Antisemitic Assaults and Vandalism Are Down on Campuses but Online Bullying Is up, Hillel Finds

Antisemitic assaults and vandalism are down on campuses but online bullying is up, Hillel finds

The number of antisemitic assaults and acts of vandalism on college campuses fell sharply in the last school year, according to Hillel International. And the pro-Palestinian encampments that ignited fear among many Jewish college students in early 2024 effectively disappeared in the year since, with just nine encampments taking place in the last school year, the Jewish campus group said in its annual tally of antisemitic incidents, released July…

Jews were the most targeted group for hate crimes, according to a Statistics Canada report

'It’s simply unacceptable that Jewish Canadians, who make up such a small portion of the population, are so disproportionately targeted.'

Jewish Canadians 25 Times More Likely to Be Targeted by Hate Crimes

While the 2024 total reflects a slight decrease from the all-time high of 959 incidents in 2023, it remains significantly above the 2022 figure of 527. By Vered Weiss, World Israel News Newly released figures from Statistics Canada reveal that hate crimes targeting Jewish Canadians remained at crisis levels in 2024, with 920 police-reported incidents. This confirms that Jews were once again the most targeted religious group in the country and we…

Some prominent Canadian Jews say they plan or consider moving to US

A Jewish leader in Vancouver wrote that “for my family, the luxury of patience has run out and our confidence in Canada’s political leadership is gone.”The post Some prominent Canadian Jews say they plan or consider moving to US appeared…

Jews in Canada 25X more likely to be victims of hate crimes

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs warns that new government published stastitics on hate crimes in Canada shows Jews are 25 times more likely to be victims of hate crimes than other Canadians.