CIJR APPLAUDS LIBERAL MP ANTHONY HOUSEFATHER
WATCH: ‘I Am a Canadian, I Am a Jew and I Am A Zionist’: Liberal MP Condemns Motion That ‘Rewards Hamas’: National Post, YouTube, Mar. 19, 2024 — Liberal MP Anthony Housefather gave an impassioned speech on March 18 during a debate over a non-binding NDP motion, which originally called for the immediate recognition of a Palestinian state.
How A Last-Minute Liberal Scramble Neutralized the NDP’s Attempt to Recognize a Palestinian State: Catherine Levesque, Christopher Nardi and Ryan Tumilty, National Post, Mar. 19, 2024 — Minutes before MPs were set to vote on a controversial NDP motion to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state, a senior Liberal staffer bolted out of the NDP’s lobby in the House of Commons with a stack of papers in hand.
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‘Two Warring Camps’: The Dreyfus Affair and Today’s U.S. College Campus Antisemitism: Rich Tenorio, Haaretz, Mar. 16, 2024
Harvard, M.I.T. and Systemic Antisemitism: David French, NY Times, Mar. 12, 2024
Hamas Has Reminded Us That We Are A Nation, A Family – A Mishpacha – Opinion: Michael Oren, Jerusalem Post, Mar. 15, 2024
Antisemitism’s Point of No Return: Fiamma Nirenstein, JNS, Mar. 12, 2024
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Over 1,000 Jewish Creatives and Professionals Have Now Denounced Jonathan Glazer’s ‘Zone of Interest’ Oscars Speech in Open Letter: Tatiana Siegel, Variety, Mar. 18, 2024 — More than 450 Jewish creatives, executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter denouncing Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” Oscar speech.
‘We Will Not Rest’: Jewish UC Berkeley Students March Through Campus Amid Rampant Antisemitism: Dion J. Pierre, Algemeiner, Mar. 12, 2024 — Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students, professors, and community members marched through the campus on Monday to “assert Jewish visibility and presence” following an attack last month on Jewish students attending a talk by an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier.
Protesting Antisemitism, University of California Faculty, Students Plan ‘Sleep-in’: Judy Maltz, Haaretz, Mar. 18, 2024 — Faculty and students at several University of California campuses will hold “sleep-ins” on Tuesday night to protest antisemitism at their schools.
Appeals Court Rules Jewish Faculty Can’t Quit Union They Say Is Antisemitic: Mike Wagenheim, JNS, Mar. 19, 2024 — Jewish professors at the City University of New York will continue to be represented by a union that they say advocates for Jew-hatred, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York City ruled on Monday.
Hate Crimes Skyrocket By 93% In Toronto Following October 7: Michael Starr, Jerusalem Post, Mar. 19, 2024 — Hate crimes in Toronto, Canada, have increased by 93% since the October 7 massacre when compared to the prior year, and most of the incidents were antisemitic, Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said on Monday morning in an update to the Toronto Police Services Board.
