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An arrest was made in connection with one of the November 2023 shootings directed at Yeshiva Gedola in Montreal (The Canadian Jewish News)

Montreal Police (SPVM) have arrested a man in connection with shots being fired at Yeshiva Gedola elementary school last November.

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May 23, 2024

Canada’s Crackdown on Digital Hate: Effective, or Just Loud? (The Tyee)

The Online Harms Act is an important first step. But we have a long way to go, say advocates.

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May 23, 2024

Un suspect arrêté en lien avec les coups de feu tirés sur une école juive (La Presse)

Un homme âgé de 20 ans vient d’être arrêté par la police de Montréal en lien avec les coups de feu qui avaient été tirés sur l’école juive Yeshiva Gedola, dans l’arrondissement de Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, en novembre dernier.

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May 23, 2024

An emotional remembrance (Jewish Independent)

Members of ZAKA identification, extraction and rescue team search through the destruction in a Gaza Envelope community following the Oct. 7 attacks.

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May 22, 2024

CIJA and Federation CJA applaud the arrest and indictment of the alleged perpetrator of the attacks on a Jewish school on November 12, 2023

Montreal, QC - May 22, 2024 - The Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) and Federation CJA applaud the arrest and indictment of the alleged perpetrator of the attacks...Read More

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May 22, 2024

Suspect charged in shooting on Jewish school in Montreal (Montreal Gazette)

Abdirazak Mahdi Ahmed, 20, was charged with intentionally discharging a firearm at a location knowing that a person might be inside.

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May 22, 2024

Pushing back against antisemitism (Jewish Independent)

With antisemitism rising in British Columbia, professionals from three sectors – health care, post-secondary education and K-12 schools – have started organizing so incidents of hatred in their workplace are challenged at every opportunity.

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May 22, 2024

United Church moderator, other church leaders march on Parliament Hill to call for Gaza ceasefire (Broadview)

The ecumenical march came two weeks after the church condemned the Israel Defense Forces’ ongoing assault on Rafah

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May 22, 2024

‘We are angry’: ‘Indigo 11’ accused speaks publicly for the first time after charges dropped (Toronto Star)

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May 22, 2024