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The CJN’s year-end antisemitism report card for Canadian schools and universities

JL;DR SUMMARY Reports of antisemitic incidents surged in Canadian schools and universities during the 2024-2025 academic year, prompting a significant uptick in Jewish students transferring to private Jewish day schools. 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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EducationJewish StudentsSafety ConcernsJewish Day SchoolsUniversity PoliciesPro Israel AdvocacyLegal ActionsApr TrainingConvocation Protests

Places mentioned

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"On now exclusively at ROM. Tickets at ROM.ca."
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
"That's what it sounded like a few days ago at an Ottawa high school when the student valedictorian managed to slip away an anti-Israel message in her pre-approved speech referring to children who died in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza."
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Neil Oberman, for example, a lawyer and former candidate for the Conservative Party in Montreal against Anthony Housefather has been at the forefront in Montreal, right? Has he not?"
McGill, Quebec, Canada
"We've seen masked students at McGill smash a sports center with Sylvan Adams' name on it."
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
"And in Calgary on a campus there students who were hearing from Israeli influencer Alon Levy were being physically penned in by protesters."
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
"Recently in Waterloo for an engineering convocation, the VAD Victorian took some time during his speech to accuse Israel of genocide and spew a lot of anti-Israel rhetoric."
Paris, France
"Hassan Diab, the professor who was convicted of bombing a Paris synagogue, was teaching for many years."
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
"UBC, I think, Diamond and Diamond was doing some of the lawsuits."
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
"University of Windsor, too, for adapting what's considered a BDS policy."
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