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Dave Gordon

Dave Gordon

Dave Gordon is a writer based in Canada.

“There are certainly organizations with much stronger reputations within the Jewish community for actually standing up and fighting antisemitism,” the Jewish Educators and Families Association of Canada told JNS.
“We alerted law enforcement, who acted in short order to prevent him from causing harm,” B’nai Brith Canada stated.
“When you desecrate the Holocaust monument, it causes tremendous pain for the community,” Lawrence Greenspon, volunteer co-chair of the National Holocaust Monument Committee, told JNS.
The pro-Israel advocate spoke with JNS about the shock caused by Canberra’s decision to bar his visit, calling it “different level craziness.”
“Everyone deserves to feel safe in the city,” Ariella Kimmel, executive director of the nonprofit ABC Toronto, told JNS.
There are 26 commandments in the Torah that can only be performed in Israel. No other religion mandates practices to be performed only in Israel.
“This is not just a Jewish issue. This is a Canadian issue,” said Sara Lefton of the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto. “We need to stand up for Israel.”
“Perpetrators feel increasingly emboldened to act openly, publicly,” Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, of the Canadian Friends of Simon Wiesenthal, told JNS.
A recent annual report on Jew-hatred found that antisemitic instances were up 83% in Canada from 2021 to 2023.