A Pakistani man was arrested in Canada this week and accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Jewish center in Brooklyn on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that sparked the latest conflict in the Middle East, federal authorities announced. Originally Published: September 7, 2024 at 6:12 p.m. Read original … Read more
The Jewish National Fund of Canada (JNF) is taking the minister of national revenue to court, arguing a decision to revoke its charitable status was “flawed and fundamentally unfair.” “Today’s legal appeal will allow JNF Canada’s concerns to be considered before an impartial legal process,” JNF National President Nathan Disenhouse said in a statement released Thursday. The … Read more
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96. Westheimer died on Friday at her home in New York City, surrounded by her family, according to publicist and friend Pierre Lehu. Westheimer never advocated … Read more
The Privy Council Office (PCO) says it did not search the aliases Birju Dattani, the new head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, used to make controversial social media posts. A spokesperson for the PCO said in a statement to CBC News on Monday that “an administrative oversight resulted in the aliases not being searched by PCO.” … Read more
Julia Haart’s net worth in 2024 is estimated at $600 million, reflecting her achievements in reality TV, the fashion industry, and various business ventures. Haart, the former CEO and current co-owner of Elite World Group, has been instrumental in transforming the company, which was valued at $90 million when she invested in 2018, into a … Read more
At a surprise show at the Punch Line on Thursday night, Dave Chappelle crossed plenty of lines — doing cringey Chinese accents, leaning into Jewish stereotypes and gleefully yelling LGBTQ slurs. But midway through the set, he checked himself and stopped a joke short, pivoting to how hard it is to be a celebrity because … Read more
The House of Commons passed a softened New Democrat motion on Monday night that no longer calls for the federal government to officially recognize Palestinian statehood after last-minute amendments brought in by the governing Liberals. Softening the motion’s original language, one of the 14 amendments called for the government to work toward “the establishment of the State of Palestine … Read more
Pro-Palestinian protests that include expressions of hatred or harassing behaviour cross a line, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. Trudeau told a press conference in Toronto that he’s heard from too many members of Canada’s Jewish community who have seen protests at synagogues and community centres and who now feel unsafe. Nobody can be indifferent … Read more
The October 7 massacre, in which Hamas, the proscribed terrorist organisation that has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007, killed and kidnapped more than 1,400 Israelis, dominated news outlets last year. But as Israel continues its bombardment of the besieged enclave, sieging Khan Younis and vowing to move towards Rafah, Israeli women are feeling forgotten … Read more
Diana Ferlini could have become a household name. Instead, she nearly vanished from history. Born in Switzerland in 1911, the surrealist painter immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 11, eventually settling down in Hollywood. In the eighth grade, her parents pulled her out of school to work, and she taught … Read more
