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Israel at War, Day 237: Red Crescent Says Two Employees Killed in Israeli Rafah Strike (Haaretz)

U.S. officials tells Haaretz hostages won't survive seven more months after Israel's national security adviser says the war will last at least until end of 2024

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May 30, 2024

Toronto Leaders Rally at Jewish School Where Shots Were Fired Over Shabbat (Haaretz)

Toronto Mayor called the act 'despicable' and 'antisemitic' as law enforcement continue their investigation of the shooting

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May 30, 2024

Police investigating another shooting at Jewish school in Montreal (The Jewish Chronicle)

Just days after two men fired shots into a Jewish school in Toronto, police in Montreal are investigating a shooting at a boys’ school there.

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May 30, 2024

Montreal police investigating after Jewish school hit by at least one bullet (The Globe and Mail)

Montreal police were investigating Thursday after a Jewish school in the city was hit by gunfire, only days after a Toronto Jewish girls school was also the target of a shooting.

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May 30, 2024

Shooting attack on Montreal Jewish school sparks outrage (Jewish News Syndicate)

Police have pledged to increase their presence at Jewish schools across the city as a precautionary measure after the incident, the second of the kind in Canada in recent days.

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May 30, 2024

Political leaders denounce latest shooting at a Jewish school in Montreal (Montreal Gazette)

Members of the Jewish community call for police to act against what they describe as rising antisemitism in the city.

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May 30, 2024

I Went To Jesse Brown’s Talk On ‘Antisemitism In Canadian Media’ (The Maple)

On May 27, the world was reeling in horror at the videos from Gaza following Israeli airstrikes on the supposed safe zone in Rafah that killed at least 45 Palestinians, including beheading a child. In downtown Toronto, people protested outside the Israeli consulate. Further north in the city at a synagogue, however, outrage was mostly directed elsewhere, including Toronto Star columnist Shree Paradkar’s tweets.

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May 30, 2024

Vancouver comics festival bans Jewish artist Miriam Libicki over past IDF service (Jewish Telegraphic Agency Syndication)

A comic-book festival in Vancouver said it has banned an Israeli-American artist because of her past service in the Israel Defense Forces, after apologizing for allowing her to participate this year.

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May 30, 2024

Jewish organizations demand action after Montreal Jewish school hit by gunfire (Toronto Star + The Canadian Press Syndication)

Jewish advocacy organizations on Thursday called on authorities to act to protect their communities after bullet holes were discovered at a Jewish school in Canada for the second time in a week.

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May 30, 2024