Latest updates from CIJA

University of British Columbia’s senate defeated a motion to cut ties with Israeli universities (The Canadian Jewish News)

By a vote of 49 to 16, the Vancouver Senate of the University of British Columbia rejected a motion put forward June 3 at a special meeting—the first held at the school during the 2023-24 academic year—to cut or suspend ties with Israeli government entities, including public universities, after discussing the issue for 90 minutes.

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June 07, 2024

Antisemitism is fuelling terrorism (Kingston This Week, + Postmedia Syndication)

Unchecked hate speech and open demonstrations of antisemitism in Canada are fuelling terrorist attacks on the Jewish community in this once-peaceful liberal democracy.

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June 06, 2024

WARMINGTON: Canada must not gloss over or ignore 'The List' of attacks on Jews (Toronto Sun, + Postmedia Syndication)

This list shows there is an organized pattern across the country of trying to terrorize the Jewish community

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June 06, 2024

B.C. teachers’ union denies Holocaust education group funds, recognition: advocates (Toronto Star, + The Canadian Press Syndication)

Jewish organizations say the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation has denied specialist recognition of a Holocaust education group, making it ineligible to receive union funding as a teaching resource.

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June 06, 2024

Branch of BCTF Moves to Deny Resources to Holocaust and Antisemitism Education

Vancouver, BC – June 5, 2024 – In what is being described as a stunning move, a branch of the BC Teachers Federation (BCTF) today told the Holocaust and Antisemitism Educators Association...Read More

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June 05, 2024

Antisémitisme: des organisations juives sonnent l’alarme après une nouvelle fusillade (L'actualité + syndication de La Presse Canadienne)

Des organisations juives de défense ont appelé les autorités à agir pour protéger leurs communautés, jeudi, après la découverte d’impacts de balles sur une école juive pour la deuxième fois en une semaine au Canada.

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June 05, 2024

Des organisations juives sonnent l’alarme (La Presse + syndication de La Presse Canadienne)

Des organisations juives de défense ont appelé les autorités à agir pour protéger leurs communautés, jeudi, après la découverte d’impacts de balles sur une école juive pour la deuxième fois en une semaine au Canada.

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June 05, 2024

Montreal Jewish school hit with gunfire days after suspect arrested over November attack (The Times of Israel)

Police say they are investigating after a Jewish school in Montreal was fired on this week, days after a suspect was arrested for shooting another nearby Jewish school.

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June 05, 2024

Another Jewish school terrorized by gunshots (The Suburban)

The Belz school located in the same building as the Young Israel Synagogue on Hillsdale in Côte des Neiges-NDG was fired upon at 3:36 a.m. Tuesday May 28, but police were only called to the scene the afternoon of Wednesday May 29. The bullet holes were noticed by an employee on Wednesday, and a perpetrator was seen on the school’s video cameras firing at the school..

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June 05, 2024