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anti-Semitism in Canada
Vered and Erez Ben Sa’adon in a vineyard of Tura Winery, which they founded in 2003 in the West Bank settlement of Rechelim (courtesy Tura Winery)
Settlers defiant after Canadian court rules their vineyards aren’t in Israel
By Raphael Ahren
‘My grandmother was forced to label herself with a yellow patch. I will never label myself,’ one West Bank winemaker fumes, though the government has been apathetic
Vered and Erez Ben Sa’adon in a vineyard of Tura Winery, which they founded in 2003 in the West Bank settlement of Rechelim (courtesy Tura Winery)
August 13, 2019, 10:41 pm
Settlers defiant after Canadian court rules their vineyards aren’t in Israel
‘My grandmother was forced to label herself with a yellow patch. I will never label myself,’ one West Bank winemaker fumes, though the government has been apathetic
By Raphael Ahren
The Edmonton Journal apologized after Jewish organizations complained that this editorial cartoon, published in July 2019, was anti-Semitic. (Malcolm Mayes/ Edmonton Journal/ via JTA)
August 12, 2019, 9:24 pm
Canadian paper apologizes for cartoon seen as anti-Semitic
Edmonton Journal caricature depicted hacker with black beard and large nose as perpetrator of banking data breach
By JTA and TOI staff
Toronto skyline in 2008. (John Vetterli via WikiCommons)
August 5, 2019, 1:33 pm
Police suspect hate crime after Jewish boys assaulted in Toronto
Incident comes just under a week after a Jewish man wearing a kippah was attacked by a taxi driver in Montreal
By TOI staff and JTA
Jewish man is assaulted by taxi driver in Montreal, Canada, July 28, 2019 (Screengrab via Facebook)
August 2, 2019, 4:46 pm
Montreal taxi driver beats Jewish man, yells ‘won’t move for any f***ing Jews’
B’nai Brith Canada says attack on driver is ‘shocking anti-Semitic hate crime, in which someone could have been gravely injured or even killed’
By JTA
A Canadian flag flies in the wind in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 25, 2016. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images/JTA)
July 23, 2019, 1:13 pm
Anti-Semitic incidents in Canada hold steady despite drop in hate crimes
Government statistics show Jews remain most frequently targeted minority group
By TOI staff and JTA
Rana Zaman (Twitter)
July 1, 2019, 6:24 am
Canadian candidate removed for tweets accusing Israel of committing genocide
Rana Zaman, a candidate to represent New Democratic Party in Nova Scotia, said Gaza was the new Auschwitz and Israel aimed to kill more than 6 million Palestinians
By JTA
Illustrative: the skyline of Montreal, Canada, June 2, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 30, 2019, 5:27 am
Anti-Semitic incidents in Canada hit record number for 3rd straight year
‘New normal’ sees Canadian Jews targeted over 2,000 times in 2018, although vast majority of attacks are online harassment
By David Lazarus
BerMax Caffé and Bistro in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Google Street View screenshot)
April 25, 2019, 2:59 pm
Canadian police say ‘anti-Semitic attack’ on cafe was staged
Owners of BerMax coffee shop in Winnipeg charged with public mischief after restaurant was vandalized; police investigating previous attacks at eatery
By Marcy Oster
Kippahs and keffiyehs for sale in the Old City of Jerusalem (iStock)
April 12, 2019, 11:47 pm
Jewish Canadian mayor: Ban on wearing religious symbols like ethnic cleansing
Justin Trudeau asks William Steinberg to apologize for remarks on proposed Quebec bill that would affect public workers; many see effort targeting hijab
By David Lazarus
The word "Jew" is seen spray-painted in the parking lot of the BerMax Caffe and Bistro in Winnipeg, Canada. (Screen capture: CTV News Winnipeg)
February 5, 2019, 7:57 pm
Kosher eatery in Canada hit with anti-Semitic graffiti for second time in weeks
‘Jew’ spray-painted on windows and in parking lot of BerMax Caffe and Bistro; police reportedly investigating vandalism as a hate crime
By Marcy Oster
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada condemns the BDS movement during a town hall meeting at Brock University in St. Catherines,Ontario. January 15, 2019 (YouTube screenshot)
January 17, 2019, 6:30 pm
Trudeau blasts BDS movement as anti-Semitic
Canadian premier says boycott group targets Jewish students, demonizes Israel; some things ‘aren’t acceptable, not because of foreign policy, but because of Canadian values’
By TOI staff
The Toronto skyline, 2015. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
November 14, 2018, 3:28 pm
Attack on Jewish teens in Toronto investigated as hate crime
Police say group made derogatory comments about the boys’ religion before punching and kicking two of them
By JTA
The University of Winnipeg (CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia, KrazyTea)
October 26, 2018, 10:57 am
Canadian university admits anti-Semitic comments made at faculty-sponsored event
University of Winnipeg says it ‘regrets’ statements heard at talk on US embassy move, which report says included accusing Israel of ‘genocide’
By JTA
The Leo Baeck School in Toronto was vandalized with pro-Hamas graffiti in this image from October 8 2018 ( Courtesy /B'Nai Brith Canada)
October 10, 2018, 5:46 am
Jewish day school in Toronto vandalized with graffiti supporting Hamas
‘Free Palestine,’ ‘Long Live Palestine’ and ‘Long Life to the Hamas’ scrawled on signs in front of the Leo Baeck Day School
By JTA
William Shatner attends night one of the Television Academy's 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP)
October 10, 2018, 4:14 am
William Shatner experienced ‘a great deal of anti-Semitism’ growing up
Star Trek actor says he was often in fights as a kid in Montreal because he was Jewish, and the discrimination continued at McGill University
By JTA
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