Mazel Tov Cocktail

Not in Heaven · Nov 17, 2023 · 58m

Antisemitic crimes have been on the rise across the world in the past month, but Montreal in particular has been rocked by sudden violent acts: two bullets were, on separate occasions, shot at the Yeshiva Gedola elementary school, and molotov cocktails were thrown at a Federation building and synagogue. Subsequently, security has been top of mind for the local Jewish community, with people feeling too anxious to send their kids to school.

But context does matter. Is a gunshot still a gunshot if it's fired late at night, when a building is empty? Or is it, as host Avi Finegold argues…