Writer and pro-Israel, pro-Jewish advocate Pat Johnson in Vancouver, May 2025.

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Gay liberal Canadian writer takes fellow non-Jews to task, one acerbic essay at a time

Furious about antisemitism and unfair targeting of Israel, journalist Pat Johnson says Jews today need increasingly more support. His Substack…

Michal Harel and her husband Avital Epstein show the website they set up to help Israelis navigate a move to Canada in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, December 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rob Gillies)

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Israelis fleeing post-Oct. 7 instability receive warm welcome from Jews in chilly Toronto

Even as antisemitism is on the rise in Canada, war-weary sabras are flocking to Toronto, where its large Jewish and…

Israel supporters observe a moment of silence as they attend a vigil outside McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on October, 7, 2024, to commemorate the victims of the October 7 massacre by Hamas on Israel. (Graham Hughes / AFP)

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264-year-old Montreal Jewish community fears antisemitism becoming the new normal

Latest incidents further fuel heightened anxiety over crisis in Canada’s second largest city as Jews face troubling questions about their…

Ofer Bronchtein in Paris, August 2024. (Hally Pancer)

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Macron’s point man on Israel-Palestine says ‘it’s not the right time to think about peace’

French-Israeli Ofer Bronchtein believes that conditions conducive to peace will eventually return, despite a deteriorating relationship between the French and…

Igal Hecht at the 'car graveyard' during filming of 'The Killing Roads' in March 2024. (Courtesy of Chutzpah Productions)

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In ‘The Killing Roads,’ filmmaker Igal Hecht confronts the visceral pain of October 7

The powerful new documentary, its release set to coincide with the massacre’s anniversary, focuses on the Hamas slaughter on the…

ICA Summit breakout session on US-Israel Alliance with (l to r) moderator Yuna Leibzon, panelists Michael Oren, Victoria Coates and Dennis Ross, in Washington, DC, September 21, 2024. (Robert Sarner)

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Not above the fray: How the US-Israel alliance is now part of American partisan politics

Three experts speaking at the Israeli American Council National Summit weigh in on the once-sacrosanct bipartisan support for the Jewish…

Benjamin Netanyahu during visit to southern Israeli city of Ashdod, January 12, 2009. (Jigsaw Pictures)

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Revealing leaked police footage, new film aims brutal lens at Netanyahu amid war

‘The Bibi Files,’ a scathing documentary, incorporates material from corruption probe to present sobering insight into the prime minister’s actions…

Karmela Waldman with her son Joel Waldman with Joel's new book, 'Surviving the Survivor,' in Toronto, May 2024. (Robert Sarner)

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True crime podcast by a Holocaust survivor and her son catapults them to unlikely fame

Karmela Waldman and her son Joel attract millions each month with their unique series ‘Surviving the Survivor.’ Now Joel has…

Bernard-Henri Levy (Photo by Alexis Duclos, Editions Grasset)

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In France, Bernard-Henri Lévy fights a lonely battle on behalf of a solitary Israel

The controversial intellectual superstar’s new book ‘Solitude d’Israel’ puts the Jewish state nearly alone on the world stage, while his…

Deborah Lyons with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, December 2023.

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Canada’s antisemitism envoy says Jew-hatred is at a high — and may get even worse

Six months into her role, Deborah Lyons sees an already dire situation exacerbated by the October 7 atrocities, saying the…