The 27 th  day of Nissan on the Hebrew Calendar, which in 2026 corresponds to April 14, 2026, is Yom HaZikaron liHaShoah viHagvurah:  The Day of Remembrance of the Martyrs and Hereoes of the Holocaust and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. On this day, we honour the memory of six million Jews of Europe and North Africa enslaved and murdered by the National Socialist Regime of Germany.  We honour the memory of entire communities whose existence was wiped from the pages of history.  W

Re: Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti at risk in Israeli jails as he faces 'escalating abuse'. 'Palestine's Mandela' suffers three recent attacks including assault where prison guards set a dog on him, lawyer says, Emma Graham-Harrison, Wed 15 Apr 2026, Guardian. April 15, 2026 Dear Editor, It is interesting that the Guardian would recognize a man to be a "Palestinian leader" who is serving 5 life terms for committing multiple homicides. Other Palestinian murderers are also

Dear Letter to the Editor: Ghada Aboulfattah drones on endlessly about effects -- rubble in Gaza, but in her myopic Zionophobic screed ignores the cause: 6000 Gazan sociopaths ( 3800 Hamas and 2200. Gazan civilian willing executioners) in a surprise genocidal attack on Israel, the 3500 year old indigenous homeland of the Jewish people, murdered, raped, beheaded, eviscerated and disemboweled 1200 Jewish men, women, children, infants and Holocaust survivors,  and kidnapped 250

PRESS RELEASE April 15, 2026 A Jewish and Chinese Initiative Offers Free Educational Display for May Heritage Months As May approaches—celebrating both Jewish Heritage Month and Asian Heritage Month—a multi-organizational initiative is making a free educational display available to schools, libraries, and community organizations across Canada. Led by the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation, the project features “Celebrating Contributions to Humanity,” a professionally

We invite you to our May-June lecture series exploring Chinese–Jewish connections , sacred texts , and contemporary identity , featuring leading voices and bringing two ancient peoples into conversation , reflection , and shared discovery . These lectures are made possible through an endowment in memory of Murray Poizne r (Meyer ben Yisroel) by Annette Poizner , MSW, Ed.D. Register today!

Dear Friends and Colleagues, As we emerge from Passover and turn toward the month of May, we have a timely opportunity. In both Canada and the United States, May marks  Asian Heritage Month and  Jewish Heritage Month —a convergence that invites thoughtful connection. The  Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation  (CAEF) is pleased to foster dialogue and alliance between the  Jewish  and  Chinese  communities. At a time when both antisemitism and anti-Asian hate persist, we

The Time for Action is Now Time Change   - Toronto Rally Meeting to Discuss Bathurst-Sheppard Anti-Israel Protest. The time has been changed to 5:30 pm from 7:30 pm to accommodate the Yom Hashoah commemorations at Adath Israel Synagogue and the Prosserman Jewish  Community Centre. Register here Legal Update 1. Toronto Police announce Arrest of Mohamed MAHDI in connection with the shooting of the Old Avenue Restaurant.  On Friday April 3, on the second night of Pesach holiday

Dear Premier Doug Ford, Hon. Doug Downey, Minister of the Attorney General Hon. Michael S. Kerzner, Minister of the Solicitor General, Councillor James Pasternak, York  Centre College Re: Bathurst/Sheppard-Bathurst Manor-Demonstrations I am a long time resident of Bathurst Manor. I grew up there, raised a family there and have recently retired while still living there. I am a father of two, a regulatory lawyer (recently retired) and a Jew. My synagogue is several blocks from

Dear Letter to the Editor: Georgetown Professor Johnathan Brown responded to a post calling out Islamic rape gangs by saying: " Get Over It!". His enthusiastic approval of rape is obviously embraced by the Georgetown administration which continues to employ him and allows him to promote his rape pedagogy. Apparently at Georgetown freedom of speech includes the freedom to promote the rape of every woman at Georgetown. A poisonous pedagogy indeed. See: " Muslim Georgetown Prof

April 6, 2026 BGen Marc Theriault Deputy Secretary Honours and Deputy Herald Chancellor The Canadian Chancellery 1 Sussex Drive Ottawa ON K1A 0A1 Dear Brig. General Theriault ; The Order of Canada is intended as “the cornerstone of the Canadian Honour System,” according to your own website. Honourees are those who have “enriched the lives of others and made a difference in this country.” Surely, the Order of Canada also acknowledges and celebrates the humanity, tolerance, inc

April 6, 2026 To the Rectors at the University of Antwerp, Ghent University, and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Free University of Brussels) Dear Resurrectors of the Nuremberg laws, On April 2, 2026, you three honored one of the worlds leading Jews haters, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese with an honorary doctorate. This can only be seen as a punishment for Israel that Belgium loathes for its success in repelling those who would destroy it, and perhaps punishment of

To enable community members to attend both the Bathurst and Sheppard area meeting hosted by B’nai Brith Canada, CAEF, and Councillor James Pasternak as well as the broader community’s Yom Hashoah V’Hagvurah 2026: Community Commemoration ( torontoholocaustmuseum.org/events/yom-hashoah-2026 ) on 13 April 2026, the Bathurst and Sheppard meeting will now begin at 5:30 p.m. As residents continue to face harassment during ongoing anti-Israel protests, serious concerns about safety,

Legal Update 1. Charges laid against Muhammad Anas SIAL - CAEF Police Complaint Gets Action! On March 15, 2026, CAEF President R. Michael Teper reported Muhammad Anas SIAL to the Toronto Police Service for public incitement of hatred against Jews for displaying placards that contained dehumanizing imagery of Jewish people at the corner of Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue in Toronto earlier that day. The TPS incident number was 26-548055.  On Thursday April 2, (the second d

...,and that Zionism is as old as Judaism itself, April 3, 2026. Dear Letter to the Editor/Op Ed: Avi Lewis, the new leader of the Canadian NDP, -- with due respect to the totally different " antizionism" of 1897 when Israel did not exist- is a Zionophobe* who by proudly calling himself an AntiZionist Jew REJECTS  the SOLE  foundational narrative of Judaism as expressed in the sole source of Judaism, the 3500 year old  Jewish Bible aka the Old Testament aka the Torah: the Jew

Editor: Re: Letter to Editor: WorldWatch Israel: Catholic Leaders Barred From Mass The AP demonstrates its Jew hating agenda with the misleading headline: Catholic Leaders Barred From Mass. In fact, the Israeli government closed major religious sites of all three faiths because of the threat of Iranian missiles and shrapnel raining down on Israelis.   This closure  included the holiest of Jewish sites, the Western Wall of the 2nd Jewish Temple. Instead, the article title shou

...at Bathurst St. and Sheppard Ave. in which officers "escorted" demonstrators past Jewish residences, a synagogue and school. Where is the enforcement of legislation to keep the haters away from Jewish institutions and out of Jewish residential areas? To Chief Myron Demkiew and Councillor James Pasternak, CAEF is disappointed at the Toronto Police handling of the anti-Israel demonstrators at Bathurst and Sheppard today. TPS constables allowed the demonstrators to march past

Hitler: The Proclaimed Messiah of the Palestinian Cause Review by Andria Spindel Aabhas Maldahiyar has made the history of Jewish persecution from time immemorial through to the 20 th century pogroms and the Holocaust, a very accessible read while incorporating, not avoiding, explicit documentation.  Maldahiyar’s attention to detail, to facts, and evidence painstakingly researched, makes the most of his academic training as an architect, building structure from the foundati

Check out the latest episode of Deep Dive with RICI Podcast from March 24, 2026, with Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation’s (CAEF) Executive Director Andria Spindel as she and RICI’s Executive Director Maria Friedman discuss patterns of Jew-hatred in Canada and America, jihadism, and other topics. RICI is proud to continue to partner with CAEF on important educational initiatives about Israel.