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A series of pro-Palestinian rallies called “Glory to Our Martyrs” is taking place in Canadian cities following Israel's conflict with Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip from Aug. 5-7, 2022. Source: Screenshot.

FSWC calls for defunding Montreal student groups in ‘Glory to Our Martyrs’ rally

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Officials from the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center in Canada have written to the leaders of two Montreal schools, McGill University and Concordia University, asking them to defund student groups that are participating in...
A statue dedicated to Ukrainian Roman Shukhevych was defaced with the words "actual Nazi" in August 2021. Credit: Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center in Canada.

Canadian Jewish group renews campaign to remove World War II-era monuments

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The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center in Canada is renewing a call for the removal of two longstanding memorials in the Edmonton area that many say honor Nazi collaborators. The request comes after the...
Legislative Assembly of Ontario at Queens Park, Toronto, Canada. Credit: Andres Garcia Martin/Shutterstock.

Amid record spike in anti-Semitism, Ontario allocates funds to help ‘eradicate scourge’

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The government of Ontario, which includes the city of Toronto, is allocating $327,000 for teacher training and student support to combat anti-Semitism in the Canadian province. “Anti-Semitism is a scourge and historic evil that must...
Canadian flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Canada’s leading labor union secretly passes resolution to boycott Israel

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Canada’s largest labor union adopted “behind closed doors” a motion last week that supports a boycott of Israel after the resolution initially failed to garner support among members. The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) held its...
The University of Toronto. Credit: Marc Bruxelle/Shutterstock.

University of Toronto Jewish students claim anti-Semitic harassment, intimidation

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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...
Travis Patron. Credit: Canadian National Party.

Jewish group applauds arrest of Canadian Nationalist Party leader advocating hate

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Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) applauded the arrest of Canadian Nationalist Party leader Travis Patron, who has been charged with the willful promotion of hate in connection to an anti-Semitic video he created...
Orillia City Hall in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Ontario city council adopts universal definition of anti-Semitism

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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,...
Canadian flag. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Ontario school curriculum removes anti-Israel video

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Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced on Tuesday that an anti-Israel video was taken down from a Grade 10 online civics course. “Very concerned that this offensive material was on a learning website. Working with @gilamartow, I...
The Jaffari Center, a Shia mosque in the Toronto neighborhood of Thornhill. Source: Screenshot via Google Maps.

Jewish group calls on Toronto mosque to denounce anti-Semitic ‘prayers’

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Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) on Tuesday called on a Toronto-area mosque to publicly denounce anti-Semitic remarks broadcasted on its property over the weekend. A man using a loudspeaker at the Jaffari Center, a...