Tag: Canada
Toronto school district employee distributes anti-Israel manual to educators
A staffer with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is current on paid leave after reportedly sending out an anti-Israel manual to local educators.
According to a May 22 report in the Toronto Sun, Javier DaVila,...
University of Toronto Jewish students claim anti-Semitic harassment, intimidation
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies is calling on University of Toronto president Meric Gertler to launch a “thorough, third-party investigation” into reports by Jewish students in the university’s medical school that...
Canada joins US, Australia in steering clear of events related to 20 years of...
The Canadian government said on Thursday that it will not participate in upcoming events marking the 20th anniversary of a U.N.-sponsored anti-racism conference that singled out Israel for criticism.
The announcement was made on the...
Canadian court overturns barring ‘product of Israel’ labels on Judea, Samaria wine
A Canadian federal appeals court reversed a lower court’s decision that barred “Product of Israel” labels for wines produced in Judea and Samaria.
In July of 2020, the Federal Court of Canada had ruled that it was...
Canada’s third-largest party endorses boycott of Israel
Members of Canada’s progressive New Democratic Party (NDP) have voted overwhelmingly to endorse a boycott against Israel during its recent party convention.
At its virtual party convention on April 10, the NDP—the third-largest party in...
Words of hate scrawled on Yom Hashoah on Vancouver Island Chabad House
Law enforcement in Canada has identified a person of interest, one of two, who vandalized the Chabad House on Vancouver Island on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
“A suspect has come forward and been identified in relation...
Canadian Jewish students call on universities to adopt anti-Semitism definition
More than 140 Jewish students have signed an open letter calling on Canadian post-secondary institutions to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism.
It would “help administrators better identify and meaningfully combat” anti-Semitism on campus, reads...
Canadian Jews remain most targeted for religious hate crimes, report finds
Jews remained by far the most targeted religious group for hate crimes in Canada, according to the Canadian government’s annual survey of police-reported hate crimes.
The report found that there were 1,946 police-reported hate crimes in Canada...
Canadian Jewish groups urge political party to reject push to overturn IHRA definition
Canadian Jewish groups are urging the New Democratic Party (NDP) to reject a push by members to overturn the party’s support for the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism.
In a letter spearheaded by the Centre for...
Canadian Jews slam T-shirts comparing coronavirus vaccines to Holocaust
The Jewish community in Canada is outraged over a T-shirt created by a Vancouver woman that attempts to compare vaccinations against COVID-19 to the Holocaust, Canadian television network CTV News reported on Saturday.
TV producer Susan Standfield...