B’nai Brith conducted a cross-country checkup where Canadian politicians promised to do more to fight antisemitism
The justice ministers of the two Prairie provinces that this fall adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism say the next step is implementation of its objectives in a practical way. Tyler Shandro of Alberta, whose United Conservative Party government endorsed the definition in September, told a virtual B’nai Brith Canada […]
‘It would have been better had they done nothing,’ says the Jewish Federation of Ottawa’s CEO about recent school board training around antisemitism
The Ottawa Carleton District School Board did not consult the Jewish community or even its own Jewish employees before hiring a consultant who was “wholly unqualified to educate about anti-Jewish hate,” the Jewish Federation of Ottawa charges. “Things that aren’t acceptable with any other minority group are acceptable when it comes to the Jews. And […]
The mission that’s motivating Alexandra Lulka Rotman to seek re-election as a Toronto public school trustee—even after she felt exasperated by antisemitism in 2021
Why she’s putting last winter’s fight with the TDSB behind her to run again
Ottawa cancels funding for anti-racism group over consultant Laith Marouf’s violent and antisemitic online statements
The federal government has withdrawn a six-figure grant for an organization that employs an individual who has been accused of making multiple violent, antisemitic remarks online. Laith Marouf, a Palestinian-Syrian activist who resides in Beirut, is a senior consultant with the Montreal-based Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC), which received $133,822 as part of Canadian Heritage’s […]
McGill student Jonah Fried sues his university and student union for anti-Israel referendum that was ‘discriminatory, biased and antisemitic’
A Jewish and Zionist McGill student is suing his student union, a pro-Palestinian campus club, and the university administration for allegedly failing to protect him from the discrimination and harassment he suffered as a result of a referendum condemning Israel this past semester. In his deposition in Quebec Superior Court, Jonah Fried names as defendants […]
How did a few Israeli Jews end up settling down as ‘sourdough’ in the Yukon?
Why there are enough Israelis living in Whitehorse now to have a Minyan.
Montreal police arrested a youth for the assault on a man carrying an Israeli flag
The person arrested in connection with an assault in May on a Montreal man carrying an Israeli flag is a minor and his identity will not be released, police said on July 20. They are not looking for any other suspects in the incident. A 15-year-old was released and will appear in youth court at […]
Montreal police make an arrest after the assault of a man carrying an Israeli flag
Montreal police have made an arrest in connection with an incident on May 5 in which two young men assaulted an older man on the street in broad daylight, following a rally celebrating Israel’s independence. Last month, the force’s hate crimes unit made an appeal for the public’s help in finding the two alleged perpetrators. […]
McGill University’s antisemitism and Islamophobia probe cites BDS as a key source of tension
A McGill University administration investigation cites the “polarizing” debate around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in particular the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign, as causing both Jewish and Muslim students to feel they are targets of discrimination. In its final report released June 30, the Initiative Against Islamophobia and Antisemitism (IAIAS) states: “Unquestionably, the most fraught […]
Obituary: Irving Abella, 82, was a Canadian historian who revealed why Canada kept Jews out during the Holocaust
![Irving Abella speaks at the launch of Jewish Heritage Month. [Leigh Brown photo]](https://thecjn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/abella.jpg)
The co-author of ’None is Too Many’ died July 3.
