CIJA in the News

Activists praise Ismail Haniyeh at Montreal, Toronto rallies (The Jerusalem Post)

During the "night of rage" event later that evening, speakers said that they would never recognize Israel and glorified Haniyeh and other terrorists who died fighting against Israel.

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August 06, 2024

Pour le Québec, contre la haine (La Presse)

La vague d’actes antisémites qui s’est manifestée depuis le 7 octobre dernier à Montréal a ébranlé la communauté juive. Le président du conseil d’administration de la Fédération CJA en témoigne. Fier d’habiter au Québec, il se dit plus motivé que jamais à tisser des liens avec ses voisins.

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August 05, 2024

Toronto police seek Scream mask vandal for anti-Israel graffiti at Jewish sites (The Jerusalem Post)

In footage released by police, a person in a Ghostface mask spray painted a sign before fleeing the scene. The suspect is the lone suspect in several incidents in the cities of Vaughan and Markham.

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August 04, 2024

Signs at two Toronto synagogues torched overnight in hate-motivated crime spree (The Canadian Jewish News)

Signs on the properties of two Toronto synagogues were lit on fire early on the morning of July 31, the latest in a string of fires at Jewish institutions this week. At Kehillat Shaarei Torah, an Orthodox congregation, three signs for the UJA and JNF were set ablaze, as well as one sign for the UJA at Temple Sinai Congregation, which is Reform.

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July 31, 2024

Plante served over pro-Palestinian electronic signs (The Suburban)

Spigel Sohmer senior partner Neil Oberman has served Mayor Valérie Plante by bailiff regarding electronic signs normally used in construction areas that were used by pro-Palestinian activists to convey anti-Israel hate messages.

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July 31, 2024

Violent, Anti-Israel Vandalism Defaces Neighborhood Near Synagogue in Canada

Threatening pro-Hamas messages were graffitied near a Calgary synagogue and Jewish day school on Saturday night, Canadian Jewish organizations announced on Monday, and the Calgary Beth Tzedec Congregation told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

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July 31, 2024

‘The flood is coming': Threatening pro-Hamas graffiti left near Calgary synagogue (The Jerusalem Post)

The Calgary Federation said on social media that the reference emphasized an “insidious” intent to intimidate the community.

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July 30, 2024

Trudeau Government Silent As School Bus Torched In Wave Of Antisemitic Attacks In Toronto (Ottawa Life Magazine)

Recent attacks on Jewish sites in Toronto have raised alarm and prompted more criticism of the Trudeau government for its lack of action on antisemitism in Canada. On Monday morning, a school bus parked in a Jewish neighbourhood was set ablaze in what police are investigating as an arson attack.

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July 30, 2024

Canada’s kosher meat packers won in federal court. How will this affect the Jewish community? (The Canadian Jewish News)

Last week, the Federal Court of Canada sided with Jewish communities in Montreal and Toronto in their dispute with the federal government over new biological guidelines covering how cows are slaughtered. On July 24, the judge granted kosher meat producers a temporary injunction, effectively pausing the enforcement of new guidelines that are aimed at ensuring animals don’t feel undue pain when they’re killed.

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July 29, 2024

Glorification du terrorisme et des discours haineux dans nos rues: où sont les limites? (Le Journal de Montréal)

La démocratie n’est-elle pas en droit de se défendre contre ses ennemis, et ne doit-elle pas empêcher que l’on retourne contre elle la liberté d’expression dont elle est la gardienne?

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July 29, 2024

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