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New Beginnings
In Judaism, we often celebrate beginnings: Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the year; Rosh Chodesh, the beginning of the month; Bar and...
Liraz Ohayon
Apr 92 min read
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Shaken Identity: The Emotional Toll of the War on Jews in the Diaspora
For many Jews in the diaspora, October 7 was not just a tragedy in Israel—it was a wake-up call. Overnight, the unspoken sense of...
Eytan Alboher
Mar 316 min read
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"Who Could Ever Live That Way?”: How Vampire Weekend Struggle with Faith
As tragedies mount and others continue to turn against us, it’s harder than ever to maintain faith that God has our back. This doubt has...
Ezra Grossman
Mar 274 min read
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History of Zionism
Dylan Ifrah Staff Writer Art via Zach Gross The most basic expression of Zionism is the idea that the Jewish people should have a...
Dylan Ifrah
Feb 253 min read
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Finding Common Ground: A Hindu Student’s Journey Through Israel
Abhinav Deshwar Contributor (Abhinav Deshwar is a master’s student at Concordia University. He travelled to Israel in Dec 2024 as part of...
Abhinav Deshwar
Feb 184 min read
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Solidarity in Times of Division
Raihaana Adira Director of Outreach and Allyship Via Stand With Us Canada In a moment where campuses across the world have become...
Raihaana Adira
Jan 222 min read
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“Go back to Poland”: Responding to the Claim That Jews Should Return “Home” to Europe
Dylan Ifrah Staff Writer Via Zach Gross Pro Palestinian activists often claim that since Israeli Jews are allegedly colonizers, they must...
Dylan Ifrah
Jan 153 min read
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McGill Cowes to Anti-Israel Terror On the Anniversary of October 7th
Emmy Rubin Editor-in-chief Via Emmy Rubin October 7th, 2024 marked exactly one year since Hamas invaded the southern borders of Israel...
Emmy Rubin
Nov 27, 20244 min read
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Are Jews Still at Home in Montreal?
Dylan Ifrah Staff Writer Art via Zach Gross Montreal’s Jewish community has a long and storied history. The Spanish and Portuguese,...
Dylan Ifrah
Nov 21, 20243 min read
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Jewish Students are not Alone in the Fight Against Antisemitism
Raihaana Adira Director of Outreach and Allyship Art via Itai Weinberg The past year has been incredibly challenging. At times, it feels...
Anonymous
Nov 17, 20243 min read
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Rachel's Story
Rachel Kalin Contributor If you had asked me in 10th grade where I would see myself in 5 years, making Aliyah to draft to the Israel...
Anonymous
Nov 13, 20243 min read
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Montreal: A timeline of Antisemitism
Sam Levkovsky Op-ed Editor Art by Zach Gross Many jews across the diaspora experienced a universal day of loss on the 7th of October –...
Anonymous
Nov 6, 20243 min read
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Are Israeli Jews Really Colonisers?
Dylan Ifrah Staff Writer Via Zach Gross Anyone who spends time on a given social media platform is bound to have encountered the claim...
Dylan Ifrah
Oct 21, 20244 min read
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United During Catastrophe:The Montreal Vigil
Allan Hoffman Staff Writer Via Emmy Rubin War is unimaginable. Living under a constant state of fear is debilitating. Yet, being alive in...
Allan Hoffman
Oct 21, 20243 min read
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Aliyah for Dummies Part 2
Sara Hamaoui In-the-Aretz Correspondant Via Sara Hamaoui When we left off I, your In-the-Aretz correspondent, was working on the...
Sara Hamaoui
Sep 13, 20244 min read
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Advocating for the Destruction of a Democratic State
Dylan Ifrah Staff Writer Via Itai Weinberg The right to peaceably assemble is part of the foundational political rights of the citizens...
Dylan Ifrah
May 19, 20245 min read
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Parashat Kedoshim
Arielle Bouhadana and Liraz Ohayon קדושים תהיו כי קדוש אני אלוקיכם Hashem says, “Be holy, because I am holy”. Shabbat is not only a time...
Arielle Bouhadana
May 10, 20242 min read
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A Traveler's Guide to Israel
Sara Hamaoui In-the-Aretz Correspondent Israel is the most beautiful country in the world, right? Well, yes of course. It’s the land that...
Sara Hamaoui
May 8, 20247 min read
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Setting the Right Example
Emmanuel Sorek Dvar Torah Editor This week’s Parsha is Parshat Acharei Mot. Acharei Mot means “after death”. The Torah is referring to...
Emmanuel Sorek
May 5, 20243 min read
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The First Mitzvah
Arielle Bouhadana Censorship Editor During Hallel, we say “מן המצר קראתי י-ה״" - "from a narrow place of constraint I called out to You"....
Arielle Bouhadana
Apr 26, 20241 min read
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