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Tell us what you want. Now listen to what your partner wants. Now tell us what your partner wants.
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 TORONTO — World-renowned architect Daniel Libeskind is designing a sculpture memorializing Canada’s 1939 refusal of entry to the M.S. St. Louis.
A rendering of Daniel Libeskind’s Wheel of Conscience monument in memory of Canada’s refusal to allow the M.S. St. Louis to land in 1939. [Studio Daniel Libeskind photo]
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 When Judie Oron, née Gillman, was a child growing up in Montreal, she learned that other Jews – “people with my genes” – had been massacred in the Holocaust.
Judie Oron [Simon Tanenbaum photo]
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 TORONTO — The director of education for the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has accepted a recommendation that a controversial book on the Arab-Israeli conflict be retained in school libraries, despite concerns it was biased and one-sided.
James Pasternak
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 TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival has a permanent home, TIFF Bell Lightbox, thanks to filmmaker Ivan Reitman, his sisters Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels and builder Jack Daniels.
Toronto International Film Festival has a new home at TIFF Bell Lightbox
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 Rosh Hashanah, in Jewish tradition, launches a new year and brings families closer together. It’s also a time for reflection, renewal, self-improvement and spiritual cleansing.(video)
Ralph Benmergui blows on a shofar. [Joao Luiz Holowka photo]
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 MONTREAL — As a lifelong supporter of Israel, Jeff Itcush says the New Democratic Party’s (NDP) endorsement of his candidacy in the next federal election is proof that the party is open to people who will not hesitate to stand by that country.
New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton, left, spoke at the nomination of Jeff Itcush as the party’s standard-bearer in Mount Royal.
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 TORONTO — UJA Federation of Greater Toronto’s 2011 campaign has raised a total of $15.5 million so far, campaign co-chair Jeff Rosenthal announced at last week’s official campaign launch.
From left, Dan Aykroyd with UJA campaign co-chairs Sherry Firestone and Jeff Rosenthal. [Jen Arron Photography photo]
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 MONTREAL — The Israeli consulate has joined the thousands of fans calling for the return of Dan Behrman’s music show on Radio-Canada.
Dan Behrman
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 TORONTO — Robots may be part of the future of health care at Baycrest. Goldie Nejat, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, is currently working on a project to develop a “social robot” to enrich the lives of the elderly living at Baycrest.
Dr. Goldie Nejat, left, founder and director of the Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Lab at University of Toronto, works on “Brian” as Bianca Stern, Baycrest’s director of Culture and Heritage, looks on.
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 Le débat sur l’identité nationale et sur le port de la burqa qui enfièvre ces temps-ci la France devrait être suivi avec intérêt par les Québécois, estime le député du Parti Socialiste français, Pierre Moscovici, actuel vice-président du Parlement européen et ancien ministre délégué aux Affaires européennes.
Pierre Moscovici
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TORONTO — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is urging Canadians to send postcards to Palestinians on a ship that will attempt to run the blockade of Gaza.
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NEW YORK — The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations has launched a national campaign on behalf of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in 2006 and held incommunicado since.
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 I often find myself trying to decide which wine to serve – a light red wine, or perhaps a chilled white wine.
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