Tag: Canada

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...

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...

A new report from Canary Mission, an anti-Semitism watchdog group, documents how National Students for Justice in Palestine has now taken a position against the existence of the United States and Canada. “Students for Justice in Palestine...

A man has been arrested after a synagogue in Montreal was vandalized on Wednesday. Multiple swastikas were spray-painted on the front doors of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. The 16-year-old synagogue has been closed due to the...

A man has been arrested after a synagogue in Montreal was vandalized on Wednesday. Multiple swastikas were spray-painted on the front doors of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. The 16-year-old synagogue has been closed due to the...

In a landmark decision on Thursday, the Canadian Federal Court denied the refugee application of a Palestinian woman who worked for an organization that pays stipends to Palestinian terrorists and their families, reported the...

The Canadian Jewish News announced on Monday that it will relaunch its publication in January but will be online only. The announcement came in a report in The Canadian Jewish Record, a free online volunteer Jewish-news site launched in May...

A Jewish publication in Ottawa, Canada, is ceasing its print edition at the end of the year. The Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, which is run by the Jewish Federation of Ottawa and has suspended its print issues...

Canadian Jewish groups have expressed their disappointment in Canada voting for a pro-Palestinian resolution at the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday. The nonbinding resolution that passed with 163 countries in favor, five against and 10...

A city council in Ontario, Canada, unanimously adopted the widely accepted International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism on Monday. The Orillia City Council adopted the definition following an hour-long presentation by Holocaust survivor Max Eisen,...