How rising antisemitism is affecting Canadian Jews

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Since October 7th, antisemitic incidents in Canada have been on the rise. Toronto Police Deputy Chief Robert Johnson said that nearly half of all hate crimes so far in 2024 have been antisemitic. In a single week in May, a girls’ school in Toronto was shot at, bullets were found outside a Montreal Jewish school inside a synagogue, and a Vancouver synagogue was set on fire. While no one was hurt, it left Canadian Jews feeling unsettled. And over the Canada Day weekend, two synagogues in Toronto were vandalized.
Ellin Bessner is an investigative journalist who hosts the Canadian Jewish News’ daily podcast, The CJN Daily. She’s on the show to talk about how Jewish Canadians have been affected by this rise in antisemitism.
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@matthewbachinski423 2 сағат бұрын

hardcore anti-semitism is mainstream now its sickenning

@kikimontreal1 9 сағат бұрын

Thank you for such conversations! I'm from India, and not from either side, however I'm completely appalled by this rise in anti-Semitism!

@katiemclean9089 4 сағат бұрын

The free world is in need of a History Lesson FACT ; Israel is the only Nation on earth , that inhabits the same Land , has the same Name , speaks the same Language , worships the same God , has the same Capital as it did 3000 years ago . Archeological Digs have found old Coins and Pottery with Writings in Hebrew much like seen in any News Paper or Signs in Israel .. Question , where in History , that far back is Palestine mentioned ? C A McLean

@terrysteichen873 9 сағат бұрын

What I like about the Jews is they never show up at my front door asking if I’ve heard the good news.

@jodyperyk1978 9 сағат бұрын

A good show. You really didn’t need to include Muslim hate in your opening remarks. This should have been 100% about antisemitism.

@RivvyB 20 сағат бұрын

This was very informative and I appreciate the dialogue. I am a Jewish Canadian and I have been lucky my entire life to never be privy to antisemitism that was until October 2023. There is such a disconnect between our current reality and what is taught in schools. It’s almost as if the education system has yet to evolve and catch up with reality. These kids are brainwashed social media is used as a weapon. I am very lucky I am older, but I can’t imagine what Canada will be like in 20 years.

@lukasrobinson4077 9 сағат бұрын

There is one religious group in Canada behind all of this hate. Can anyone name it for me?

@yafasakkejha 4 сағат бұрын

Thank you for highlighting this important issue. From, a Canadian born Palestinian

@ianleslie6971 9 сағат бұрын

A warning signal is always what's been done in the past.

@katiemclean9089 4 сағат бұрын

As a visitor in Israel , in a beautiful northern Israeli boarder Town , I saw a pile of empty Katysha rocket shells . These rockets were fired from a School Yard in southern Lebanon . The old saying is " Hamas fire their weapons from behind the Baby Carriage The IDF fire their weapons in front of the Baby Carriage . C A McLean

@dawnandy7777 2 сағат бұрын

The tragedy is that two well-educated Canadian Jews can’t speak to each other about the war in Gaza. I’m specifically referring to Gad Saad and Gabor Mate. Saad has a traumatic personal history regarding Muslim antisemitism in Lebanon. As a doctor focusing on trauma, Mate has a perspective on what the Palestinians have been experiencing as a result of military law imposed by Israel. They are both in Canada, not the Middle East, and they can’t speak to each other. If such people can’t try to understand and resolve the issue, what hope is there? And why be surprised that the war in Gaza fuels antisemitism in the larger less informed and therefore easily propagandized Canadian community?