Newsletter
< Back to News Room
Stephen Harper: Israel's War Is Just, Hamas Must Surrender or Be Eliminated
"Antisemitism and anti-Zionism are always the proverbial canaries in the coalmine," writes former Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper in a compelling piece in the National Post that provides insights into the Israel-Hamas war. "Those who embrace such tribal and sectarian hatreds will invariably, in time, aim their guns well beyond the Jewish people. Indeed, if we open our eyes, we will see that they are already doing so."
Trailblazing Canadian Cyclist Removed from Ontario International Women’s Day Event Over Past IDF Service
In January, five months after Leah Goldstein accepted an invitation to speak at an International Women’s Day event, she was disinvited due to what organizers said was "a small but growing and extremely vocal group" that took issue with her service three decades ago in the Israeli army.
"The cancellation of Leah Goldstein as a keynote speaker indicates a disturbing trend of organizations capitulating to intimidation and harassment by those demanding the silencing of Jewish voices," FSWC said in an online post. "The decision to rescind Leah Goldstein's invitation to share her inspiring story, simply because of her mandatory service in the Israeli military decades ago, is discriminatory and wrong. It must not stand."
Goldstein issued a statement in response to the decision.
Investigation: The Antisemitism That Oct. 7 Unleashed in Canada
Despite accounting for just one per cent of the country's population, Jewish Canadians have been disproportionately the victims of hate crimes, especially since October 7. A Global News investigation explores the dramatic spike in antisemitism in Canada, fuelled by extremists, and the reality the Jewish community is facing today.
Warmington: Scourge of Jew Hate in Toronto Now Includes Calls for Assassinations
Graffiti inciting antisemitism and violence - including the words "bring back political assassinations," "kill all genociders," "f— Zionists" and "murder politicians" - was recently discovered on Dundas St. W. in Toronto. The graffiti has been removed by city staff and is being investigated by Toronto police.
Toronto Family Who Unknowingly Employed War Criminal Fears Nothing Has Changed
Almost 30 years ago, Gail Bocknek - the daughter of European Jews who had many extended family members die in the Holocaust - turned on the evening news and watched dumbfounded as a man who had worked for her family for decades was identified as a Nazi war criminal.
2nd Youth Arrested, Additional Charges Laid in Terror Plot Against Ottawa Jewish Community
After arresting and charging an Ottawa youth for knowingly instructing a person to carry out terrorist activity against "Jewish persons" and being in possession of explosive substances, the RCMP has since laid two additional charges and arrested a second young person who is being considered a co-conspirator. The additional charges include unlawfully conspiring and agreeing to commit the offence of murder and knowingly facilitating terrorist activity by making available and exchanging instructional material and propaganda.
Video Shows UNRWA Social Worker Abducting Body of Israeli on Oct. 7
A man seen in an Oct. 7 video abducting the body of an Israeli man into the back of an SUV during Hamas's massacre in southern Israel has been identified by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as Faisal Ali Mussalem al-Naami, a social worker with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip.
Report Antisemitism and News of Concern to FSWC
If you would like to report antisemitism or news of concern to Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, please email advocacy@fswc.ca.
FSWC Is Proud to Recognize Our Sponsors
Chai Sponsor
Platinum Sponsors
Fred and Linda Waks and Family
Subscribe to our newsletter
Copyright © FSWC. All Rights Reserved.
