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Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation of Jewish Community Centre in London, Ont.

January 31, 2017 (London, Ont.) The London Jewish Community Centre in London, Ont. was evacuated Tuesday morning after an unidentified person called in a bomb threat. Police were alerted to the threat at approximately 10:20 a.m. Emergency responders helped clear the community centre while paramedics stood by as a precaution, Const. Sandasha Bough told the London […]

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Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne Condemns Antisemitic Arabic Newspaper

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has condemned an antisemitic article appearing in a Southwestern Ontario publication. In an email sent to B’nai Brith Canada, Wynne did not mince words. “I want to condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the statements in the al-Saraha article that deny

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Ontario Arabic Newspaper Blames Jews for Holocaust

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada An article appearing in al-Saraha, a monthly Arabic newspaper distributed in London, Ont. engages in virulent antisemitism, Holocaust denial and homophobia, B’nai Brith Canada has discovered. Al-Saraha is recommended as a news outlet for new immigrants by the London and Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership, an official agency funded by

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