By Howie Silbiger Let’s stop pretending this is normal. An independent ethics investigation runs for fourteen months. It concludes that a sitting commissioner breached the code of ethics during an election. A…
Accountability Optional: EMSB Majority Wipes Away Ethics Violation
By Joseph Marshall In a move that should concern anyone who cares about governance at the English Montreal School Board, the Board of Commissioners voted to invalidate a 14 month ethics investigation…
OPINION: The Crisis Economy of the Jewish World
By Howie Silbiger When Bret Stephens spoke at the State of World Jewry address at the 92nd Street Y, he did not rely on comforting words or empty slogans. Instead, he shared…
Can Competition Bring Down Kosher Meat Prices in Montreal?
By Joseph Marshall In Montreal, where smoked meat is a religion and bagels are a rite of passage, there is one thing you learn young: good food is never cheap. But kosher…
OPINION: Ontario’s Teachers’ Union Picks an Anti Zionist Group to Train on Antisemitism
By Joseph Marshall Over the past year and a half, Jewish families across Ontario have found themselves quietly adjusting to a new, uneasy normal. Police cruisers parked outside schools have faded into…
OPINION: Jew Hatred Is Not a Super Bowl Stunt
By Howie Silbiger There is a growing tendency to treat Jew hatred as a branding problem rather than a moral one. As if the right slogan, the right shock, the right viral…
NY Teen Arrested For Email Calling For The Murder Of Jews
By Joseph Marshall A 17 year old student at a public charter school in Queens was arrested this week after allegedly sending an email calling for the killing of Jews to hundreds…
OPINION: Concordia University Isn’t the Problem. It’s the Mirror.
By Mayer Wochyniak The National Post ran a piece this week calling Concordia University a “wretched hive of antisemitic scum and villainy.” It’s a headline built to travel, and it did. People…
OPINION: How Many Ethics Violations Does It Take to Get Re-Elected
By Howie Silbiger I ran in a school board election in 2024. I lost. I didn’t run in the same ward as Julien Feldman, so we were not direct competitors, and for…
EMSB Commissioner Julien Feldman Suspended, Ordered to Apologize
By Joseph Marshall An Ethics Commissioner has suspended English Montreal School Board Commissioner Julien Feldman for 15 days, ordered him to issue a public apology, and imposed a financial penalty after finding…