Category: Business

The spotlight is on American college and university campuses, where protests and threats have become outright antisemitic, and the campuses have become dangerous places for Jews. In the wake of widespread support of Hamas (and its genocidal war against Israel, the Jewish people, and the West in general), antisemitism is at an all-time high, particularly […]

Hairstylist and makeup artist Michelle Shtessman woke up one morning and said to herself, “I have to do something for the war effort.” A native of Canada, she remembers when, during the Second Intifada, Izzy Kaplan – the late owner of the Israel’s Judaica Center, located in midtown Toronto – brought in vendors from all […]

The current conflict has created a new situation: Hamas has attracted widespread condemnation and is understood to be a threat to civilized nations. The current conflict in the Middle East creates both a need and an opportunity to establish an overarching goal for the day after the war. This goal needs to be a strategic, […]

For better or worse, the Israel-Hamas war has garnered a disproportionate amount of international attention, support, and criticism, with world leaders and keyboard warriors alike weighing on Israel’s diplomatic options as the Jewish state continues to push ahead with its goal of eradicating the threat of Hamas to have any chance at regional peace. It […]

Caution: The shopping holidays (and the scams) are already here During the month of November, online shopping days such as Shopping IL, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday were launched in a slightly different format to support local businesses. Unfortunately, this time of year also attracts many phishing attacks aimed at stealing your money. ESET, an […]

The month of shopping is upon us, with Black Friday deals unveiled and more anticipated. Consumers are reserving credit lines and cash balances, gearing up for significant benefits that enable them to purchase previously unaffordable products and services. “Black Friday” gets its name from accounting reports where profit lines are in black, contrasting with loss […]

Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers sent the board of directors a letter warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that they said could threaten humanity, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The previously unreported letter and AI algorithm was a key development ahead of the […]

A report by the Central Bureau of Statistics, released earlier this week, provides an overview of the new apartment market’s activity during the third quarter of the year. After experiencing a consistent decline of 3.7% per month on average from September 2021 to March 2023, there was a noticeable change in April 2023. The new […]

Billionaire Elon Musk, the owner of X, formerly Twitter, continues to court controversy. Recently, Musk expressed support for an antisemitic post on his social network. A user wrote that “Jewish communties have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them. [SIC]” Musk […]

Great news for apartment owners caught in a never-ending urban renewal project: a recent legislative amendment now enables apartment owners in all types of urban renewal deals to cancel agreements if the project fails to progress according to the legally established timeline.  Whether it’s a building clearance or a building renewal (TMA 38 and its […]