A suburban mayor is defending his municipality’s proposal to make it illegal to damage or remove posters of hostages being held in Gaza since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Hampstead Mayor Jeremy Levi announced on Nov. 2 that the town council will adopt a bylaw introducing a $1,000 fine against anyone found vandalizing or […]

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Jewish students attending public high schools, particularly in Toronto and York Region, say rising anti-Israel sentiment among their peers is leaving them frustrated, and sometimes scared. A Grade 9 boy witnessed a Nazi salute at his downtown Toronto school.  A Grade 11 girl found herself avoiding parts of her east end neighbourhood where a former […]

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The remnants of two molotov cocktails were found early Tuesday morning at Jewish buildings in the Montreal suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeaux. One was thrown at the entrance of Congregation Beth Tikvah, as part of an apparent attempted arson attack. The second was found across the street at the West Island office of Federation CJA. Montreal police […]

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