Canada

Meeting the isolated Jewish communities of northern Canada

These remote Jewish communities may not make headlines, but their stories are no less significant.

By NOAM BEDEIN
08/12/2024

Quebec colleges surprised by gov't investigation on campus Middle East climate

Quebec Higher Education Minister Pascale Dery announced that Dawson College and Vanier College would be investigate on social media.

Anti-Zionist Jews occupy Ottawa parliament demanding arms embargo

Around a hundred activists were joined by at least two NDP politicians at the Canadian parliament protest.

A window is pictured with the Star of David in a new synagogue in Cottbus, Germany

Toronto synagogue faces ongoing vandalism, seventh attack in months

Kehillat Shaarei Torah has had its windows smashed with rocks, hammers, its signs graffitied and set on fire, and a dead raccoon placed on its property.

Antisemitic graffiti on an Australian Jewish cafe

Toronto transit chief appeals to police as antisemitic graffiti skyrockets

Hundreds of customers had complained to the TTC about antisemitic defacement of stop poles, shelters, and vehicles.

The Canada we loved is disappearing with the normalization of Nazi and jihadist activity

Our community has long been aware of its antisemitic past, particularly during the Holocaust when Canada shamefully accepted only a negligible number of Jewish refugees.

28/11/2024

ICC decision breaches its own foundational principles, says former minister

“To me, that was a breach of his own principle of cooperation, let alone also the principle of complementarity,” he emphasized.

By FELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE
27/11/2024

CIJA calls on Canadian government to immediately act against surging antisemitism

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs called on the government to move quickly before it is too late, following mass antisemitic protests in Montreal last week.

Trudeau condemns violent Montreal protest over antisemitism and burning of Netanyahu effigy

“What we saw on the streets of Montreal last night was appalling,” Trudeau said in a statement on Saturday. “Acts of antisemitism, intimidation, and violence must be condemned wherever we see them.”

By BEN SALES/JTA
25/11/2024

Canada's Trudeau condemns violent anti-Israel protests as NATO meets in Montreal

Videos and pictures posted to social media showed masked rioters burning flares and battering storefront windows.

By REUTERS
23/11/2024
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