Canada
“Jewish Canadians are not alone. Hate impacts us all. If we aspire to build a society where everyone truly belongs, then there is no time to lose,” said Richard Marceau of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.
Michael Mostyn, CEO of B’nai Brith Canada, which provided a victim-impact statement in the case, said “they caused grave alarm with their hateful sentiments.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: “It’s everyone’s challenge to take on, especially governments.”
The government had been attempting to expel Helmut Oberlander for more than two decades, claiming that he had hidden his role as a Nazi death-squad interpreter during his immigration to Canada in 1954.
“The reaction to the revelation has been enormous and unequivocal,” said Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, director of policy at Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center.
Michael Park, 32, performed a Nazi salute and then physically attacked a woman at a subway station in Toronto after asking her multiple times if she was “a Jew.”
“Such attempts at spreading hatred will never be tolerated in this city,” posted the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center on Twitter.
The organization is concerned about a class by assistant professor Shamma Boyarin, who has lashed out at Jews online and posted derogatory images and statements on his personal Twitter account, Motley Jëw.
“We trust that our law-enforcement partners will investigate these matters diligently and do everything possible to apprehend the perpetrators,” said B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn.
“There is no room for anti-Semitic hate in Canada, or anywhere, and certainly not in a democratic electoral process,” tweeted Irwin Colter, founder and chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights.
Sigal Kanotopsky and Yaron Deckel will lead the organization’s efforts to strengthen the relationship between Israel and the Diaspora.
It’s not the first time the request to the local Ukrainian community has been made; it’s also not the first time the statues have been marred.
