Canada
Rodrigo Alonso Loyola Salas said he will run as an independent rather than under Justin Trudeau’s party after a video of him from 2009 surfaced.
“We have survived persecution for more than 2,000 years, and we will keep coming together to survive the next two millennia,” said the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver.
“This recent incident is part of a deeply concerning trend we’ve seen over the past 18 months, with hate crimes and antisemitism rising across Canada,” CIJA’s Richard Marceau told JNS.
The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center told JNS that the court’s decision of probation, community service and anger management is “outrageous.”
The new Canadian prime minister, a Liberal, referred to Jewish “perseverance,” while the opposition leader, a Conservative, stated that Purim is about Jewish strength overcoming “the forces of evil.”
“Both parties must work towards the return of all hostages and the completion of the ceasefire agreement,” Mark Carney stated.
The airline said it was working with a “third-party provider” to rectify the issue.
Voters must think seriously if they want their children “in school for an education or for indoctrination,” Tamara Gottlieb, a Jewish education nonprofit leader, told JNS.
“There is a general sense of uncertainty and concern about what’s happening right now, and you wonder what Jewish life will be like in Ontario,” Jason Cherniak, a center-left Liberal running for office, told JNS.
The carrier will operate nonstop flights from Toronto and Montreal.
Mayor Valerie Plante called the vandalism an antisemitic attack.
The organization said he revitalized operations, including Israel advocacy, during a time when antisemitism and anti-Israel fervor seeped into schools and cities across the country.
