Anti-Semitic Incidents In Canada Rise To Record Number For 3rd Straight Year
B’nai Brith Canada officials said the rise in anti-Semitism seems to be a “new normal.”
Jewish Charity In Canada Audited For Giving Donor Money To IDF-Linked Projects
Canadian tax rules prohibit Canadian charities from funding the armed forces of another country.
Montreal’s First Jewish Mayor To Serve 1 Year In Prison For Fraud
MONTREAL — Montreal’s first Jewish mayor was handed a one-year prison term and two years probation following his January conviction on eight counts of corruption, breach of trust, and fraud. “I can guarantee you and my family that I will be a better person when I come out,” Michael Applebaum said in provincial court…
‘Punch A Zionist’ Tweeter Quits McGill Student Government
MONTREAL — The McGill University student who tweeted “punch a Zionist today” gave up his last remaining student government title, citing “personal reasons related to mental health.” Igor Sadikov, 22, a political science major at the Montreal school, resigned last week from the Student Society legislative council. Sadikov, who had described his Feb. 6 Twitter…
Montreal Police Investigate Hate-Filled Sermon At Mosque — Again
MONTREAL — Police have been asked for the second time in three weeks to investigate a newly-found video hate sermon against Jews coming from the same local mosque. Only this time the imam is different. The video, released online Tuesday by the Middle East Media Research Institute, shows Sheikh Wael Al-Ghitawi in November, 2014, delivering a…
‘Punch A Zionist’ Tweeter Quits McGill Student Government
MONTREAL — Igor Sadikov, the student politician who called on his Twitter followers to “punch a Zionist today,” stepped down as a director of McGill University’s student government one day after the university’s Arts Undergraduate Society voted against impeaching him. The 22-year-old political science student blamed “interference” by the McGill administration, he said in a statement Thursday…
McGill Students Vote 22-16 Against Ousting ‘Punch A ZIonist’ Councilmember
MONTREAL — McGill University’s Arts Undergraduate Society voted not to impeach Igor Sadikov for his “’punch a Zionist today” tweet earlier this month. On Wednesday evening, the society voted 22-16 with seven abstentions on the fate of Sadikov, also a member of the student legislative council at the Montreal university. Since his original post…
Montreal Imam Says ‘Destroy The Accursed Jews’ In Viral Video
MONTREAL Montreal police are investigating a three-year-old video that shows an imam at a local mosque calling on Allah to “destroy the accursed Jews” and to kill them “one by one.” The video, which went viral after being released Feb. 8 onto social media, appeared less than three weeks after six Muslim worshippers…
McGill Student Leader Doubles Down On ‘Punch a Zionist’
MONTREAL (JTA) — A McGill University student leader who advised on Twitter to “punch a Zionist today” is refusing to resign or retract the comment amid rising Jewish anger on campus against him. Council member Igor Sadikov did not relent at what was described as a “tense” meeting of the student union legislative council on Thursday. According to witnesses…
McGill Student Leader: ‘Punch A Zionist Today’
MONTREAL (JTA) — A student union leader at McGill University urged people on Twitter to “punch a Zionist today.” Igor Sadikov, a member of the legislative council, posted the tweet Monday, prompting calls for the third-year political science major to resign from his elected post. “This is clear incitement to violence, which should not be…
