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New Labour Movement Aims to Protect, Advocate for Jewish Workers
Announced on Labour Day, the newly-formed Canadian Jewish Labour Committee (CJLC) seeks to advocate and protect Jewish workers, while urging unions and their leaders to be more equitable and welcoming organizations. "Jewish union members across many different unions have been experiencing discrimination and antisemitism," CJLC spokesperson Lindsay Gilbert told The Toronto Sun. "It’s been pretty difficult, especially since Oct. 7 and up to and including the whole (CUPE Ontario President) Fred Hahn debacle."
'We Feel Alone': Jews Wonder If They Have a Future at McGill University
McGill students and professors fear the administration’s indifference to antisemitism on campus is quietly pushing Jewish students off campus. Many say that antisemitism is implicitly tolerated despite university leaders touting the school’s diversity and inclusion.
In Run-Up to Oct. 7 Anniversary, Quebec Tells Universities Not to Tolerate Hate and Violence
Quebec’s Higher Education Minister Pascale Déry has summoned the heads of the province’s universities to a Sept. 16 meeting about how they plan to discourage "intimidation, harassment, racism and violence" at their institutions, urging them to be vigilant "in the run-up to Oct. 7."
Hersh, Carmel, Alex, Eden, Ori, Almog: The 6 Hostages Murdered by Hamas Just Days Ago
The bodies of six hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 were recovered overnight from a tunnel in southern Gaza’s Rafah, shortly after they were murdered by terrorists, the Israel Defense Forces announced Sunday. The hostages were Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Ori Danino, 25, Alex Lobanov, 32, Carmel Gat, 40, and Almog Sarusi, 27.
'I Just Can't Stop Crying': Toronto Woman Mourns Death of Cousin Taken Hostage by Hamas
Maayan Shavit's hopes for her cousin's survival were shattered when she saw news reports confirming that Carmel Gat was among six hostages whose bodies were recovered by the Israeli army in Gaza on Saturday, shortly after they were killed. Shavit, who lives in Toronto, said she is wrestling with both anger and grief after learning Gat's fate.
US Announces Federal Terror Charges Against Hamas Leaders for Oct. 7
The U.S. Department of Justice announced terrorism charges against senior leaders of Hamas, including Yahya Sinwar, for carrying out the Oct. 7 massacre. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the federal government is investigating Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s murder, and "each and every one of Hamas’s brutal murders of Americans, as an act of terrorism."
Poland Holds a State Burial for More Than 700 Victims of Nazi Germany’s World War II Massacres
Poland held a state burial Monday for more than 700 victims of Nazi Germany’s World War II mass executions, whose remains were recently uncovered in the so-called Valley of Death in the country’s north, decades after their deaths.
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