Current issue’s cover stories – coming Friday

Hateful messages intensify

photo - The Douglas Park area is being covered with hateful chalk and stickers — The Douglas Park area is being covered with hateful chalk and stickers. (photo by Joshua)

Creating entrepreneurs

photos - Yazamut 360° co-founder and general manager Dana Gavish, left, and Gadi Bahat, an entrepreneur who heads Yazamut’s academic programs — Yazamut 360° co-founder and general manager Dana Gavish, left, and Gadi Bahat, an entrepreneur who heads Yazamut’s academic programs.

Attack on Jewish kids

Fresh red lines have been crossed by anti-Israel agitators in Canada. These developments should alarm everyone who cares about civil society, diversity and safe spaces for children….

Wrong choice to host Piker

As a political science student at the University of British Columbia, I believe fiercely in free expression, open debate and intellectual diversity. I have defended the idea that universities should be places where ideas are rigorously challenged, interrogated and tested against competing visions of the world. But debating controversial ideas is not the same as giving a platform to only one side. It’s not the same as presenting individuals whose speech crosses the line into hate and dehumanization….

Previous issue’s cover stories

Last hostage home

photo - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath at Ran Gvili’s funeral in Meitar on Jan. 28 — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath at Ran Gvili’s funeral in Meitar on Jan. 28. (photo © Amos Ben Gershom / GPO)

New bill targets hate crimes

photos - During the Israel-Hamas war, there were protesters holding antisemitic signs and hollering antisemitic slogans. Bill C-9 would amend the Criminal Code to strengthen existing hate-related offences — At rallies held across Canada after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and during the Israel-Hamas war, there were protesters holding antisemitic signs and hollering antisemitic slogans. Bill C-9 would amend the Criminal Code to strengthen existing hate-related offences. (photo from Canadian Handbook on the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism)

Concerning actions

The federal government announced last week that they are eliminating the office of Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism….

In between issues

ישראלים רבים ממשיכים לתמוך בטראמפ ועדיין אינם מבינים במי מדובר

נשיא ארה”ב דונלד טראמפ, מכהן בתפקידו כבר שנה מלאה וקשה לאמוד את מידת הנזק שהוא גורם כל יום. למרות זאת ישראלים רבים ממשיכים לתמוך בו ללא עוררין וכנראה שהם עדיין לא מבינים במי מדובר. תופעה זו מזכירה את התמיכה בראש הממשלה של ישראל בנימין נתניהו. כבר מזמן הוכח שהתמיכה במנהיגים פוליטיים מושחתים כמו טראמפ ונתניהו, נובעת ממניעים פסיכולוגיים ולא הגיוניים. זה מזכיר כמו אמונה בדת, או חברות בקאלט

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עשרים ואחת שנים בוונקובר

בחודש פברואר ימלאו עשרים ואחת שנים לחיי בוונקובר. במקביל, המרחק שלי מישראל רק הולך וגדל

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