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Yet Another Toronto Jewish Teacher Greeted with Hitler Salutes

Feb. 25, 2022 TORONTO – For the third time this month, students at a Toronto public elementary school have performed the Hitler salute in class, this time targeting a Jewish teacher in a Grade 6 classroom. The latest incident occurred Thursday at Pleasant Public School in North York, Ont. The victim, a substitute teacher who …

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B’nai Brith Applauds TDSB for Swift Action on Yellow-Star Case but Our Concerns Remain

TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada applauds the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) for removing a teacher from the classroom after comparing vaccine passports to the yellow Star of David that Jews were forced to wear in the Holocaust. The interim principal at Ledbury Park Elementary and Middle School in Toronto informed parents last week that the teacher was …

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Act NOW to Support a Jewish Trustee under Attack

Dec. 05, 2021 TORONTO — B’nai Brith Canada is standing in solidarity with a Jewish trustee of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) who is facing persecution for speaking out against antisemitism. In May, in the midst of a controversy over materials distributed by TDSB equity advisor Javier Dávila, trustee Alexandra Lulka took to social …

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B’nai Brith Outraged by Impunity over Openly Pro-Terrorism School Emails

July 16, 2021 TORONTO — B’nai Brith Canada is outraged by the apparent reinstatement without discipline of a Toronto school employee who sent materials to teachers justifying the murder of Israeli civilians. Javier Dávila, a Student Equity Program Advisor with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), sent two emails to a listserv comprised of TDSB educators in May, …

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Jewish Heritage Month Banner Restored at Toronto School

May 23, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – A banner proclaiming Jewish Heritage Month has been restored to the main foyer of a Toronto high school, following intense grassroots activism by Jewish students. The banner had been removed Tuesday after the principal at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute deemed it “too controversial,” …

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