Shai DeLuca hopes to have set an example for fighting antisemitism in Canada with his legal victory over Foodbenders

JL;DR SUMMARY In a legal victory against the now-closed Foodbenders restaurant owner in Toronto, Shai DeLuca was awarded $85,000 in damages after being defamed on social media with false accusations of being a racist Israeli terrorist who killed Palestinian babies. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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