‘Serious Questions’ From Jewish Groups After Man Convicted of Attacking Jewish DePaul Students Gets Just 300 Days in Jail

Conservatives Say Non-Citizens Getting Lighter Sentences to Avoid Deportation Is ‘Two-Tier Justice’, Urge Change

Conservative MP and shadow immigration minister Michelle Rempel Garner is calling on the federal government to amend the Criminal Code to prevent judges from imposing lighter sentences on non-citizens convicted of serious crimes to avoid triggering their deportation. “Giving non-citizens who have been convicted of serious crimes in Canada lenient sentences to avoid deportation creates a two-tier justice system, where Canadian citizens are given …

A Dutch, gay, Jewish poet gets a Hebrew revival, 100 years after his killing

More than 80 years after he was gunned down by the Haganah, Jacob Israel De Haan is being translated into Hebrew. Plus, an Israeli diva's new single, and superstar Arik Einstein narrates the story of The Boy Who Lived – from the grave

‘Serious questions’ from Jewish groups after man convicted of attacking Jewish DePaul students gets just 300 days in jail

The sentence of 300 days in jail and two years of probation that Kasem Noubani received on Aug. 4 for attacking two Jewish students at DePaul University “raises serious questions about whether the punishment reflects the gravity of the crime,” according to Daniel Schwartz, president and co-founder of the Chicago Jewish Alliance.“There is a growing perception in our community of a two-tiered standard, where violence directed at Jews is condemned …

Family of Jewish mother killed in Queens collision demands that hate crimes be taken more seriously after reckless driver is tied to bias incidents

To those who knew her, 71-year-old Cara Trager — a wife and mother killed in a Queens crash earlier this year by a suspect in a series of hate crimes — was far more than a name in a headline or a statistic in a list of hateful incidents. She was the matriarch of a proud Jewish family and a staple of her community. Her life was ripped away from her loved ones on May 25, when she and her husband, Michael Trager, were walking home after spending th…