JERUSALEM (JTA) – Employees of Israel’s Foreign Ministry ended their two-week strike with an agreement to increase pay for diplomats. [Read more…]
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Seven Lev Tahor sect members arrested in raid
(JTA) – Canadian border security officials raided the compound of the fringe haredi Orthodox sect Lev Tahor and arrested seven members. [Read more…]
Holocaust survivors in Canada target of scam
(JTA) – A scam targeting Jewish Holocaust survivors in Canada claims they are entitled to a share of a $75 million pot and asks for a large fee in return. [Read more…]
Embassy of Israel in Ottawa closed as Israel’s Foreign Ministry employees strike
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Employees of the Foreign Ministry in Israel declared a general strike, shutting down the country’s 103 embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions around the world – including the Embassy of Israel in Ottawa and consulates in Toronto and Montreal. [Read more…]
Ontario court orders seizure of Iranian assets for terror victims
(JTA) – An Ontario court ordered the seizure of more than $7 million in assets belonging to Iran to compensate American victims of terror. [Read more…]
Lev Tahor members may remain in Guatemala, judge rules
(JTA) – Six children from the haredi Orthodox sect Lev Tahor who fled Canada will be allowed to remain in Guatemala with their parents, but with conditions. [Read more…]
With ‘The Story of the Jews,’ Simon Schama returns to his roots
Simon Schama in his documentary “The Story of the Jews” visits the site of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. (Courtesy of Tim Kirby © Oxford Film & Television 2012)
(JTA) – For decades, Simon Schama has dazzled the public with epic books and popular television documentaries on topics ranging from Rembrandt to the French Revolution. [Read more…]
CIJA rejects PQ candidate’s apology over anti-Semitic views
(JTA) – The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) has rejected the apology of a candidate in Quebec’s provincial election for spreading views seen as anti-Semitic. [Read more…]
From the Editor: The Quebec election is all about values
In May 2008, less than a year after I moved to Ottawa from Montreal to work at the Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, I attended a talk at the Soloway Jewish Community Centre given by Queen’s University historian Gerald Tulchinsky. [Read more…]
Lone soldier put aside fear of heights to become paratrooper
Tobin Kaiman (right) on manoeuvres in Israel with his IDF unit. (Photo courtesy of Tobin Kaiman)
Monique Elliot talks with Tobin Kaiman,
a young man from Ottawa who recently
returned home after serving for two years
in the Israel Defense Forces.
Tobin Kaiman said he is afraid of heights, but he still jumped. [Read more…]