8+ hour, 43+ min ago   (916+ words) OTTAWA, Canada | Prime Minister Mark Carney has declared that antisemitism in Canada has surged to levels not seen in the postwar period, using his Rosh Hashanah message to acknowledge the continuing national crisis facing Jewish Canadians and outline federal measures…...

8+ hour, 53+ min ago   (626+ words) HAMILTON, Ontario | Hamilton Police have charged a 27-year-old Stoney Creek man with wilful promotion of hatred, wilful promotion of antisemitism and advocating genocide following a Hate Crime Unit investigation into content posted publicly on the social media platform X. Police identified…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (856+ words) TORONTO, Canada | Five major Jewish organizations have released a Jewish Students’ Bill of Rights calling on elementary and secondary schools across North America to adopt six standards intended to protect Jewish students from antisemitism, harassment and pressure to distance themselves…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (902+ words) TORONTO, Ontario | Toronto mayoral candidates Brad Bradford and Chris Alexander criticized incumbent Mayor Olivia Chow’s leadership on antisemitism during a Jewish community forum Tuesday night, using her absence from the event to argue that Toronto needs a stronger response to…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (881+ words) TORONTO, ONT. — StandWithUs Canada has recruited approximately 20 lawyers willing to provide pro bono assistance to Jewish students confronting alleged antisemitism and discrimination on Canadian campuses, expanding a legal department launched earlier this year to give students a dedicated place to…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (543+ words) TORONTO, ONT. — A Children’s Walk for Gaza initially promoted in Toronto has emerged as part of a substantially broader series of family-oriented fundraising events being advertised across Ontario through October. Events were listed in Mississauga and Hamilton for Saturday, Sept....

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (1105+ words) OTTAWA, ONT. — Canadian Jewish organizations are renewing calls for the federal government to designate Palestine Action Canada, Masar Badil and Kata’ib Hezbollah as terrorist entities, citing concerns about alleged attacks in Canada, connections to already-listed organizations and activities they say…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (987+ words) TORONTO, ONT. — The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has awarded $7,000 to a former Toronto Metropolitan University teaching assistant whose controversial Arabic-language prayer included remarks widely condemned as offensive to Jews, while rejecting his central claim that the university dismissed him…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (931+ words) OTTAWA, ONTARIO | CBC News has clarified its reporting on a major government-commissioned study of campus antisemitism after acknowledging that it made changes to its original story without the required transparency and revising language about whom the survey results represent. The…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (888+ words) TORONTO, ONT. — Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow will not participate in an upcoming mayoral debate focused on antisemitism and public safety, with her team saying she will not attend candidate events before formally launching her re-election campaign the following day. The…...