Newsletter
Newsletter Support JNS
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 can’t ally with just one party,” Rabbi Ilana Krygier Lapides, who is part of the clergy at a Calgary Conservative synagogue, told JNS.
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs slammed the report for “blatantly” dismissing “the lived experience of Jewish students, families and educators.”
“I don’t feel like giving benefit of the doubt,” David Fleischer told JNS. “It feels like it’s something all the time now.”
A wide range of pro-Israel allies represented “ethnicities and nationalities, who have seen their own identities attacked by others,” per an organizer.
Parents aren’t raising their kids to think Hamas is good. “They’re learning it in their classes,” Bari Weiss, editor of “The Free Press,” told attendees.
Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, told JNS that his mentor has “dedicated his life to fighting injustice, defending the oppressed and advancing human rights.”
“If we did give a statement, it would be that the quote is false,” Anthony Housefather, who is Jewish, told JNS of charges from someone helping the campaign of his Jewish opponent Neil Oberman.
“You could spend days reading through the stories of each victim,” Kevin Vuong told JNS about Oct. 7. “It’s heavy and somber and reaffirms the need to support Israel.”