War reporting from the heart: Ellin Bessner on how her Jewish journalism mission changed forever
A personal tragedy preceded springing into action on Oct. 7 and beyond.
Behind the scenes of Justin Trudeau’s private meeting with rabbis in Vancouver on March 27
It started with Liberal MP Taleeb Noormohamed placing a call.
Charges laid after Toronto city councillor James Pasternak’s office received an antisemitic, ‘hate-filled’ message
Toronto city councillor James Pasternak said he and his staff were shocked when they heard a “profanity-laced hate rant” message on the office answering machine on March 9. “It was antisemitic, it was a hate-filled rant,” Pasternak said. Toronto police have charged Mehboob Rajwani, 64, from Markham, Ont. with uttering threats, indecent communication and criminal […]
Behind the scenes of a new Oscars commercial against antisemitism—primarily filmed in Toronto’s Kensington Market
It was so obvious from the outset the goal of the commercial was noble.
The study of global antisemitism is the focus of Canada’s first lab of its kind at the University of Toronto—headed by professors Anna Shternshis and Ron Levi
In the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, the subsequent war and the staggering rise of antisemitism around the world, Anna Shternshis, director of the University of Toronto’s Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies knew she had to do something. “The interest in the field of antisemitism increased. All over North America […]
Champion cyclist and IDF veteran Leah Goldstein felt ‘angry and heartbroken’ after being disinvited by a women’s festival
The event in Peterborough, Ont., has now been cancelled altogether.
Canada’s university presidents say a call for genocide is wrong, regardless of context—but don’t agree that calling for the destruction of Israel violates their codes of conduct
All 27 of Canada’s largest universities say that “a call for genocide” is a violation of their codes of conduct. But far fewer agree that a call for the eradication of the State of Israel is a violation—according to a survey of university presidents. Anthony Housefather, the Liberal MP for Mount Royal, and four colleagues […]
A legal letter demands an end to bullying and aggression against Jewish students at Concordia University
Concordia University and its student union have been served a formal legal letter demanding that threats of violence, harassment of Jewish students and antisemitic graffiti be stopped immediately. The letter was filed on behalf of ‘Student 1’ by Montreal lawyer Neil Oberman with the firm Spiegel Sohmer. It was sent to Concordia University President Graham […]
Vancouver police explain the statistics behind the surge in reported antisemitic incidents during the final months of 2023
A press conference on Jan. 16 saw the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) announcing that it has seen a sharp increase in hate crimes in the past three months, including a considerable spike in antisemitism— as well as millions of dollars in overtime costs—since the conflict in the Middle East began. “Sunday marked 100 days since […]
National Hockey League joins the call for the International Ice Hockey Federation to reverse its ban on Israeli teams in 2024 tournaments
The IIHF claimed it was about the safety and security of all players.
