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What Universities Should Do to Prepare for the New Academic Year

As Jewish students, faculty, and staff prepare to return to campus in the fall, CIJA shared a unified framework for Canadian campus administrators to consider as they plan for the upcoming academic year.

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August 22, 2024

Mass bomb threat sent to dozens of Jewish institutions across Canada (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Multiple synagogues, Jewish community centers, and hospitals in Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa were targeted with an emailed bomb threat early Wednesday morning.

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August 22, 2024

“Stop hating Jews”: Ontario labour minister confronts CUPE president Fred Hahn (True North)

Prominent Canadian conservatives and Jewish community organizations are praising Ontario labour minister David Piccini after he confronted Ontario CUPE president Fred Hahn over his past anti-Israel comments.

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August 21, 2024

Canadian families of Oct. 7 victims sue to stop federal funding of UNRWA (Jewish News Syndicate)

A legal challenge filed in April against the Canadian government’s decision to resume financial support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) will need to cross a key hurdle this week or face dismissal.

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August 21, 2024

Canadian and Jewish leaders react to antisemitic bomb threat (NOW Toronto)

Canadian leaders and advocacy groups are reacting to a threatening mass email claiming bombs had been placed in numerous Jewish buildings across the country.

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August 21, 2024

Over 100 Canadian Jewish institutions, synagogues, targeted in mass bomb threat (The Jerusalem Post)

Thornhill MP Melissa Lantsman and Eglinton-Lawrence MP Marco Mendicino gave estimates on social media that between 100-125 Jewish institutions were targeted in the mass bomb threat.

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August 21, 2024

Une centaine de groupes juifs au Canada ont reçu mercredi un courriel de menaces (Courrier Frontenac, + syndication de La Presse Canadienne)

Plus de 100 synagogues, organismes et médecins juifs dans plusieurs villes du pays étaient en état d’alerte, mercredi, après avoir reçu le même courriel menaçant.

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August 21, 2024

Jewish institutions across Canada targeted in coordinated bomb threats (True North)

Authorities across Canada are responding to a coordinated series of bomb threats that targeted over 100 Jewish organizations, synagogues, and some hospitals early Wednesday morning.

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August 21, 2024

Leaders of Winnipeg Jewish congregation not surprised by mass bomb threat amid 'climate of hatred' (CBC)

Email was sent to 4 synagogues in city, Congregation Shaarey Zedek executive says

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August 21, 2024