Great turn-out at Beth Shalom Federal Election Candidates Forum
by Deborah Shatz (EJNews) – Over 160 people gathered at the Beth Shalom Synagogue on October 8 to hear from candidates representing the three major…
Politics
Netanyahu and Abbas agree: Blame the UN
By Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) — Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas took plenty of shots at each other. But in their dueling dueling speeches…
A message from Karen Leibovici, Federal Liberal candidate for Edmonton-West
by Karen Leibovici – As many of you know, I am both a friend and a proud member of Edmonton’s Jewish community. My husband and…
Federal election forum to meet the candidates will be held October 8
(EJNews) – With the clock ticking on the October 19 Federal Election, we as Jews and Canadians are reviewing all the issues to make the most…
JTA blog: On hot Yom Kippur, Israel’s Jews and Arabs kept their cool
By Ben Sales (JTA) — It could have been a fraught coincidence, especially on a 90-degree day with conflict still simmering in Jerusalem over access…