Colleyville Synagogue Terror Attack: A Painful Reminder That When Incitement Against Jews Continues, Violence Follows
En français ci-dessous Canadian Jews watched the news out of Texas thinking the same thing: It could have been my synagogue, my child’s Jewish school, my Jewish community centre. It’s an everyday reality that for us to practice our religion in 2022, we must endure airport-level security and carry out regular threat assessments. When we […]
HRC Media Bias Workshop at Adath Israel on May 22
HRC Executive Director Mike Fegelman is the keynote speaker at Adath Israel synagogue in Toronto on May 22 from 12-2pm, giving a media bias workshop designed to teach individuals how to identify media bias against Israel and how to combat it, by mobilizing the community and empowering the grassroots to take action. Register today by […]
Montreal Gazette Wrongly Portrays Fringe Anti-Israel Group’s Efforts As Representative of Jewish Community
While it’s deeply appreciated that the Montreal Gazette devoted significant front-page coverage on October 29 to the odious antisemitic attack at a Pittsburgh synagogue that saw 11 Jews murdered and half a dozen injured, it’s very regrettable that the Gazette’s reporting highlighted the efforts of a fringe anti-Israel organization called “Independent Jewish Voices” that is […]
CTV, Star, CP and CBC Amend Reporting to Mention 2014 Jerusalem Synagogue Attackers Were Palestinian
On October 25, HRC contacted editors at the Canadian Press, the Toronto Star, CTV News.ca and CBCNews.ca pointing out that their coverage of the death of Toronto-born Rabbi Howie Rothman – who died of his injuries this week after being stabbed by Palestinian terrorists at a Jerusalem synagogue in 2014 – failed to mention that the […]
CBC Must Apologize for Disgraceful Headline in Jerusalem Terror Attack Coverage
Many Canadians woke up today to the horrific news that two Palestinian terrorists had entered a Jerusalem synagogue armed with pistols, meat cleavers, knives and axes, murdering five Israelis (four rabbis and a police officer) and injuring over a half dozen others, including a Canadian-Israeli dual citizen. How did our public broadcaster’s website cover one of the […]