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A Jewish leader lost: Keith Landy, former head of the Canadian Jewish Congress, died of cancer Feb. 24. Read his obit here.
‘Punch a zionist’ punches out: The McGill University student politician under fire for his “punch a Zionist today” tweet, resigned from the Students’ Society board of directors Friday.
A Jewish duty: “South Sudan is littered with mass graves as soldiers from both sides have committed large-scale rape, torture and mass murder” – Norman L. Epstein writes in The CJN about the Jewish duty to speak out about atrocities in South Sudan.
$10k for tips: The Anti-Defamation League is offering a reward of $10,000 (US) for anyone who’s get information about the vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia.
We are appalled to see the desecration of another Jewish cemetery. These attacks need to end now: https://t.co/d9S1KUAWCg
— ADL (@ADL_National) February 26, 2017
About 150 women who came to the the women’s section of the Kotel plaza to celebrate Rosh Chodesh had to push through a chain of religious protestors trying to hold them back.
“Nevertheless, she persisted:” More than 150 women praying at Kotel despite the jostling, the slurs, the caged-in zone, the whistles & the yelling. pic.twitter.com/TnifwQoXsy
— Women of the Wall (@Womenofthewall) February 27, 2017
Dana Sharon, WOW Board Member #pussyhat pic.twitter.com/eF6jVXpfRE
— Women of the Wall (@Womenofthewall) February 27, 2017
Jews and anti-Semites at the Oscars: You heard about last night’s best picture mix-up at the Oscars, but did you also hear that Hacksaw Ridge, the latest film by Mel Gibson, of the infamous anti-Semitic rant, won two awards? And that Ezra Edelman’s O.J.: Made in America won for best documentary?