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Fast Forward Canada says Jews were most-targeted religious minority for hate crimes last year
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Fast Forward Canadian Jewish News restarts, again, eyeing a younger audience
(JTA) — Reports of the demise of the Canadian Jewish News have been, not for the first time, greatly exaggerated. On Sept. 1, the publication — the largest Jewish news organization in Canada — will rebrand as a digital-first enterprise after abruptly shutting down operations in April 2020 and then resuming a trickle of content…
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Culture Prairie Sonata: A new novel of Canadian Jewish life
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Culture Why Leonard Cohen’s final album features the cantor from his home synagogue
In January 2018, after the late Leonard Cohen received his last, but not final, Grammy nomination, a representative from his hometown attended the ceremony: The cantor from the synagogue he grew up in. He wasn’t just there as an observer — he was a contributor. “My greatest sources of pride is that the choir and…
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Music Is Drake off to get some Jesus in his life?
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