Toronto woman charged in Holocaust claims case
Jewish Journal
April 27, 2012
A woman living in Toronto was charged in the United States with taking part in a scheme to steal from a Holocaust survivors\’ fund.
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Toronto ‘rabbi’ arrested for immigration fraud in U.S.
Jewish Journal
October 14, 2011
A former lawyer who calls himself a rabbi was arrested in Toronto and faces extradition to the United States where authorities allege he ran a massive immigration fraud scheme.
Toronto Synagogue defaced with swastikas
Jewish Journal
August 5, 2011
Toronto Police are investigating several swastikas spray-painted around the city in recent days.
Holocaust women’s rape reports break decades of taboo
Jewish Journal
June 3, 2011
Gender violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other conflict zones around the world is a subject of continual research and education through witness testimonials, podcasts and information presented by the Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. But this year the museum took a look back, delving into a topic from history that, surprisingly, is entirely new pivotal research about the rape of Jewish women during the Holocaust, described in a new book by two female scholars.
Queers Against Israel Apartheid quits Toronto parade
Jewish Journal
April 19, 2011
Queers Against Israeli Apartheid said it will not participate in the Toronto Pride Parade. The group, which has raised controversy with its planned participation in the parade, was announced its decision in an April 15 news release.
City funding OK for parade including Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, says Toronto official
Jewish Journal
April 14, 2011
A decision by Toronto\’s city manager would permit city funding for the Toronto Pride Parade regardless of the participation of Queers Against Israeli Apartheid. The city manager\’s report was in response to a motion put forward last year by the City Council to determine whether city funding for the parade should be withdrawn in 2011 because of Queers Against Israeli Apartheid\’s participation, which some say violates the city\’s anti-discrimination policy.
Canadian government to help fund Jewish campus
Jewish Journal
March 16, 2011
Canada\’s federal government will contribute up to $15 million toward the building of a massive Jewish community campus north of Toronto. Monday\’s announcement was made by Julian Fantino, Canada\’s minister of state for seniors. The federal funds will support the third phase of the Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus project, a sprawling 50-acre site in the Toronto suburb of Vaughan. Its services are to be phased in from 2012 to 2016.
Brother slams thesis writer for citing grandmother
Jewish Journal
December 17, 2010
The brother of the author of a thesis accepted by he University of Toronto that calls Holocaust education programs \”racist\” slammed her for invoking their Holocaust survivor grandmother in her defense. Jenny Peto, a Jewish activist with the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, attacks in her thesis the March of Remembrance and Hope, through which young adults of diverse backgrounds travel with Holocaust survivors to sites of Nazi atrocities in Poland, and March of the Living Canada, part of an international program that takes young Jews and survivors to Poland and Israel. Peto argues the programs cause Jews to believe they are innocent victims. In reality, she writes, they are privileged white people who \”cannot see their own racism.\”
Toronto threatens gay parade’s funding over anti-Israel group
Jewish Journal
April 22, 2010
The city of Toronto has threatened to withdraw funding from a gay pride parade if an anti-Israel group is allowed to participate.\n
Toronto film fest calls Israeli PR strategy into question
Jewish Journal
September 15, 2009
When Amir Gissin helped come up with an idea to remake Israel\’s international image several years ago, it\’s unlikely he imagined that the showcasing of Israeli films in Toronto would spark a star-studded Hollywood brouhaha over artistic expression and cultural boycotts.
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