Posts Tagged: Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs
‘Half Human’: Antisemitism Rampant in Ontario Public Schools, New Canadian Report Says
Antisemitism has been rampant in public schools of the Canadian province of Ontario since the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, massacre across southern...
Canadian University Leaders Need a Strong Moral Compass on Israel
In response to the horrific terror attack by Hamas in Israel last weekend, many Canadian universities issued cookie cutter, curt, and obfuscated messages to their...
Top Canadian Jewish Group ‘Shocked’ at Muslim Student Organization’s Invite to Speaker Who Expressed ‘Genocidal Antisemitism’
A top Canadian Jewish group expressed deep concern on Thursday regarding a speaker at a scheduled conference of Muslim students who has expressed violently antisemitic...
Leading Jewish Groups ‘Deeply Disappointed’ After Quebec Court Upholds Most of Religious Symbols Ban
Leading Jewish groups expressed disappointment on Wednesday after the Quebec Superior Court largely upheld a bill that effectively bans the wearing of religious symbols by...
Canadian Jews Urge PM Trudeau to Resume Past Policy of Opposing Raft of Anti-Israel UN Resolutions
Top Jewish organizations in Canada have written to the country’s prime minister and foreign minister asking them to resume a two-decade long tradition of voting...
Jewish Groups in North America and UK Commemorate Veterans Day
As Veterans Day was marked on Wednesday, Jewish organizations in North America and the United Kingdom honored service members, Jewish and non-Jewish, who fought throughout...
Toronto Officials Pursuing Charges Against Local Business Accused of Antisemitism
The city of Toronto has filed charges against a local food store and catering company for discriminating against the city’s Jewish residents, according to a...
Facebook Urged to Adopt International Antisemitism Definition
A coalition of 128 organizations has sent an open letter to Facebook's board of directors calling on the social media giant to officially adopt the...
‘I Couldn’t Believe My Eyes’: Horror as Elderly Toronto Man Found With Swastika Drawn on Head
In a bizarre and chilling incident earlier this week, an elderly disabled man was found with a swastika drawn on his head at a Toronto...
University of Toronto Union Condemned for Targeting Jewish Progressive, Calling Jewish Groups ‘Foreign’ Agents
A Canadian Jewish civil rights group is calling out a labor union at the University of Toronto over a series of "anti-Israel and antisemitic tweets,"...
Canadian NDP Party Leader Seeks ‘Very Strong’ Relationship With Jewish Community, Says BDS ‘Not Path to Peace’
Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada's New Democratic Party (NDP), recently spoke to members of the country's Jewish community on the rise in antisemitism and the...
Leading Canadian Jewish Group Decries Passage of Bill Banning Religious Symbols
A leading Canadian Jewish group has decried Monday's passage by the National Assembly of Quebec of a bill banning civil servants from wearing religious symbols. Bill...
Canadian High School Launches Probe, Removes Poster Alleging ‘Human Testing’ on Palestinians Following Antisemitism Concerns
Administrators at a high school in Ontario, Canada have launched an inquiry and removed a poster suggesting that Israel conducts "human testing" on Palestinians, after...
Antisemitic Hate Crime Suspect in Montreal Ordered to Stay Away From Jewish Institutions
A Montreal man facing hate crimes charges has been ordered to stay away from Jewish institutions as a condition of his bail. The Canadian Press reported...
