Palestinian activists at Canada’s Concordia University are facing charges of cultural appropriation after organizing a “Passover Against Apartheid” event that included a discussion about an anti-Zionist revision to the holiday’s traditional “next year in Jerusalem” blessing. “This is more than Israel bashing. It’s an antisemitic slap in the face to every Jew and I think…
(JTA) — The student union at Ryerson University in Toronto has voted to adopt a broad definition of anti-Semitism. The definition adopted last week includes the denial of the Jewish right to self-determination, the application of double standards to the State of Israel, the comparison of contemporary Israeli policies to that of the Nazis, and the…
A Canadian undertaker living in the woods wrote to a local mom and offered to circumcise her son – but he should have had more foresight. Josh Chubbs, 23, is charged with performing and promoting unlicensed medical practice, according to CBC News. The mother said Chubbs was an acquaintance, according to CBC, which did not…
In The Canadian Jewish News, Janice Arnold reports that the Vancouver-based Institute for Women of Aviation Worldwide (IWAW), a non-profit sponsored partly by Air Canada, is honoring Hanna Reitsch for her barrier-breaking role as first woman helicopter pilot. “The problem,” writes Arnold, “is that Hanna Reitsch was a Nazi, and apparently an unrepentant one.” This…
(JTA) — The inhouse magazine for guests of a Japanese hotel chain contained an article with anti-Semitic statements written by the chain’s CEO. An article by Toshio Motoya of the APA Group in the February edition of Apple Town, the magazine for guests staying at the chain’s Canadian hotels, says that “Jewish people control American…
(JTA) — A former Canadian politician reported a swastika carved in the snow near her home in St. Vital, Manitoba. Chris Melnick, who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly, said she came upon the hate symbol last Thursday while walking her dog, CBC Radio Canada reported Tuesday. Underneath the symbol were the words “F–…
Police investigating the shooting at a Quebec mosque that killed six have narrowed down their list of suspects to one man who, based on social media activity and accounts of people who know him, has far-right, anti-immigrant sympathies. Authorities claim that Alexander Bissonnette, a student at the city’s Laval University, perpetrated the attack, calling in…
On January 29, a shooting occurred at the Sainte-Foy mosque in Quebec City that left six dead and many more injured. Authorities initially arrested two men after the attack, Alexandre Bissonnette and Mohamed El Khadir, but have since reported that only Bissonnette is being held as a suspect. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called…
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