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0 Politics Antisemitism

‘Apology not accepted’: Behind Jewish groups’ furor over Canada’s new human rights commissioner

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 3 Jul

The recent appointment of Birju Dattani as Canada's Chief Human Rights Commissioner has sparked controversy due to his past anti-Israel and alleged antisemitic social media activity.

0 Politics Antisemitism

Selina Robinson is mulling her future after quitting the B.C. NDP over its ‘silence’ on antisemitism

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 13 Mar

Selina Robinson, a Jewish politician in British Columbia, resigned from the NDP due to ongoing antisemitic incidents and her party's inadequate response.

0 Antisemitism Politics

Does Canada really need another organization to 'combat anti-Jewish hatred'? Daniel Koren thinks so

Rivkush · 27 Sep 2023

Daniel Koren, a former member of various Jewish organizations in Canada, has founded a new group called Allied Voices for Israel to combat anti-Jewish hatred by promoting Zionism on college campuses through trips to Israel, media fellowships, and summer retreats.

0 Communities Jewish Law

For the first time ever, Jewish RCMP officers can now wear kippot on duty

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 8 Sep 2022

This episode discusses the significant policy change by the RCMP to allow Jewish officers to wear kippot while on duty, a move driven by advocacy from B'nai Brith Canada's League for Human Rights.

0 Antisemitism Holocaust

Jewish organizations are outraged over 'bizarre' Montreal court case putting the Holocaust on trial

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 13 Jul 2022

This episode discusses the trial of Gabriel Sohier Chaput, a neo-Nazi charged with inciting hatred against Jews, which shockingly turned into a debate about the relationship between Nazism and the Holocaust.

0 History Antisemitism

Still demanding justice: 27 years since Argentina’s largest unsolved terror attack

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 19 Jul 2021

This episode revisits the devastating AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which remains unsolved 27 years later, with suspicions pointing towards Iran and Hezbollah.