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A Toronto foundation has helped return a Renoir artwork allegedly looted by the Nazis to the Musée d’Orsay, after a 90-year journey as dramatic as the painting itself. Le Jugement de Pâris, a circa 1915 sanguine sketch of a classic cultural myth, was loaned to the Parisian museum by Canadian non-profit EJB Steinberg Arts Foundation, which bought the artwork in 2023. “From what I understand, this painting has a complicated history, but one that is all too common for many great European works of art,” said foundation director Elen Steinberg in an email. It is part of a new exhibition...
May 1, 2026 - 07:00 | Special to National Post | National Post
The Metropolitan police of London, U.K. have released bodycam footage showing the moment when two officers arrested a man suspected of stabbing two Jewish men in north-west London neighbourhood, Golders Green. He was arrested based on suspicion of attempted murder. What does the bodycam footage show? The video shows the two officers confronting the man late Wednesday morning as he walked down the middle of a street carrying a knife. The officers can be heard repeatedly shouting for the suspect to “get down on the ground” and demanding he “drop the knife.” They brought down the...
April 30, 2026 - 15:10 | National Post Staff | National Post
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs is welcoming a substantial increase in funding from the Canada Community Security Program. Ottawa has more than doubled its funding allocation over five years from $60M to $135M, said Noah Shack, the CIJA’s CEO in a statement on Tuesday. “This is a significant step forward in safeguarding Canada’s Jewish community.” The federal program provides funding to safeguard at-risk communities, including security upgrades, security guard funding and emergency training supports. Since the Hamas-led massacre of October 7, threats targeting Canadian...
April 28, 2026 - 18:53 | National Post Staff | National Post
An Ottawa man convicted in an ISIS terrorism case is getting out of prison after serving two-thirds of his 17-year sentence, even though the parole board says he continues to hold extremist views and remains a public-safety risk. The parole board says Ashton Larmond has made some progress through programming available to him in prison, as well as counselling. However, the board also noted in its decision shared with National Post, that the 35-year-old man committed an assault on another inmate in March. He punched another inmate in the face, then kneeled on him and struck him again,...
April 22, 2026 - 07:00 | National Post Staff | National Post
With the latest warning from Canada’s Integrated Threat Assessment Centre stating that a violent mass attack remains a realistic possibility, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs is urging Ottawa to increase funding for enhanced security in the upcoming Spring Economic Statement . security “We’ve seen synagogues and businesses in the community targeted with gunfire recently in Toronto. That builds on the arson attacks and shooting attacks that had taken place previously, targeting synagogues and schools across the country,” says Noah Shack, CIJA’s CEO. “We need systemic change to...
April 19, 2026 - 08:00 | National Post Staff | National Post
A majority of Canadians believe Israelis are more likely to face prejudice as a result of the Iran war, according to a new survey. The survey is looking at “the impact of the War with Iran on Canadians’ views about groups that might associated with it — in the context of the wider middle east conflict,” says Jack Jedwab, president and CEO of the Association for Canadian Studies, which commissioned the survey from Leger on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which will be marked on Saturday. Last month, Israel and the United States...
March 21, 2026 - 07:00 | National Post Staff | National Post
