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Article continues below advertisement ↴ Manitobans are opposing proposed regulations from a medical college that would greatly alter their ability to perform an important Jewish ceremony. A new set of proposed regulations from the Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, if put in place, will make it very difficult for Jewish circumcision ceremonies to be performed. Winnipegs Jewish community has learnt about a draft set to make a major impact on the significant Brit Milah ceremony days...

Amid record spike in anti-Semitism, Ontario allocates funds to help ‘eradicate scourge’ Amid record spike in anti-Semitism, Ontario allocates funds to help ‘eradicate scourge’ “Bullying, vandalism and hateful discourse targeting Jewish youth creates an unsafe learning environment and compels children to mask their Jewish identity. This is a reality no Canadian should accept,” said Noah Shack of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. (July 6, 2021 / JNS) The government of Ontario,...

Article content A Toronto District School Board staffer who’s been on home assignment for more than a month for distributing two virulently anti-Israel manuals is moderating an online panel for educators next week that features four speakers who have been very public about their anti-Zionist sentiments. Javier Davila, who is on leave from the board’s Gender-based Violence unit and under investigation, has been busily promoting the June 30 online seminar entitled Teaching Palestine: An Intr...

A Toronto District School Board staffer who’s been on home assignment for more than a month for distributing two virulently anti-Israel manuals is moderating…

Munir El-Kassem, imam of the Islamic Centre of Southwest Ontario and a dentist, makes his vigil about Israel

Article content An investigation is underway! “Though the notices have understandably alarmed Jewish recipients, there is no evidence at this time that they are being sent specifically to Jewish homes,” says B’nai Brith. But many Jewish people have received one. Whether homes have a mezuzah on the front door or not, it seems whoever dropped them off had intelligence that Jewish people live in these homes. “First time ever for us to be targeted as Jews in Canada,” the victim told B’n...

Winnipeg police are investigating a hate-crime complaint related to a pro-Palestinian rally and protest held last month across from the Manitoba Legislature.

Hate-crime charges sought against pro-Palestine protesters Posted: Save to Read Later Palestinian protesters taunt and hold up signs at opposing Israeli protesters at Memorial Park on May 15. B’nai Brith is calling for members of the pro-Palestine demonstration to be criminally prosecuted. (Mike Sudoma / Winnipeg Free Press files) The Jewish service organization B’nai Brith is seeking “hate-crime charges” in connection with a tense demonstrati...

69-year-old David Mivasair from Ontario was detained by police on Saturday and charged with mischief under $5,000, which leaves him potentially liable to a jail sentence of up to two years

Article content Mere hours after a Toronto Sun story appeared decrying a virulent 51-page anti-Israel manual sent out to teachers by Javier Davila, a student equity program advisor with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), a petition was posted demanding justice for “anti-oppressive educators” like him who “demonstrate a commitment to decolonization.” The four-page petition, still online and signed by at least 1,600 teachers and activists so far, demands that TDSB officials “not...