Latest updates from CIJA

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

Windsor Jewish group speaks out following bomb threats (CBC)

Windsor's Jewish Federation and Community Centre has spoken out following dozens of bomb threats made across the country on Wednesday morning.

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August 21, 2024

Canadian authorities respond to a bomb threat emailed to more than 100 Jewish institutions (The Canadian Jewish News)

More than 100 synagogues, Jewish institutions and some hospitals across Canada were the targets of an emailed bomb threat early on the morning of Aug. 21.

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August 21, 2024

At least 3 Montreal synagogues on Canada-wide list targeting Jewish institutions; RCMP investigating (CityNews Montreal)

The RCMP is investigating threats made to multiple synagogues in Montreal, after a threatening e-mail was allegedly sent to more than 100 Jewish institutions across Canada on Wednesday morning.

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August 21, 2024

Premier Ford calls CUPE’s Ontario vice president ‘disgusting human being’ (CityNews)

Ontario Premier Doug Ford had some harsh words for Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario vice-president Fred Hahn on Wednesday, calling him a “bully” and “disgusting human being” after Hahn shared a post on his Facebook account that’s been called antisemitic by disillusioned Jewish union members.

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August 21, 2024

CUPE demands resignation of vice-president for posting ‘antisemitic’ video (Toronto Star, + Metroland Media Syndication)

The Canadian Union of Public Employees has “lost confidence” in national vice-president Fred Hahn and is demanding his resignation after he posted a video denounced as antisemitic.

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August 21, 2024

RCMP investigating bomb threats at Ottawa hospitals, Jewish organizations (CTV News Ottawa)

Hospitals, synagogues and Jewish organizations in Ottawa were among the more than a hundred across Canada who received identical bomb threats on Wednesday morning.

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August 21, 2024

Waterloo rabbi calls mass bomb threat to Jewish institutions 'immoral, wrong and evil' (CBC)

Rabbi Moshe Goldman, director of Chabad of the Waterloo Region, says they did not receive an emailed threat on Wednesday like other Jewish institutions across the country, but people here may still feel afraid at hearing the news.

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August 21, 2024