Two Mothers of 3, a Chabad Rabbi, a Brother of 4: The Terror Victims Named

Four Israelis were killed and a number of others were injured yesterday in a devastating terror attack in Beersheba, Israel, the third stabbing attack in Israel this week. The victims were named as Doris Yahbas, 49, a mother of three, Laura Yitzhak, 43, also a mother of three, Rabbi Moshe Kravitzky, a father of four, and Menahem Yehezkel, 67, a brother to four.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims' families and those who were injured.

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Julia Koschitzky Was a Generous Philanthropist and Dedicated Leader for Jewish Communal Causes

FSWC joins the Jewish community in mourning the loss of Julia Koschitzky, an inspiring leader and philanthropist who dedicated her life to supporting Jewish causes and Israel. We send our deepest condolences to Julia's family.

May her memory be a blessing.

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FSWC Calls on McGill Administration to Step in After Student Union Holds Illegitimate Anti-Israel Referendum

Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) stands with Canadian Jewish student groups in condemning an illegitimate anti-Israel referendum held by the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) and is calling on the university administration to step in. The SSMU held a vote to adopt a “Palestine Solidarity Policy” that accuses Israel of “settler-colonial apartheid” and states the SSMU shall completely boycott and divest from all corporations and institutions that are “complicit in settler-colonial apartheid against Palestinians.”

The SSMU overstepped boundaries set by its Judicial Board, which in 2016 ruled that motions that “compel SSMU to adopt a platform against specific nations are unconstitutional and further breach the Equity Policy.”

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Singapore to Open Embassy in Israel After 57 Years of Ties

Singapore announced on Monday that it will open an embassy in Israel, in the latest move reflecting thawing relations between Israel and Muslim countries following the signing of the Abraham Accords peace agreements.

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Hitler Could Not Defeat Our Friend Boris. Now Vladimir Putin Has Killed Him

Boris Romantschenko, who survived four Nazi concentration camps, was killed by shelling at his home in Kharkiv, Ukraine last Friday. Jens-Christian Wagner, Director of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation which delivered the devastating news, shared the story of his friend Boris.

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Israel Jumps Two Slots to No. 9 on World Happiness Report

Israel is the ninth happiest place in the world to live, according to this year’s World Happiness Report, coming two spots higher than last year and five spots higher than in 2020 when it was ranked at No. 14.

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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 jaime@fswc.ca.

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