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Jewish Vancouverites mourn under police watch as Samidoun director awaits charge decision (Vancouver Is Awesome)

Jewish community mourns Oct. 7 during an evening of commemoration as pro-Hamas and pro-Palestinian groups rally on Vancouver streets.

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October 08, 2024

WARMINGTON: Chow under fire for missing Oct. 7 vigil, claims she didn't get invitation (Toronto Sun)

Make that a hat-trick for Mayor Olivia Chow’s “outrageous” snubbing of Toronto’s under-siege Jewish community.

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October 08, 2024

Conservatives call on Liberal government to list Samidoun as terrorist entity (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)

Poilievre's promise follows calls from national Jewish advocacy organizations

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October 08, 2024

Vancouver organized Jewish community reacts to expiration of Charlotte Kates’ conditions of release

Vancouver, B.C. – October 8, 2024 – Today, the conditions of Charlotte Kates’ release order prohibiting her participation or attendance at any protests, rallies, or assemblies expired because the Crown...Read More

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October 08, 2024

More can be done to fight antisemitism in Montreal, Jewish community says (The Gazette)

Leaders call on all Montrealers to stand against hate that has spiked in the last year.

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October 08, 2024

Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver communities gathered on this Oct. 7 to mourn and remember (The Canadian Jewish News)

While people assembled around the globe to commemorate the Israeli lives lost and hostages taken in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, Canadian communities turned out in large numbers that displayed Jewish unity at events across the country.

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October 08, 2024

Montrealers gather, reflect on Israel-Hamas war 1-year anniversary (CBC)

Oct. 7 marked anniversary of attack on Israel and subsequent destruction in Gaza

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October 08, 2024

Rise in antisemitism worrying Montreal’s Jewish community a year after Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel (CityNews)

Montreal’s Jewish community says they’ve continued to feel the effects of the Oct. 7, 223 Hamas attack on Israel and the ensuing war locally over the last year, with rising hate crimes and hate incidents.

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October 08, 2024

Vancouver police arrest pro-Hamas, Hezbollah protestor over attack on Jewish woman (True North)

The Vancouver police arrested an anti-Israel protestor after she allegedly attacked a Jewish woman during a pro-Hamas and Hezbollah rally at the city’s art gallery.

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October 08, 2024