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Anti anti-Semitism: A Toronto rally against anti-Semitism organized by a 19-year-old Ryerson student drew dozens of participants Monday, including the city’s mayor.
Sentence for anti-Semite deemed insufficient: A B.C. man who said on his website that Jews should be forcibly sterilized got a sentence yesterday that some Jewish groups are unhappy with.
Ezra Levant probably ticked off: Writer and Vice Media co-founder Gavin McInnes went to Israel with media personality Ezra Levant and (one of) the results is this video, wherein McInnes expresses chumminess for “super-far-right Nazis,” says he’s “becoming anti-Semitic” and puts on an offensive Israeli accent. And guess what? Nazis dug it.
Donald and Bibi: It’s complicated: Will Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu break up or forge ahead with their love-in? Historian Gil Troy will examine how much chemistry between leaders matters at his public talk “Israeli Relations in the Trump Era,” held March 28 at Holy Blossom Temple. You can tweet questions to Troy ahead of the event.
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— Canadian Jewish News (@TheCJN) March 15, 2017
City painted gold and red: CJN contributor Jean Gerber looks at Amos Elon’s depiction of Jerusalem, a city as blood-stained as it is venerated.
Adam Krief, a 32-year-old Jewish father whose search for a bone marrow donor sparked an international campaign, has died.
Game over for Team Israel: Team Israel is out of the World Baseball Classic after starting the tournament with four consecutive (and uncanny) wins.