Toronto Star
Michael Levitt
Publishing · On our record since 2020
Where this writer stands
Foreign affairs1 piece
Alliance restraintAssertive alliances and sanctions
“Canada should not re-engage with the Iranian regime. Our country should stand firmly with the people of Iran and continue holding their oppressors to account.” Read the piece
Public safety1 piece
Prevention and restraintEnforcement and sentencing
“It's now reached a point where urgent action on this issue must be championed loud and clear from the top.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Michael Levitt: This summer brought so many Torontonians together. It also carried an important lesson for the cityOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 30, 2026
- Canada should engage with the Iranian people, not the regime that oppresses themOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 3, 2026
- This shameful episode from over 100 years ago carries a lesson for Canada todayOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 23, 2026
- Mark Carney needs to stand up for Jewish CanadiansOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 11, 2026
- Michael Levitt: At a time of widespread antisemitism, thoughtful conversations are vitalOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 4, 2025
- Michael Levitt: Two years later, the enduring pain of Oct. 7Opinion · Toronto Star · Oct 6, 2025
- Michael Levitt: Performers pushing hate need to face the musicOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 21, 2025
- Michael Levitt: Despite experiencing horror, a message of hope and peaceOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 16, 2025
- Michael Levitt: It’s sad and alarming what local Jews have been facingOpinion · Toronto Star · May 19, 2025
- Michael Levitt: Antisemitism in Toronto today is so much more sinister than vile graffiti and discriminatory rhetoricOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 22, 2025
- Michael Levitt: Jewish resilience at a time of darknessOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 24, 2024
- Michael Levitt: Raise a mug to the CEO of Second Cup for doing the right thingOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 1, 2024
- Michael Levitt: Mississauga’s mayor should have immediately denounced a vigil planned for a Hamas leaderOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 19, 2024
- Michael Levitt: When a vigil was planned to honour a Hamas leader in Mississauga, the mayor should have denounced it right away. That’s not what happenedOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 18, 2024
- Michael Levitt: A year later, Canada’s Jews are not the sameOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 8, 2024
- Michael Levitt: Jews in Canada understand we have reached a tipping point of hatred — but we won’t give upOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 7, 2024
- Michael Levitt: Canada has become a cautionary tale of what happens when you let antisemitism run uncheckedOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 4, 2024
- Michael Levitt: We won’t let the haters make Zionism a dirty wordOpinion · Toronto Star · May 13, 2024
- Michael Levitt: For Jews in Canada, every day feels like Al-Quds DayOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 10, 2024
- For Jews in Canada, every day feels like Al-Quds DayOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 9, 2024
- Michael Levitt: Canadian Jews are once again in the crosshairs of cancel cultureOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 27, 2024
- Canadian Jews are once again in the crosshairs of cancel cultureOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 26, 2024
- Michael Levitt: CUPE on the hot seat again for targeting Jewish group at York UOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 12, 2024
- Michael Levitt: We can’t take our allies for grantedOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 26, 2024
- We can’t take our allies for grantedOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 25, 2024
- Michael Levitt: Too many of today’s youth are misinformed about the HolocaustOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 16, 2023
- Opinion | Canada can honour the trail-blazing work of Irwin CotlerOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 4, 2023
- Opinion | Shame on those who treat antisemite Roger Waters as rock royaltyOpinion · Toronto Star · May 31, 2023
- Opinion | For China’s Uyghurs, ‘never gain’ is right nowOpinion · Toronto Star · May 2, 2023
- Opinion | Yom HaShoah: Shining a light on Holocaust heroesOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 11, 2023
- How should a community respond to the threat of violence?Opinion · Toronto Star · Mar 14, 2023
- Opinion | We must continue our support of UkraineOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 3, 2023
- Opinion | Remembering the Holocaust and pledging ‘Never Again’Opinion · Toronto Star · Jan 25, 2023
- Opinion | A mixed reality for Canadian JewsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 17, 2023
- Michael Levitt: A mixed reality for Canadian JewsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 17, 2023
- Opinion | A dark year for antisemitism in CanadaOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 13, 2022
- Opinion | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stands tall in fight against antisemitismOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 5, 2022
- Opinion | Will U of T’s recognition of historical wrong lead to better future?Opinion · Toronto Star · Oct 14, 2022
- Opinion | Addressing the plague of online Jew-hatredOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 28, 2022
- Opinion | ‘The darkest day in Olympic history’: Half a century later, the Munich massacre still casts a long shadowOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 4, 2022
- Opinion | It’s never too late to hold war criminals accountableOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 23, 2022
- Opinion | Placing anti-Jewish hate on the mapOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 27, 2022
- Opinion | Jewish Heritage Month is a bittersweet time for Canada’s JewsOpinion · Toronto Star · May 23, 2022
- Opinion | Yom HaShoah: A searing reminder of the human capacity for inhumanityOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 27, 2022
- Opinion | Don’t look away from the horror in BuchaOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 4, 2022
- Opinion | Putin’s tyranny is well known and long ignoredOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 7, 2022
- Opinion | Amnesty International’s Israel derangement syndromeOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 16, 2022
- Opinion | Why the vital need for Holocaust education still existsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 26, 2022
- Opinion | It’s long past time to hold Iran’s regime to accountOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 11, 2022
- Opinion | Holocaust survivor exudes Chanukah spirit of light over darknessOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 1, 2021
- Opinion | We must confront what’s behind the one-track mindset of pure, unadulterated antisemitismOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 9, 2021
- Opinion | Canada has been too comfortable for war criminalsOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 12, 2021
- Opinion | There’s no place for the swastika in Canadian political discourseOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 12, 2021
- Opinion | A message to our politicians: take a stand on human rightsOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 16, 2021
- Opinion | A new era of hope burgeoning in Middle EastOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 18, 2021
- Opinion | Mainstreaming of Jew-hatred in CanadaOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 20, 2021
- Opinion | One-sided media coverage is helping fuel anti-Semitism in CanadaOpinion · Toronto Star · May 17, 2021
- Opinion | Helmut Oberlander’s continued presence in Canada is a stain on our countryOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 12, 2021
- Opinion | Time to refocus on Holocaust educationOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 21, 2021
- Opinion | We need governments to work together to lead us out of COVID-19 darknessOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 7, 2021