Change requires sensitivity and time for adjustment
All I have asked of him is to call me a couple of times a day. Even a text will do, but he continuously ignores my calls, voice messages and texts.
York lab technician fired for anti-Semitic Facebook posts
A York University staff member was fired for sharing numerous public anti-Semitic posts and comments on his Facebook page. Nikolaos Balaskas, a laboratory technologist in York’s department of physics and astronomy, was “terminated with cause” Sept. 14, after York’s administration investigated a complaint launched by B’nai Brith Canada. According to a termination letter addressed to Balaskas […]
Winnipeg Hillel under new leadership after brief shutdown
After a brief hiatus, Hillel is back in business on Winnipeg’s two university campuses under a new director, former Torontonian Arielle Branitsky. Last spring, following the end of university classes, the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg temporarily shut down the universities’ Hillel program. In an interview last month, federation CEO Elaine Goldstine said her organization was […]
Jewish pride on campus is under siege and it’s time to fight back
Over 300,000 Jewish college students have arrived or will arrive shortly on Canadian and American campuses — and what they experience there is likely not only to broaden their minds and uproot long-held assumptions, but shake their Jewish selves to the core, writes Arnold M. Eisen
Holocaust-denying leaflets distributed across Australian campuses
Leaflets distributed at Australian universities claiming that the Holocaust never happened have been referred to university authorities for investigation and led to calls for tougher action against racism on university campuses
York U staffer under investigation for anti-Semitic posts
York University is investigating a faculty member for his public, anti-Semitic Facebook posts. Adir Krafman, Hillel Ontario’s associate director of advocacy and strategic communications, said he was tipped off by a student that Nikolaos Balaskas, a laboratory technologist in York’s department of physics and astronomy, was sharing posts and comments that contained “some of the […]
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 […]
Are we in for a rough year on campus?
It may very well be another difficult year for supporters of Israel on campus, writes Yoni Goldstein
Be ready to defend Israel on campus
Gil Troy: Jewish students are returning to campus or starting their university adventure. Unfortunately, rather than simply celebrating, we also must gird for another fight over the nefarious movement to boycott democratic Israel
Hasbara Fellowships files rights complaint over UOIT exclusion
After Hasbara Fellowships was excluded in March from participating in a social justice-themed campus event because of the group’s “ties to Israel,” Robert Walker, the Canadian director of the organization, decided he wasn’t going to take the discrimination lying down. On July 29, Hasbara Fellowships filed a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (OHRT) […]
