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Ontario passes bill requiring colleges to set guidelines against racism (Jewish News Syndicate)

“Institutions have struggled to enforce their own policies effectively, leading to a lack of accountability and loss of confidence in the system,” said Shimon Koffler Fogel of the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs.

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May 15, 2024

Protesters occupy UBC president’s office (Global News BC)

pro- palestinian activist at ubc. to be escalating their protest by occupying the area outside the president's office.

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May 15, 2024

McGill seeks injunction to end anti-Israel encampment (The Suburban)

McGill University is urgently seeking a court order in Superior Court to shut down the anti-Israel encampment that has been on the grounds of the institution since April 27. The injunction being sought, filed Friday, is based on many of the grounds used by Spiegel Sohmer senior partner Neil Oberman in his six successful injunctions against five anti-Israel groups. A decision is expected this week.

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May 15, 2024

Le silence face à la haine du juif n’a que trop duré (Le Journal de Montreal + syndication QMI)

Depuis 7 octobre, des millions de juifs en Israël, ici au pays, et ailleurs, ont basculé dans une réalité qu’il pensait appartenir au passé. Alors que Yom HaShoah et Yom Hazikaron ont été des occasions pour beaucoup de se rassembler autour des fameux mots “Plus jamais ça”, ces derniers ne doivent pas rester qu’un simple slogan.

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May 15, 2024

Housefather represents his community to Ottawa, not Ottawa to us (The Suburban)

Hats off to Anthony Housefather for another of his Town Hall meetings, the most recent in Côte St. Luc last week.

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May 15, 2024

Jewish organizations react to a judge denying McGill’s initial request to remove an encampment as the trend spreads to other university campuses in Montreal (The Canadian Jewish News)

A superior court in Quebec has denied an injunction filed by McGill University that would have ordered the removal of a pro-Palestinian encampment that has been occupying its downtown Montreal campus since April 27.

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May 15, 2024

Fredericton police call in the Major Crimes Unit two weeks after an Israeli teen was the victim of an antisemitic beating near her high school (The Canadian Jewish News)

UPDATE (5/17/24): Fredericton police arrested a 16-year-old female in connection with this incident: “As per the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), the individual has since been released on conditions, and charges are currently pending. The investigation into this matter is ongoing.”

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May 15, 2024

An Israeli high schooler was beaten up in Fredericton. Her family believes it was a hate crime (The CJN Daily)

On April 30, Shaked Tsurkan, a 14-year-old Israeli girl attending high school in New Brunswick, was followed and beaten up by an older student. It happened off school grounds during the lunch hour and other classmates gathered to watch—someone even filmed the whole thing on their phone, later posted to social media, where you can see Tsurkan getting jumped from behind, thrown to the ground and punched repeatedly.

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May 15, 2024

Une arrestation liée à la célébration du jour de l’Indépendance d’Israël à Ottawa (Le Droit)

La police d’Ottawa a procédé à une arrestation mardi en lien avec des manifestations liées au jour de l’Indépendance d’Israël devant l’hôtel de ville de la capitale fédérale.

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May 14, 2024