Sheldon Gordon
By Sheldon Gordon
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News Canada Jewry Takes a Sharp Turn to Right Republicans Can Only Dream About
Canada’s looming election is a contest about many things on the country’s agenda, but for the Canadian Jewish community, one aspect is leaping into sharp relief. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fiercest supporter among world leaders, Stephen Harper, is facing off against Justin Trudeau, a liberal (and large-L Liberal) with a renowned family name and…
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News Canada Stakes Out Strong Pro-Israel Stand
Canada’s foreign affairs minister, John Baird, reacted swiftly last month when word reached him that the Palestinian Authority’s envoy to Ottawa had promoted a YouTube video in which a Palestinian girl urged sympathizers to “destroy the Jews.” Linda Sobeh Ali’s re-Tweet of the video, Baird made clear, had ended her credibility as a diplomat in…
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News Historic Canadian Jewish Congress To Be Merged Into New Communal Group
The Canadian Jewish Congress, which has functioned as Canadian Jewry’s primary advocacy group since 1919, is being merged into a larger super-agency that is expected to put greater emphasis on Israel advocacy. The congress, which faced severe financial problems recently, will be combined with community bodies that lobby on behalf of Israel and that co-ordinate…
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News Conservatives Wooing Traditionally Liberal Canadian Jews
Leaflets mailed to homes in heavily Jewish districts of Canada?s major cities last November struck with uncharacteristic ferocity at the political party that Canadian Jews have long favored. Canada?s Liberal Party, the Conservative Party broadsides charged, had ?opposed defunding Hamas and asked that Hezbollah be delisted as a terrorist organization.? The Liberals had ?willingly participated?…
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News Anti-Israel Agitation Roils Canada’s Most Heavily Jewish College Campus
Toronto — York University, Canada’s third-largest college campus, used to be known fondly as Jew U because of the relatively high proportion of Jews among its students, faculty and donors. Lately, however, the suburban campus has lost some of its haimish atmosphere because of a series of incidents in which Israel has been harshly criticized….
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News Imprisoned in India, But Not Forgotten in Canada
Toronto – The imprisonment of a Canadian Jewish businessman in India has become a surprising cause celebre for the leaders of Montreal’s Jewish community. The imprisoned man is Saul Itzhayek, who has both Canadian and Israeli citizenship. Itzhayek was convicted and sentenced to three years last May for entering India from Nepal with an expired…
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News Spurred by Rwanda Genocide, Activist Makes ‘Love Thy Neighbor’ a Mission
Toronto – This past week, as Toronto struggled with its first major snowstorm of the winter, Ve’ahavta, Canada’s Jewish humanitarian and relief organization, took to the streets to comfort and feed the homeless. A van staffed by Jewish volunteers from the affluent suburbs made its way through the downtown core, distributing blankets, clothing and food….
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News B’nai Brith Canada Faces Revolt
Toronto — One of Canada’s foremost Jewish advocacy organizations is being shaken by an internal rebellion of members who say that the organization lacks “responsible governance.” A group calling itself Concerned Members of B’nai Brith Canada is challenging B’nai Brith Canada, a 132-year old service organization. The group of dissenters says that its members include…
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