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Toronto police are investigating three incidents of antisemitic graffiti discovered this week at public high schools in the city, drawing outrage from a Jewish community that has pointed to a “systemic” problem in the local school district.

According to Toronto Police Service (TPS) spokesperson Alex Li, three “nearly identical” incidents were discovered Wednesday morning at Central Technical School, Rosedale Heights School of the Arts, and Malvern Collegiate Institute, Canada’s CBC reported.

“These are being treated as hate-motivated and our Hate Crime Unit is fully engaged,” Li told the broadcaster on Wednesday. “Due to the similarities in each incident, investigators are exploring whether they are linked.”

TDSB spokesperson Ryan Bird confirmed that all three may have “occurred overnight.”


“We are working with Toronto police to provide any assistance that we can as they continue to investigate these incidents which are harmful and completely unacceptable on or off school property,” he said.

A fourth incident was later reported Friday, according to Toronto’s Global News, at the Regal Road Junior Public School.

On Thursday, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSCW) CEO Michael Levitt called on policy makers to take action.

“Toronto’s Jewish community continues to be targeted with antisemitism, continuing the disturbing rise in Jew-hated that was recorded in 2021 in our city and across Canada,” Levitt said. “Sadly, Toronto schools have become the epicenter of this age-old hatred.”

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Toronto Police Investigating After Three High Schools Hit by Antisemitic Vandalism - Algemeiner.com

Toronto police are investigating three incidents of antisemitic graffiti discovered this week at public high schools in the city, drawing outrage from a Jewish community that has pointed to a "systemic" problem in the local school district. According to Toronto Police Service (TPS) spokesperson...

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Tying into the “brother war” idea is a narrative that the war is a Jewish conspiracy to harm white Europeans, involving both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“It’s the idea that since President Zelensky’s Jewish… the conspiracy is rising that Putin is being controlled by the Russian oligarchs, who are also Jewish allegedly, and so essentially it’s a Jewish conspiracy to pit these two white nations against each other to kill white people,” Farley said.

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White supremacists condemn Ukraine conflict as a ‘brother war’; some blame Jews

Far-right extremists decry killing of white people in war, don't pick a side overall; but the theme of supposed Jewish puppet masters is a recurring one

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How does one stop Antisemitism? Which is another word for Jew hatred .
First it was Judeophobia, and then a German Jew-hater changed the expression to Antisemitism in the 19th century. Nothing changes, It is all the same.

Many groups like to say that Jews are against Israel or against Judaism.

This one seems to be one of them. And there probably are many others, which I will post in the future.

Jew hatred may morph, but the intent is always the same.

Let us try to stop it.

Man's inhumanity to man:
Armenian Genocide.
Assyrian Genocide.
Greek Genocide.
Cambodian Genocide.
Rwandan Genocide.
Srebrenica Genocide.
There is always some dominant group quite willing to demonize those that appear, behave or worship differently or, occupy land a dominant group wants.
We are descended from primates/hominids and their primitive drives are imbedded in us.
Hopefully, over more time, we will move beyond that, but if not, I doubt mankind will survive itself.

 

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Hate crimes targeting Jews in New York rose by 400 percent in February, according to new figures released by the New York Police Department on Friday, burying hopes for a let-up in the wave of antisemitism that has struck the city.

The NYPD recorded 56 hate crimes against Jews in Feb. 2022, compared with 11 in the same month the previous year. The attacks on Jews comprised about half of the total number of hate crimes in the city, which also registered nine attacks on Asians, 16 attacks on Black people and three attacks on Muslims.

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New York Police Record Astronomical Rise in Antisemitic Incidents for Second Consecutive Month - Algemeiner.com

Hate crimes targeting Jews in New York rose by 400 percent in February, according to new figures released by the New York Police Department on Friday, burying hopes for a let-up in the wave of antisemitism that has struck the city. The NYPD recorded 56 hate crimes against Jews in Feb. 2022...

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Nadia Abu El Haj is a professor of anthropology at Columbia University's Barnard College.

In 2002, she published "Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society." The book is meant to be a discussion of how Israel uses and misuses archaeology for its own political purposes.

But she asserts, in her own voice, something so shocking that it should disqualify her in her own field, in a section of her book that discusses Palestinian looting of Jewish artifacts at archaeological sites - something that is rampant.

Looting could well be analyzed as a form of resistance to the Israeli state and an archaeological project, understood by many Palestinians, to stand at the very heart of Zionist historical claims to the land. In James Scott's words, looting is perhaps a "weapon of the weak" [1985].

Here we have an anthropologist who is praising Palestinian looting of Jewish heritage - because it is "resistance."

(James Scott's book, called "Weapons of the Weak," does not talk about looting of archaeological sites, and indeed does not appear to discuss the permanent destruction or loss of any major items. Abu El Haj is twisting his thesis.)

In Palestinian thought, any crime, including murder, is justifiable under the rubric of "resistance," so perhaps this shouldn't be considered too shocking. Yet this is an American-born professor of anthropology at an American university who is openly asserting that destroying Jewish culture is a good thing. (Her father is Palestinian.)

This is today's antisemitism, justified as a "principle."

(As I was researching this, I found an excellent critique of the entire book published here. )

What kind of an anthropologist would condone looting of Jewish antiquities? A Palestinian one at Columbia.

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An Illinois local official has condemned the distribution of virulently antisemitic flyers in the town of Glenview on the outskirts of Chicago blaming the Russian invasion of Ukraine on a Jewish conspiracy.

Scott Britton, the Commissioner for Cook County, confirmed on Monday that flyers — which also pinned the COVID-19 pandemic on a “Jewish agenda” — had been placed in numerous driveways in the district.

“I am nauseated that someone took the time, during a deadly global pandemic, to create many multiples of these packages and deliver them to residents of the 14th District,” Britton said in a statement. “I condemn these anonymous letters on every level.”

Britton said he was coordinating with the Glenview Police Department, along with the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, to investigate the flyers. “While I am not Jewish, I stand with Jews locally and everywhere. While I am not Ukrainian, I speak out against the war against them,” Britton said. “Hate has no home here.”

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The flyers in Glenview bore the hallmarks of the so-called “Goyim Defense League” (GDL) — a California-based neo-Nazi group that has carried out a coast-to-coast campaigns during the pandemic involving flyer distribution and demonstrations pushing antisemitic COVID-19 conspiracy theories along with Holocaust denial.

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Illinois Official Condemns Antisemitic Flyers Blaming Russian Invasion of Ukraine on Jewish Conspiracy - Algemeiner.com

An Illinois local official has condemned the distribution of virulently antisemitic flyers in the town of Glenview on the outskirts of Chicago blaming the Russian invasion of Ukraine on a Jewish conspiracy. Scott Britton, the Commissioner for Cook County, confirmed on Monday that flyers — which...

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A “Mezuzah Project” at Indiana University (IU) prompted by a series of antisemitic outrages has seen hundreds of Jewish ritual prayer scrolls distributed across the campus in support, a Jewish community leader said.

“I stand with my Jewish friends” say the red mezuzahs, recently posted on the doors of the Indiana Memorial Union, a campus landmark and gathering place for students and faculty, according to a school communication Monday.

“The mezuzah is so significant for college students because when they come to campus, it’s the first time they’re creating a Jewish home, the first time they get to make that choice,” IU Hillel Rabbi Sue Silberberg told News at IU Bloomington. “Unfortunately today, it also carries some risk because of antisemitism, so it’s been really meaningful and important to Jewish students to see the mezuzahs on campus.”

This academic year, IU University has been the sight of several troubling antisemitic incidents. Last semester, six swastikas were graffitied on campus, and during the High Holy Days, at least a dozen mezuzahs were stolen from Jewish students, prompting the creation of the Indiana University Antisemitism Task Force.


Most recently, an anonymous user 2 an antisemitic tirade on GreekRank.com that accused Jewish Greek Life members of being “east coast Jews” with an appetite for “money, greed, and sexually assaulting women.”

Supported by the IU Dean of Students, Bias Response Team, and Office of Residential Programs and Services, the task force includes new training programs on the history of Judaism and antisemitism. To help develop the trainings, IU Hillel offered a resource on Sunday for students to submit an “Antisemitic Experience Testimony.”

Diptanshu Rao, IU junior and president of the Memorial Union Board, which partnered with Hillel for the project, told News at Bloomington that “campus bodies who are in place to represent student interests are not letting antisemitism go unaddressed.”

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‘Hundreds’ of Mezuzahs Placed at Indiana University in Solidarity After String of Antisemitic Incidents - Algemeiner.com

A “Mezuzah Project” at Indiana University (IU) prompted by a series of antisemitic outrages has led to the distribution of hundreds of Jewish ritual prayer scrolls across the campus. "I stand with my Jewish friends," say the red mezuzahs, recently posted on the doors of the Indiana Memorial...

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Acknowledging a series of incidents reported by Jewish students at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, school administrators denounced antisemitism on Tuesday, pledging to strengthen efforts to combat bias.

“Antisemitism is wrong and it will not be tolerated at UW-Madison,” Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor and Chief Diversity Officer LaVar Charleston said in a statement. “We are working to support all community members and increasing our educational efforts to prevent bias incidents from happening in the future.”

They revealed that recently, a swastika was carved into a residence hall bathroom stall, antisemitic slurs were yelled at a student, and a community member reported being harassed for “looking Jewish.”

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‘Antisemitism is Wrong,’ Says University of Wisconsin After Three Recent Reports - Algemeiner.com

Acknowledging a series of incidents reported by Jewish students at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, school administrators denounced antisemitism on Tuesday, pledging to strengthen efforts to combat bias. "Antisemitism is wrong and it will not be tolerated at UW-Madison," Vice Chancellor for...

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Antisemitism has become endemic on American college campuses. While some administrators have taken decisive actions to protect Jewish students, far too many still do not recognize the threat or do not take it seriously.

In a survey published last year, ACF found that 80% of undergraduates and recent graduates have experienced antisemitism in some form. When Israel is attacked or uniquely scrutinized on campuses, Jewish students often pay the price. According to the Anti-Defamation League, when Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) resolutions arise in student government, antisemitic incidents spike, placing Jews in immediate danger. In many cases, anti-Israel activists co-opt the language of DEI and social justice to bully and harass Jewish students.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are worthwhile principles. Our institutions should not dismiss them out of hand. But we must make sure these initiatives do not become hijacked for illiberal purposes, and ultimately used as a cudgel against Jewish students. As they administer these programs, campus officials must take into account the unique challenges Jewish students face as a minority community on campus. Alumni stakeholders have a responsibility to keep a watchful eye on DEI — and we must all be part of that effort.

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When ‘Diversity’ Efforts on College Campuses Don’t Protect Jews - Algemeiner.com

American college campuses are special places. Many alumni, like me, have fond memories of our academic pursuits and campus communities. There are few places as welcoming and outwardly inclusive for students of diverse backgrounds as colleges. Sadly, however, many Jewish students have been left...

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Vogue uploaded its own Instagram post about Gigi’s decision, which quoted the model’s controversial comparison between Ukrainians and Palestinians.

The magazine removed the comparison hours later, after coming under fire for giving it a greater platform, but it remains in Vogue‘s news article on its website.

“While Gigi is pushing a false political narrative to demonize the world’s only state, Israel is actively negotiating peace between Ukraine and Russia. The appropriation of other people’s pain is truly a new low, come on!” StopAntisemitism.org wrote in response to Vogue‘s post.

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After Outcry, Vogue Removes Gigi Hadid’s Claim That Palestinians ‘Experience the Same’ as Ukrainian War Victims | United with Israel

The magazine removed the comparison from its Instagram account, but it remains in Vogue‘s news article on its website.

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