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Toronto police make two arrests in antisemitic vandalism cases

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Michael Park, 35, reportedly frightened Toronto residents in 2021 when he walked through a park shirtless, displaying a swastika painted in black on the right side of his chest, similar to Edward Norton’s neo-Nazi...
The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Photo by Menachem Wecker.

Canada’s largest museum to change Palestinian ‘dispossession’ exhibit texts

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The exhibition "Being and Belonging," on view through Jan. 7 at the Royal Ontario Museum, features artworks by contemporary women artists "from the Islamic world and beyond," per the museum website, which hails the...
Israel Schachter with opera singer Andrea Bocelli in Tel Aviv. Credit: Courtesy.

In his philanthropic matchmaking, Israel Schachter reaches to the stars

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Driving an Aston Martin across a frozen Iceland lake. Meeting the pope. Golfing with a U.S. president. Sitting on stage during an Elton John concert. These are among the experiences—all benefiting charity—that Israel Schachter, 42,...
A Toronto police cruiser. Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock.

Canadian man who assaulted Jews is freed on probation

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The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center in Canada voiced its opposition to a decision by a Toronto court to free a man who pled guilty to three counts of hate-motivated assault. Michael Park, 33, who...
Toronto District School Board (TDSB) sign on the headquarters building in Toronto. Credit: JHVE Photo/Shutterstock.

Toronto schools confront wave of anti-Semitism

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Officials with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) are once again investigating incidents of Jew-hate on one of their campuses after graffiti was found at a middle school where students performed a “Hitler salute”...
A Toronto police cruiser. Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock.

Toronto man arrested, again charged for assault, anti-Semitic attack

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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 claiming that Jews were responsible for the Sept. 11 terror attacks was painted on a building in Toronto (pictured) and a highway overpass in Canada, September 2021. Source: Screenshot.

Graffiti in Toronto claims Jews were responsible for Sept. 11 terror attacks

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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”...
A Toronto police cruiser. Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock.

Canadian Jewish leaders raise alarm after string of anti-Semitic assaults in Toronto

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A Toronto man with a swastika tattoo on his chest was arrested for assault on a Jewish man and ticketed for other offenses aimed at the Jewish community during the past week. Michael Park, 32,...
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...
Toronto District School Board (TDSB) sign on the headquarters building in Toronto. Credit: JHVE Photo/Shutterstock.

Toronto school district employee distributes anti-Israel manual to educators

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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,...