Tag: Canada
B’nai Brith Canada marks uptick in anti-Semitism for sixth year in row
For the sixth consecutive year, the number of anti-Semitic incidents in Canada has increased according to an audit by B’nai Brith Canada.
According to the report, a total of 2,799 incidents were recorded in 2021—up 7% from...
Canada to outlaw Holocaust denial, downplaying of Nazi persecution of Jews
The federal government in Canada is set to make Holocaust denial and the downplaying of the murder of Jews by the Nazis a criminal offense except in private conversation, reported The Canadian Press.
Language outlawing Holocaust...
McGill administrators push back against student passage of Palestine Solidarity Policy
Administrators at McGill University in Montreal are demanding that the Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) take “remedial action” after the passage of a Palestine Solidarity Policy earlier this week.
Saying that the policy “calls for several...
Jewish students convey concern over anti-Israel measures passed at two Montreal universities
Jewish students and community groups are decrying the passage this week of anti-Israel measures at two Montreal schools of higher education, Concordia University and McGill University.
“We strongly condemn discriminatory votes targeting Israel at Concordia...
Montreal Holocaust Museum initiates $80 million project to relocate to Jewish Quarter
The Montreal Holocaust Museum has undertaken an $80 million project to relocate into a new space in the city’s historic Jewish community.
The building on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in Le Plateau-Mont-Royal will feature interactive holograms of Holocaust survivors...
University of Toronto working group on anti-Semitism comes up short, insist Jewish leaders
The University of Toronto will adopt all the recommendations from its working group on anti-Semitism at the school, but Jewish groups say the recommendations, and the report itself, don’t go nearly far enough to...
Canada will make special envoy on anti-Semitism permanent position
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that his government will make the special envoy on preserving Holocaust remembrance and combating anti-Semitism a permanent position and bolster the role with more resources.
Trudeau made the announcement...
Last Canadian suspected of Nazi war crimes dies before he can be deported
Helmut Oberlander, 97, the last Canadian facing allegations of Nazi war crimes, died on Monday before the federal government could complete its 26-year-effort to deport him, according to Canadian media reports.
Oberlander had been in...
Toronto man arrested, again charged for assault, anti-Semitic attack
A Canadian man responsible for a number of anti-Semitic attacks within the last few months was recently arrested and charged in relation to another hate-motivated assault, B’nai Brith Canada reported.
On Friday, Michael Park, 32, approached a woman at...
Graffiti in Toronto claims Jews were responsible for Sept. 11 terror attacks
Graffiti claiming that Jews were responsible for the Sept. 11 terror attacks was painted on a building in Toronto and a highway overpass in Canada over the weekend.
Among the writing was “Jews did 911”...