I got together with a few friends this week to do tashlich. The meaning of the Hebrew word is to cast away. In traditional Judaism it’s about casting away sins. The sins of the prior year. We do regre...

As the Wheel Trans driver was securing my dad’s wheelchair, we exchanged banal (un)pleasantries about the weather and the awful poo-like smell that filled the air outside Toronto Rehab.

At some point it feels useful to measure age in half years again, the way we do with babies and toddlers.

Step into an online literary experience where voices and ideas come alive—no matter where you are. Together with moderator and author Aviva Rubin, we’ll explore books that spark conversation, meaningf...

I came in from a run a couple of days ago and hung my jacket on the rad in the kitchen.

It’s the season for wishing good riddance to the year that has been, and pleading to God, or whoever we plead to, that the next one will be better. Given recent history, that plea feels more like temp...

Oh right, I used to write a Substack…

A few thoughts one year in

“Don’t confuse solidarity with orthodoxy.” That’s what guest Dr.

Reviewed by Aviva Rubin

The risks in moderation

Contributed by Aviva Rubin to Opinion, The Globe and Mail.

Before she conquered the field at the National Bank Open, the Canadian tennis star won my father Murray Rubin’s under-10 tournament at the age of 7. The rest is history

Can I talk to the Jews for a minute please?

Are boundaries and balance really all they’re cracked up to be?

Trigger warning – this piece contains vile antisemitic language and threats of violence.

We don't talk about the rise of white supremacy in Canada enough. Rubin's WHITE sparks that conversation.

I’m so itchy.Thanks for reading Aviva's Substack!

Here I am.

June 15, 2015

As I begin to write this, my dad Murray is in the Wheel Trans taxi heading home from his latest stint in rehab.

I believe this is the second Substack piece that could be categorized as, you know the world is fucked when…

A review and a plea

Reviewed by Aviva Rubin

I’m so worried.

It’s distressing, comforting and flattering that my last post hit home with all sorts of people.

Reviewed by Aviva Rubin

Reviewed by Aviva Rubin

I’ve been thinking about envy.

I don’t know whether I’m shockingly impressed, envious, disappointed or disgusted when people tell me they’ve stopped consuming news or are doing their best not to.

The Bookshelf: independent bookstore - cinema - restaurant - bar | serving Guelph Elora Fergus Waterloo Kitchener Cambridge since 1973

I’m just back from Montreal where Paragraphe Bookstore hosted a double launch for my novel WHITE, and The Great Right North – Inside Far Right Activism in Canada, co-authored by Laval University Profe...

Where Daily Hell Plays a Starring Role