Advocacy

City News October 26, 2023 https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-toronto-councillor-urges-tdsb-parents-to-stop-their-kids-protests-against-israel?s=09   Many in the city’s Jewish community question whether TTC buses honking along with Thursday’s pro-Palestinian protests by high school students were meant to support the largest terror attack in Israel’s history. Certainly, the other vehicles passing by Cedarbrae Collegiate in Scarborough were honking in favour of demonstrators against […]

City News October 26, 2023 ‘A great soul’: Funeral for Montrealer killed in Israel during Hamas attack   A final goodbye for Montrealer Alexandre Look, a 33-year-old vacationing in Israel on Oct. 7 when he was killed in the Hamas attack at an outdoor festival. Friends and loved ones paying their respects on Thursday at

The Toronto Sun October 27, 2023 https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-while-its-unclear-if-bikers-for-hamas-ride-is-real-no-chances-are-being-taken   It’s billed as a motorcycle ride in support of Hamas to ride through Jewish communities to intimidate them. It doesn’t sound legitimate at first look. It’s such a heinous social media posting that it’s difficult to believe it could possibly be true. But with a view of taking no chances, and just in case a

The Toronto Sun October 26, 2023 https://torontosun.com/news/national/warmington-writer-who-said-jews-can-stay-but-zionist-ideology-cant-no-longer-with-ctv?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&Echobox=1698342748&s=09   Yara Jamal can still hold her opinion that the “Zionist” state of Israel “cannot” exist, but it won’t be as an employee of CTV. Word came Thursday that a staffer listed on the CTV Atlantic web page as a “web writer and production assistant” who said “Zionist

Montreal Gazette Published Oct 24, 2023 https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/no-need-to-hide-your-religion-police-chief-tells-montreals-jewish-community Montreal police Chief Fady Dagher addressed members of Montreal’s Jewish community directly Monday, reassuring them that despite local tensions caused by the Israel-Hamas war, they have no reason to hide their religion or change their behaviour in this city. In a 30-minute information meeting attended via Zoom by

Times Colonist Published Oct 23, 2023 https://www.timescolonist.com/national-news/lines-have-been-crossed-groups-condemn-protests-at-jewish-businesses-event-7723843 OTTAWA — The leaders of two prominent Canadian Jewish groups are questioning the approach police and Crown prosecutors are using when it comes to protests that have been condemned for targeting a Jewish business in Toronto and an antisemitism conference in Ottawa. Videos shared on social media showed