Apple agrees to pay $150,000 to settle discrimination lawsuit over employee's Shabbat observance
Days after Hamas’ October 7 massacre, Dosch also warned Steele not to get into politics or debates about the conflict at work.
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Global coalition of orgs launch ‘Gaza GenoLIE’ initiative to counter ‘modern blood libel’
Montreal opposition party moves forward with motion to cut ties with Israel
Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish students
Man arrested after attempting to cut Israeli kitchen tent at Edmonton Heritage Festival
Social media footage circulating on Wednesday captured the shadow of an individual attempting to slash an Israeli tent with a knife.
Class action lawsuit against McGill University for alleged campus antisemitism allowed to proceed
The class action, taken by law firm FFMP, is on behalf of all Jewish students registered at McGill University from October 8, 2023, onwards.
Abdul El-Sayed seeks Democratic unity after divisive Michigan Senate primary
Later, El-Sayed devoted a chunk of his speech to ensuring the safety of Michigan’s Jews, still rattled by his equivocal reaction to an attack on a suburban Detroit synagogue earlier this year.
Figures who justified October 7 advised CMHR Nakba exhibit, B'nai Brith finds - exclusive
Several people involved with shaping the exhibit belong to CPAM, a group that accused Israel of stealing the organs of dead Palestinians in Gaza, a statement classified by the IHRA as a blood libel.
UK Supreme Court to hear appeal over Palestine Action proscription in November
The UK Supreme Court will hear Huda Ammori's appeal in November, testing whether the government lawfully banned Palestine Action under terrorism laws.
Jewish Italian teens targeted by alleged neo-Nazis at Bulgaria hotel
The group, from Rome and Milan, was participating in a program organized by the Jewish youth movement Bnei Akiva.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside Chicago's Israeli consulate to protest settler violence
Protesters chanted “Israel out of Palestine, long live the intifada,” "From the river to the sea, Palestine is almost free," and "Netanyahu, you will see, Palestine will be free."
British Conservative Party defends inclusion of former neo-Nazi as local election candidate
Joshua Bonehill-Paine in 2015 was convicted of racially aggravated harassment of a Labour member of parliament, and had also been imprisoned for stirring up hatred against a London Jewish community.
US, Canadian healthcare failing to address rising antisemitism since Oct. 7, review says
“Antisemitism in healthcare has become a problem that can no longer be ignored," said Dr. Hedy S. Wald and Dr. Steven Roth, the authors of the report.
With two current films, director Rachel Israel offers comic relief for Jewish trauma
Two unabashedly Jewish comedies were directed: The Floaters, set at a Jewish summer camp, and Influenced, a satire of Manhattan influencer culture that culminates in a b’nai mitzvah celebration.
