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Ontario Education Ministry Launches Investigation into TDSB Field Trip Involving Anti-Israel Protest
FSWC commends the Ontario government for launching an investigation into last week’s Toronto District School Board (TDSB) field trip that resulted in students participating in an anti-Israel protest in downtown Toronto. Yesterday, following an outcry from parents of students, public officials and members of the Jewish community, Ontario Minister of Education Jill Dunlop announced that her Ministry would be pursuing an investigation into the incident, which saw students from several TDSB schools who were attending the Grassy Narrows River Run end up in a rally featuring anti-Israel chants.
McGill Asks Police to Investigate Antisemitic Incidents 'from Graffiti to Intimidation'
McGill University says it has asked Montreal police to investigate after its downtown campus was hit by antisemitic graffiti and “intimidation.” Two senior McGill administrators on Friday urged students and staff to report antisemitic incidents to campus security.
uOttawa Professor Calls for Poland's Major Holocaust Sites to Be Put Under UN Control
University of Ottawa professor Jan Grabowski wants the United Nations to take over Poland’s major Holocaust sites in order to preserve their tragic history and prevent the “distortion” of that history by Polish nationalists. He makes the argument in an essay, “Whitewash: Poland and the Jews,” recently published in The Jewish Quarterly.
What Happens When Professors Bring Anti-Israel Views into Canadian Classrooms?
While a student at Waterloo’s Wilfrid Laurier University, Zack Zaidener, FSWC's Advocacy Lead, faced an assistant professor who informed her students that class would be cut early on a Wednesday afternoon so students could attend an anti-Israel rally. The professor "mentioned that she would be offering an extra 2 percent credit for attending the rally and for writing a reflection piece on the experience,” Zaidener said.
The CJN interviewed multiple students at different universities in Canada who reported similar incidents, all of them echoing a pattern: When it comes to unqualified anti-Israel statements by faculty members, students’ complaints are not being dealt with.
Thousands of Non-Jews Order Mezuzahs After a Pro-Israel Christian Puts One on Her Door in Solidarity
Jewish nonprofit MyZuzah - which aims to put a mezuzah on every Jewish home in the world - has been deluged with thousands of requests after Catholic sitcom actress Patricia Heaton announced the campaign #MyzuzahYourzuzah as part of her nonprofit, The October 7 Coalition, a Christian group founded after the Hamas attack in Israel last year to support the Jewish community and Israel. “As we head toward the one year anniversary of October 7th, I ask that you please join me in the #MyzuzahYourzuzah campaign to show solidarity with your Jewish friends and neighbors, fight antisemitism and bless your household,” says Heaton’s post.
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