Tag Archives: Jewish identity

During a recent visit to Israel, Bougie Herzog, Chairman of the Jewish Agency and former leader of the Opposition, asked me how life was Down Under in the ‘Golden Medina’. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was America that held the auspicious title, Die goldene medina as …

Ryan Bellerose, Meti Canadian, put on a kippa for a week and saw what it is like to walk around town as if he was an easily identifiable Jew. In contrast, I left Toronto in 1970 to go to university in Ottawa, leaving my Jewish neighbourhood behind and seeing myself …