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First-ever injunction issued protecting Jewish institutions from antisemitic mobs (The Suburban)

First-ever injunction issued protecting Jewish institutions from antisemitic mobs (The Suburban)

Another anti-Israel and anti-Jewish demonstration, this time outside the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, had a surprise ending as bailiffs arrived serving injunctions against the mob and dispersing it with the help of the SPVM riot squad. Some legal observers consider this precedent the first injunctive relief granted to protect Jewish institutions since the Hamas atrocities of Oct.7.
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March 13, 2024
Face-to-Face with terror: Oct.7th survivors speak (The Suburban)

Face-to-Face with terror: Oct.7th survivors speak (The Suburban)

The Suburban sat down with three Israeli survivors of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack — mother and daughter Batya and Rotem Holin, residents of Kibbutz Kfar Azza, and Assaf Artel, a community manager of Kibbutz Kissufim at the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs’ offices at Federation CJA headquarters. Both kibbutzim were targeted by terrorists, who killed 1400 and took 250 hostage from other communities close to Israel’s border with Gaza.
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March 13, 2024
Former B.C. cabinet minister Selina Robinson talks about feeling heartbroken by the NDP government’s unwillingness to confront antisemitism in the province—and in caucus (The Canadian Jewish News)

Former B.C. cabinet minister Selina Robinson talks about feeling heartbroken by the NDP government’s unwillingness to confront antisemitism in the province—and in caucus (The Canadian Jewish News)

A week after she left the governing NDP caucus in British Columbia because of what she described as the antisemitism within it, MLA Selina Robinson wonders where the leadership is going to come from to tackle the problem of antisemitism in the party, the public service and the province as a whole.
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March 13, 2024

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