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An Oct 7 in Europe? It Almost Happened This Past Year
For years, European governments treated Hamas as an Israeli problem and its presence in Europe as largely political, charitable or ideological. The court records now show that while governments debated those distinctions, Hamas was…
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Online Campaign Asked Italians to Track Jews, Israelis and “Zionist Tourism”
An anonymous online campaign asking people in Italy to report the locations of Jews, Israelis and businesses connected to them has been shut down following an intervention by the country’s national coordinator for combating…
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Arrest Made in Outremont Attack
Nearly two weeks after a series of anti-Jewish attacks targeted visibly Jewish residents walking home from Shabbos services in Outremont and Le Plateau–Mont-Royal, arrests have now been made. The Jewish Hasidic Council of Quebec…
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Quebec Grants Jewish General University Status as Its Jewish Character Continues to Fade
The Jewish General Hospital has officially been designated a university hospital by the Quebec government, giving formal recognition to the teaching, research and specialized medical work the institution has carried out for decades. The…
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Britain Sends Police to Protect Jews. Canada Sends Grant Applications.
The British government announced Monday that it will spend £251 million over the next three years to place more police officers in Jewish neighbourhoods, increase protection around synagogues and schools and strengthen the country’s…
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Multiple Chassidim Targeted in Anti-Jewish Attack During Shabbat
Montreal police are investigating what community leaders say was a series of anti-Jewish attacks in Outremont during Shabbat, an incident that reportedly saw multiple visibly Jewish residents assaulted over the course of Friday evening.…
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Minister Criticizes Nakba Exhibit, Questions Museum Governance
The federal cabinet minister responsible for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights has publicly criticized the museum’s controversial Nakba exhibit, calling it an “error in curation” and raising concerns about how the exhibition was…
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Aleph Meats Accuses MK of Anti-Competitive Practices
Aleph Meats Inc., a Montreal kosher meat supplier, has formally accused the Jewish Community Council of Montreal, which operates MK Kosher Certification, of using its dominant position in the kosher marketplace to prevent businesses…
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Westbury Complex Shooting Leaves Police Officer, Jewish Community Member Dead
By Joseph Marshall Montreal police officer Mohamed Lamine Benredouane and Jewish community member Michael Moshe Mizrachi were killed Monday after a gunman opened fire from the Hilton Garden Inn in the Westbury complex in…
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Montreal Anti-Israel Motion Pulled From Council Agenda Following Community Backlash
A controversial motion that would have called on the City of Montreal to sever institutional ties with Israel has been withdrawn from Monday night’s city council agenda following days of intense public pressure and…