almost…

Laurie Wohl Unweaves the World

Laurie Wohl’s tapestries do the opposite of what you would…

Variety

Lily Brown’s vignettes: a retrospective glance at life in 1930s Toronto

Flat to Rent “FLAT TO RENT” notices, typically written on…

The Diamond and the Kitchen Table

At the edge of the Laurentian Village of Val Morin…

Jacob’s Ladder

The impending creative's block is, in my opinion, the biggest…

Light & Love

LOVE LIGHT Header image: menorah (2020) : ink and watercolor on…

What the signs have planned for fall

Fall in love with what your sign has planned for…