Guatemalan authorities raid Lev Tahor for suspected child abuse
Authorities in Guatemala raided the compound of a haredi Orthodox sect living there, separating children from their parents, after allegations of physical and mental abuse surfaced. Israel’s Justice Ministry said Sept. 13 that the Central American country had obeyed its request to crack down on the Lev Tahor group, according to Orthodox news website Kikar Hashabbat. The Guatemalan government suspected the […]
Australian expert leads charge against online anti-Zionism
WINNIPEG – The most up-to-date technology is helping to spread the oldest hate worldwide. “There is a growing normalization and acceptance of anti-Semitism in society as a result of online content,” noted Andre Oboler, the CEO of the Australian-based Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI). Speaking to a Winnipeg Friends of Israel event Aug. 24 (he […]
Angst about how Jewish students are treated on campus
How concerned should we be about the way Jewish students are treated on campus and their ability to be comfortable there while being outwardly Jewish? Last year in particular, we were treated to a litany of concerns, with our emotions impacted greatly by stories suggesting that many, or perhaps most, Jewish students are uncomfortable as […]
Group says Postmedia editorial contained ‘libellous attack’
Postmedia Network says it’s looking into complaints by Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) that an editorial published Aug. 24 in the Vancouver Sun, one of the newspapers owned by the media giant, contained what IJV is calling a “libellous attack” on the group. Postmedia’s senior vice-president of content Gerry Nott said he and the company’s lawyers […]
Israeli Arab MK criticized for pro-BDS speaking tour
Following his anti-Israel lecture at the World Social Forum in Montreal last week, an event that was widely denounced as anti-Semitic, Israeli-Arab member of Knesset Basel Ghattas continued to spread his views throughout Ontario, ending his tour in Toronto on Aug. 18. According to B’nai Brith Canada, whose representatives were on hand in Montreal to […]
There’s more to Black Lives Matter platform than its Israeli ‘genocide’ charge
When it comes to human suffering, Rabbi Bolton says, “There’s a Jewish mandate to respond”
JDL, pro-Palestinians hurl insults at WSF demo
A demonstration organized by the Jewish Defence League (JDL) during the World Social Forum (WSF) in Montreal was met by pro-Palestinian counter-protesters Aug. 10 on St. Laurent Boulevard and Ontario Street. For close to 1-1/2 hours the two sides traded recriminations and invective without serious incident, although JDL director Meir Weinstein said he was hit in […]
Montreal mayor condemns BDS advocacy at social summit
Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre attempted to distance his administration from anti-Israel and what Jewish groups have described as anti-Semitic content at the World Social Forum (WSF), but fell short of condemning the international event as a whole. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), B’nai Brith Canada and the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center […]
BDS sticker on Sabra hummus found at Vaughan grocery store
Since Aug. 8, an image of a Sabra hummus tub purchased at the Bathurst Street and Rutherford Road Sobeys in Vaughan with a “Boycott Israeli Apartheid” sticker on it has been widely circulated on Facebook
Greens in crisis as May mulls quitting over BDS vote
Federal Green party Leader Elizabeth May is contemplating stepping down from her role after party members voted to adopt a policy in support of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, despite her vocal opposition to it. Following the Green party’s national convention in Ottawa over the weekend –during which delegates passed a […]
