David Lazarus
By David Lazarus
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Fast Forward 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. “I have never…
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Fast Forward 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…
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Fast Forward Verzijl Masterpiece Looted by Nazis Returned to Jewish Collector’s Foundation
MONTREAL (JTA) — The FBI returned a Nazi-looted painting to officials of the Montreal-based foundation named for the German Jewish art dealer whose gallery once owned it. At a ceremony Wednesday at New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage, Jan Franse Verzijl’s “Young Man as Bacchus” was handed over to the Max and Iris Stern Foundation…
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Fast Forward Montreal Hasids Threaten Lawsuit Over Ban on New Houses of Worship
MONTREAL —Hasidic Jews in Montreal’s tony Outremont borough are vowing to go to court after a referendum upheld a bylaw banning new places of worship. “It’s very disappointing,” Hasidic leader Abraham Ekstein told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The bylaw, passed last year, was upheld Sunday by a vote of 1,561 to 1,202. The basis for…
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Fast Forward Montreal Chabad Center Faces Probe Over Ties to Gambling Firm
MONTREAL — Quebec securities officials are investigating possible connections between a Montreal Chabad group and an alleged money laundering scam involving the ex-CEO of Amaya Inc., the world’s largest publicly traded online gambling company. David Baazov, ,35, faces charges filed in March that he tried to influence the Amaya stock price by using privileged information….
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