Toronto mayor Rob Ford probably doesn’t remember this picture (smoking crack in “a drunken stupor” tends to have that effect) but thankfully for him, Gawker has his back. Behold, Rob Ford’s most Jewish moment: [h/t Gawker for this gem]
If you thought being named global ambassador for the Toronto Raptors was just another title for Drake, think again. The Canadian Jewish rapper just released a promo video for the basketball team’s new season, and it is seriously inspirational stuff. Check it out:
An octogenarian couple — both Jewish Holocaust survivors — killed themselves in Toronto in an apparent suicide pact. Police are treating the deaths of Vladimir Fiser, 89, and Marika Ferber, 84, as a double suicide. Their bodies were found Tuesday at the base of their apartment building. They are believed to have jumped to their…
The Toronto Transit Commission rejected four anti-Israel advertisements for being “inaccurate and misleading.” Brad Ross, a spokesman for the transit commission, told JTA on Monday that the ads were turned down because they were “inaccurate and misleading.” The ads were intended to run on buses and subways, as well as the commission’s shelters. Proposed by…
Was the carving of two swastikas into a Toronto golf course last weekend a random hate crime — or a twisted nod to history? Police think it was a run-of-the-mill act of anti-Semitic vandalism. But some note the crime took place on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the historic Christie Pits riots, when…
Toronto police launched a hate crimes investigation into comments made by a Palestinian community leader who called for the murder of Israelis. “We have received a complaint with regards to things said at the Al-Quds Day rally. There is an investigation ongoing,” Toronto police spokeswoman Wendy Drummond told the Canadian Jewish News. Addressing an Al-Quds…
Blogger Pamela Geller said she will testify over a complaint she filed against a Toronto-area police force in the cancellation of a synagogue appearance. Geller told JTA via email on Monday that she was scheduled to testify Wednesday via Skype before a hearing of the Office of the Independent Police Review Director in Toronto, which…
Ontario’s legislature won praise from Jewish groups for its refusal to permit the annual Al-Quds Day protest, traditionally held on the grounds outside the legislature building in Toronto. The legislature’s sergeant-at-arms, Dennis Clark, informed B’nai Brith Canada and the Centre for Jewish and Israel Affairs that this year’s permit was refused for reasons of “public…
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