‘Heil Hitler’ salutes, swastikas and Holocaust COVID incidents reported at two Toronto public schools
Officials from two public schools in heavily Jewish neighbourhoods in Toronto have sent letters home to families reporting “upsetting and unacceptable” incidents of antisemitism against Jewish students last week. According to the Toronto District School Board, two separate cases happened at Charles H. Best Junior Middle School, on Wilmington Avenue in Bathurst Manor. A Grade […]
This graffiti was found outside the Elgin Street courthouse in Ottawa
Ottawa’s Jewish community was shocked to wake up and learn that homophobic and antisemitic graffiti had been spray painted at the courthouse on Elgin Street on Nov. 15. A swastika was painted on the sign outside the courthouse. Homophobic graffiti was also painted on the side of the building. Ottawa Police Service said they were […]
Swastika drawn on dementia patient in care facility has family alarmed
As anti-Semitic incidents go, the one involving dementia patient Larry Morrow must rank as one of the most bizarre.
Your Daily Spiel For August 9
Since last night, 180 rockets have been fired from Gaza into southern Israel; an Israeli biotechnology firm has developed a new-generation fertility treatment; an Israeli-Kenyan runner won the women’s 10,000-meter at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.
Residents take town to court over Swastika Trail
The residents say the name “Swastika Trail” is offensive and that the town’s decision to retain it was flawed.
No decision to keep the name ‘Swastika’ is a right one
B’nai Brith responds to Michael Taube’s recent op-ed on the efforts by Jewish groups to have the street name Swastika Trail changed.
Ontario town votes to keep Swastika Trail
The town council in Puslinch, Ont., voted 4-1 in favour of keeping the name of a southern Ontario street called Swastika Trail.
Residents of small town split over renaming street called Swastika Trail
Jewish groups are supporting some residents in the Ontario township of Puslinch who want to rename a local street.
Toronto day school targeted with swastika
On Monday morning, staff at Associated Hebrew School’s Kamin Education Centre in Toronto found a swastika painted on a public sidewalk near the school.
Quebec town to keep anchor embossed with swastika – with explanation
A village west of Montreal says it will provide fuller, more accurate information next to an anchor that bears an embossed swastika and is on display in a public park.
