Can we talk politics without lashon hara?
Over the course of the election campaign to this point, the Jewish community has seen repeated and sometimes flagrant violations of halachic and ethical prohibitions against lashon hara – wicked speech – and some of the 31 transgressions related to it, such as unnecessarily engendering controversy...
Jewish issues at centre of partisan sniping
Jewish issues and candidates made headlines last week and became the subject of some distasteful political rhetoric on the campaign trail. In Alberta, a 21-year-old hijab-wearing university student resigned Aug. 18 as the Liberal candidate in the Tory stronghold of Calgary Nose Hill a day after...
What will replace newspapers?
Ever since I can remember, I’ve read and loved newspapers. I got hooked on the comics pages when I was 5 or 6, migrated to sports, and then graduated to the rest of the paper. My parents subscribed to the Toronto Star and the weekly Canadian...