(JTA) — A student group at McGill University admitted that it used anti-Semitic propaganda to prevent a Jewish candidate from being re-elected to the student government at the Montreal school. At a meeting last month of the General Assembly of the McGill’s Student Society, or SSMU, seven students were voted onto the board. But three…
(JTA) — The Jewish community in Canada is taking issue with new census figures showing the country’s Jewish population falling 56 percent over the past five years. The decline to 143,665 in 2016 from 329,500 in 2011 was the largest drop for any ethnic group recorded in the Statistics Canada census data released last week….
MONTREAL (JTA)—McGill University is investigating charges by Jewish groups and pro-Israel students that three undergrads are being barred from sitting on its undergrad student union board because they are too pro-Israel. At a Monday meeting of the General Assembly of the McGill’s Student Society, or SSMU, seven students were voted onto the board. But three…
(JTA) — Jewish leaders in Canada are debating a measure meant to prevent intolerance aimed at Muslims and other minorities. Earlier this month, the head of B’nai Brith Canada outlined his objections to M-103, a parliamentary motion passed earlier this year that “condemns Islamophobia and all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination.” The Standing Committee on…
A human trafficker has sued the Canadian attorney general because he was allegedly denied kosher meals in prison. Reza Moazami claims that he is half-Jewish and strictly follows his religious teachings. He was convicted of luring 11 teenage girls into prostitution by promising them drugs, alcohol and even a puppy. According to Moazami’s complaint, correctional…
MONTREAL (JTA) — A Canadian rabbi who participated in the planning of a Holocaust memorial monument whose plaque omitted any reference to Jews apologized for what he said was inattentiveness. Rabbi Daniel Friedman of Edmonton made the apology in an interview this week with the Ottawa Citizen about a gaffe that ended with the removal…
A rabbi who chaired the council that developed Canada’s new national Holocaust memorial has apologized after a plaque dedicated at the site by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not mention Jewish victims. On the day that Trudeau inaugurated the new memorial, which dedicated in his name, “we suddenly realized that an egregious error had been…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a plaque last week to inaugurate the country’s new National Holocaust Monument. There was just one problem—the plaque did not mention anti-Semitism or the Jewish people. “The National Holocaust Monument commemorates the millions of men, women, and children murdered during the Holocaust and honours the survivors who persevered and…
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