Toronto

Israeli film about October 7 selected for Toronto International Film Festival despite boycott

The inclusion of this film is is a significant step in breaking through an unofficial but real international boycott of Israeli cinema, particularly for films that tell an explicitly Israeli sto.

AVI NESHER (left) directs Shalom Michaelshwilli and Magi Azarzar in ‘Our Loves.’
Illustrative: Police officers stand guard at the site of a deadly shooting at a salsa-themed street festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 11, 2026.

Muslim Toronto Police officers face penalty after October 7 comments in podcast

Illustrative: Protesters march out of Kings College Circle after leaving a pro-Palestinian student encampment at the University of Toronto.

Toronto pro-Palestinian protesters march near Jewish care facility after kosher bakery shooting

Police tape stretches across University Avenue as Toronto police work on the scene of a shooting at the US Consulate in Toronto, Ontario, Canada July 27, 2026.

Gunfire outside US consulate in Toronto marks second incident at building in four months


Five arrested in Toronto for antisemitic signs at anti-Israel rally in Jewish neighborhood

The posters allegedly displayed or distributed at a March 15 protest by the suspects included a Jewish man with the body of an insect, and caricatures of Jews and Israelis.

PROTESTERS MARCH at a rally marking Al-Quds Day and opposing the war on Iran and Lebanon in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 14, 2026.

Second youth charged for shooting at Toronto area synagogues

The 17-year-old boy was charged with two counts of reckless firearm discharge, two counts of conspiracy to commit an indictable offense, and two counts of weapons trafficking.

Police officers keep watch over a situation during a demonstration march on April 21, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario. Protesters demanded a ceasefire in the current conflict in the Gaza Strip.

Missing Toronto Jewish teenage girl found after two weeks

Since 14-year-old Esther went missing on May 15, volunteers had been conducting searches and distributing flyers, offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to her return.

Missing Jewish Toronto teen, Esther.

Posters for missing Toronto Jewish teenager torn down, $25,000 reward offered for her return

"When a family is desperately trying to find their child, this kind of behavior should concern every person in our city," said family spokesperson Maureen Leshem.

Missing Jewish Toronto teen, Esther.

Toronto Jewish community seeks teen missing for week through Shavuot holiday

With fourteen year old Esther missing since last Friday, volunteers continued to man a Shomrim hotline and a search operations headquarters through Friday and Saturday.

ESTHER, a missing teen from Toronto.

If these flags could talk - opinion

There is a prevailing narrative that Israel is alone, but that is not true.

AVI STUDENTS and stakeholders join for a flag-planting ceremony outside AVI headquarters in October 2024.

October 7 Massacre conference to be held in Toronto by branch of banned terror group

The conference was immediately endorsed by several organizations suspected of being branches of the Samidoun network after being designated by both the US and Canada as a terrorist front in 2024.

Screenshot of the 'Resist and Return Conference 2026' website, May 17, 2026.

Toronto: Antisemitic crimes 35 percent of all hate crimes, 82 percent of religious motivated crimes

A 2021 Statistics Canada population census found that Jews represented 3.6 percent of Toronto's population, but of the 231 hate crimes in 2025, the city's Jews were the target of 81.

Halifax synagogues were vandalized.

Iran allegedly behind Canada attacks on US consulate, synagogue

Al-Saadi, working on behalf of the Islamic Regime proxy, told an undercover law enforcement officer that his "people" were behind two attacks in Canada, against a consulate and synagogue.

PROTESTERS MARCH at a rally marking Al-Quds Day and opposing the war on Iran and Lebanon in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 14, 2026.

Toronto resident identified by 'Post' charged for knocking over Jewish center menorah

Rabbi Meir Dubrawsky said on Instagram on April 13 that he had chosen to leave the menorah outside the Jewish center as a symbol of Jewish pride and resilience.

An illustrative image of a man in handcuffs, being arrested.