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Quebec will investigate campus climate at Dawson, Vanier CEGEPs (The Montreal Gazette)

Higher Education Minister Pascale Déry says her office has received multiple complaints from students that they do not feel safe on campus.

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December 03, 2024

Canada supports another UN motion critical of Israel, continuing policy change by Liberals (National Post, + The Canadian Press Syndication)

The motion called out 'terror against civilians on all sides' but did not name Hamas or any other Palestinian terrorist group, drawing criticism from Israel advocates

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December 03, 2024

Il est temps d’en finir avec l’exemption religieuse (Le Journal de Montréal)

Peut-on répandre la haine et inciter à la violence tout en étant de bonne foi? Peut-on souhaiter librement l’anéantissement d’un groupe en plaidant qu’il s’agissait d’une simple prière? À ces questions devrait s’imposer une réponse logique, non? Malheureusement, ce n’est pas comme ça que ça marche au Canada.

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December 03, 2024

Le Canada vote à nouveau pour un texte de l’ONU critique envers Israël (Ici Radio-Canada, + syndication de La Presse Canadienne)

Le Canada a une nouvelle fois enfreint sa politique de plusieurs années et a voté pour une motion des Nations unies critiquant Israël, en raison de préoccupations concernant la viabilité d'une solution fondée sur la coexistence de deux États.

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December 03, 2024

Quebec to investigate two colleges over safety complaints around Middle East conflict (CTV News Montreal, + The Canadian Press Syndication)

The Quebec government is launching an investigation of two English-language junior colleges in Montreal over complaints that the conflict in the Middle East has created an unsafe climate on campus.

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December 03, 2024

Rabbi Adam Scheier says Montreal police are protecting protesters ahead of the Jewish community (The Canadian Jewish News)

The rabbi at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim has denounced a series of incidents in which bystanders going about their daily lives are singled out by Montreal police—and asked to bear responsibility for keeping scenes peaceful—rather than dedicating their attention to those causing unrest during protests.

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December 03, 2024

CIJA CEO Testimony to Senate Committee on Human Rights

On December 2, 2024, CIJA's President and CEO, Shimon Koffler Fogel, testified at the Senate Committee for Human Rights and Justice, outlining for the senate what most of us know...Read More

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December 03, 2024

Toronto transit chief appeals to police as antisemitic graffiti skyrockets (The Jerusalem Post)

Hundreds of customers had complained to the TTC about antisemitic defacement of stop poles, shelters, and vehicles.

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December 02, 2024

Montreal commemorates Yom HaPlitim, a day to remember Jewish refugees from Arab lands (The Canadian Jewish News)

In the city where more than 60 percent of the 37,000 Canadian Sephardis live,more than 200 people turned out to mark the occasion, with representatives of Federation CJA, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), Sephardi Voices and the Communauté Sépharade Unifiée du Québec (CSUQ) gathering on Nov. 28—two days before the date officially designated by the Israeli government as Yom HaPlitim

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December 02, 2024