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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

David Lazarus

Demonstrators gather in support of the Jewish community, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on December 4, 2023. (Dave Chan/AFP)
December 5, 2023, 8:00 pm
Undeterred by heavy snow, absent buses, thousands rally for Israel in Ottawa, Canada
Event organizers decry antisemitism after company makes ‘shameful decision’ to cancel charter buses expected to transport rally-goers
By David Lazarus
Vandals defaced Quebec province’s oldest synagogue building with Nazi swastikas in March 2023 (B'nai Brith Canada via JTA)
March 31, 2023, 12:20 pm
Montreal’s oldest synagogue building vandalized with swastikas
Canadian Jewish watchdog to call on city mayor Valérie Plante to do more to fight antisemitism
By David Lazarus
Swastikas were spray-painted on Montreal's Congregation Shaar Hashomayim's front doors, Jan. 13, 2021. (Photo distributed by Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center via JTA)
August 4, 2022, 1:09 pm
Canada finds Jews were most-targeted religious minority for hate crimes in 2021
Though just 1% of the population, Jewish people were victims of 14% of reported racial incidents, a jump of 47% over the year before and reflecting global trend
By David Lazarus
Main entrance to Shearith Israel synagogue in Montreal. (Courtesy)
January 5, 2022, 3:53 am
Quebec shuts synagogues, other houses of worship as Omicron surges
Canadian province is currently only region of North America where Jewish community has no in-person services for foreseeable future
By David Lazarus
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a media conference at the end of an EU-Canada summit at the European Council building in Brussels, June 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
July 23, 2021, 6:39 am
Trudeau says Canada to spend $5M to strengthen security at Jewish institutions
Canadian PM pledges funds at antisemitism summit, part of a nationwide effort to bolster the safety of at-risk minorities
By David Lazarus
Thousands gather at Toronto's Nathan Philips Square for a protest against Israel and in support of Palestinians on May 15, 2021. (Screen capture/Twitter)
May 28, 2021, 4:25 am
Canada’s Jews reeling after wave of antisemitic attacks sparked by Gaza conflict
Tensions flare between pro-Palestinian, pro-Israeli activists in rallies across country, with Jews being spat on, cursed, physically and verbally assaulted in several instances
By David Lazarus
Illustrative image of a man wearing a kippah. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
April 25, 2021, 11:13 am
Quebec court upholds law banning yarmulkes, other religious symbols in workplace
Jewish advocacy group says provisions of ruling ‘severely restrict religious freedom’ and limit career options for religious Jews
By David Lazarus
Screen capture from video of Travis Patron, leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party. (YouTube)
February 23, 2021, 10:36 am
Canada arrests, charges political party’s leader for promoting hatred of Jews
Travis Patron, who heads Canadian Nationalist Party, said to have cast Jews as ‘swindlers’ and ‘snakes’ in social media video, called for their removal from country
By David Lazarus
People march with those who claim they are members of the Proud Boys extremist group at a rally in support of US President Donald Trump in Washington, January 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
February 4, 2021, 5:57 am
Canada places Proud Boys on terror list
Group among several white supremacists organizations added to list, marking first time US-based group has been designated as terrorist
By David Lazarus
Illustrative: Swastikas were spray-painted on Montreal's Congregation Shaar Hashomayim's front doors, January 13, 2021. (Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center)
January 14, 2021, 5:37 pm
Man arrested after swastikas sprayed on Leonard Cohen’s Montreal synagogue
Suspect reportedly brought a canister of gasoline to the house of worship as well
By David Lazarus
Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre in Montreal. (Screen capture/Global News)
December 12, 2020, 2:16 am
Jewish nursing home in Montreal will be Quebec’s 1st to receive COVID-19 vaccine
Dozens have died of virus in Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Centre; staff and residents could begin receiving shots as early as Friday night
By David Lazarus
Travis Patron, the leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party, called for the removal of Jews from Canada. (Facebook screenshot via JTA)
July 15, 2020, 11:34 pm
Far-right Canadian politician calls Jews ‘parasitic tribe,’ seeks their removal
In video posted to Facebook, Nationalist Party leader Travis Patron claims that if Jews had it their way, ‘our entire way of life would be eradicated’
By David Lazarus
Prayer shawls and tefillin were stuffed into toilets at the Kol Yehouda Sephardic congregation in Montreal. (Courtesy of B'nai Brith Canada)
June 1, 2020, 8:34 am
Torah scrolls cut up, tefillin put in toilets in vandalism at Montreal synagogue
Police investigating ‘heinous’ incident as possible hate crime at small congregation in largely Jewish suburb of Côte St. Luc
By David Lazarus
The Canadian Jewish News posted a farewell statement on its website on April 3. (Screenshot via JTA)
April 4, 2020, 12:43 am
After 60 years, Canada’s leading Jewish newspaper to close due to virus crisis
Canadian Jewish News, established in 1960, shutters after years of financial woes brought to a head by pandemic, economic shutdown
By David Lazarus
Illustrative: the skyline of Montreal, Canada, June 2, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 2, 2020, 4:09 pm
Jewish Canadians returning home from US cause spike in coronavirus rates
Montreal suburb where a third of the population is over 65 declares emergency after returnees failed to adhere to quarantine rules
By David Lazarus
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