By Jonathan D. Halevi / CIJnews The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board announced on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, that it has suspended Nadia Shoufani, an elementary teacher based at St. Catherine of Sienna The Board noted that “concerns raised by the community and public at large regarding Nadia’s professional conduct, have been referred to the Ontario […]
Canadian authorities denied visas to at least 234 participants in World Social Forum (WSF), which is set to take place in Montreal from August 9 – 14, 2016 By Ilana Shneider Canadian authorities denied visas to at least 234 participants in World Social Forum (WSF), which is set to take place in Montreal from August […]
By Heath Applebaum Toronto Aubrey and Marla Dan are always looking to make an impact. With their $5 million (U.S.) donation – one of the most generous Canadian donations ever to Tel Aviv University – they hope to transform both the way Israel sees itself, and the way the world views Israel. Professor Joseph Klafter, President […]
By Ilana Shneider Hasbara Fellowships Canada, a grassroots Jewish campus advocacy organization, filed an official complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal against the Student Association and Faculty Association of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) after being denied an opportunity to participate in a campus Social Justice Week event. It is the […]
Tyler Levitan, campaign coordinator of an anti-Israel group Independent Jewish Voices-Canada (IJV), came to the defence of a Toronto teacher who is being investigated by the Toronto police and the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board for comments made at a Iran-backed Al-Quds Day rally in Toronto on July 2, 2016. By Ilana Shneider At the rally, […]
What does Israel have to do with me? “What does Israel have to do with me?” A question I have heard too often among Jews of my generation. By Talya Pardo The assimilation of North American Jews has gone so well that I fear it has taken many in the community one step too far. […]
Mazin AbdulAdhim, a prominent Imam of Iraqi descent in London, Ontario is affiliated with the radical Islamic global movement of Hizb ut-Tahrir Mazin AbdulAdhim, a prominent Imam of Iraqi descent in London, Ontario who is affiliated with the radical Islamic global movement of Hizb ut-Tahrir, defends his latest statement on Facebook in which he praised […]
Mazin AbdulAdhim, a prominent Imam of Iraqi descent in London, Ontario who is affiliated with the radical Islamic global movement of Hizb ut-Tahrir, does not see any reason to express “compassion or sympathy” for the victims of the terrorist attack in Nice, France. AbdulAdhim explained his position by saying that the Western governments kill “millions […]
By: Ilana Shneider The Ontario Anti-Racism Directorate was created in February 2016 for the purpose of addressing and preventing “systemic racism in government policy, legislation, programs and services.” On Thursday, July 14, 2016, Ontario Anti-Racism Directorate will hold its first meeting in Toronto, which will focus on anti-Black racism, as well as Islamophobia, anti-Indigenous racism […]
By: Doris Strub Epstein Elizabeth May: I’m “torn” over controversy in Green Party’s Israel policy By Doris Strub Epstein The controversy in the Green Party between Leader, Elizabeth May and party members over two proposed resolutions regarding Israel, is bubbling over and making headlines internationally. When the Green Party holds their convention in August, thirteen resolutions […]
