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CAEF sent a letter to the Ontario College of Teachers regarding double standard in singling out a Jewish teacher for criticizing Hamas supporters and ignoring postings by teachers who support Hamas
June 8, 2025 Linda Lacroix Registrar Ontario College of Teachers 101 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON Delivered by email: llacroix@oct.ca ...
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CAEF Letter to Royal Ontario Museum concerning representation and support for individuals whose public personas are problematic, spreading anti-Jewish propaganda
June 3, 2025 Mr. Jason Basseches, CEO & Mr. Andrew MacLeod, Chair Royal Ontario Museum Dear Messers Basseches and MacLeod; I am...
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Jun 53 min read
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Read Letter to the Guardian from Richard Sherman, re article published entitled, "You Can Oppose Israel's Policies without Killing Jewish People'" noting a Gazan culture of violence and hatred
Dear Letter to the Editor: Jo-Ann Mort naively thinks that there a difference between Hamas and the people of Gaza (" You Can Oppose...
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Jun 51 min read
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Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary, to the Guardian re Hamas charter and Muslim Brotherhood ideology
In responise to an article published on June 3rd, Shapiro wrote on June 4th: Dear Editor, Article seven of the Hamas Charter calls for...
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Jun 51 min read
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Letter from Richard Sherman to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) re foundational antisemitism of Human Rights Watch, in response to Professor Michael deGraff
Dear Letter to the Editor: MIT Professor Michael DeGraff might want to do some research concerning the foundational antisemitism of Human...
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Jun 52 min read
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CAEF wrote Minister of Education, pointing out high rate of antisemitic incidents at TDSB, calling for education & implementation of IHRA & specifying hiring criterion for Jewish Equity Coach
June 1, 2025 Hon. Paul Calandra Minister of Education, Province of Ontario 438 University Ave. Toronto, ON M7A 2A5 Dear Minister: Shortly...
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Jun 52 min read
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CAEF wrote Minister of Education, Paul Casandra, countering request from TDSB for mandatory training on APR, as no data or definition offered to support TDSB request
June 1, 2025 Hon. Paul Calandra Minister of Education, Province of Ontario 438 University Ave. Toronto, ON M7A 2A5 Dear Minister: Last...
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Jun 51 min read
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Open Caustic Letter to the UK, France, and Canada: Alex Rose
You sanctimonious, hypocritical cowards. How dare you threaten the one Jewish state on earth—after everything your nations did to us. You...
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May 282 min read
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CAEF Letter to Minister Anand Re: Spreading lies about Israel, spreads hatred towards Jews
May 22, 2025 Hon. Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs Government of Canada Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Anita.anand@parl.gc.ca Re:...
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May 277 min read
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Letter from Evelyn Simon to Mayor Olivia Chow, May 12, 2025, expressing concern about the rising, unabated, uncontrolled antisemitism in Toronto
Dear Mayor Olivia Chow, It was a pleasure to see you on Saturday night at the Grandmothers Partnering with Africa fund raising event....
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May 212 min read
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Michael Teper Letter to Victoria Police Chief Del Manak demanding action to deal with a repeat pulpit preacher of hatred, Younos Kathrada
May 11, 2025 Del Manak Chief Constable, Victoria Police Service Delivered by email: del.manak@vicpd.ca Dear Chief Constable Manak: I am...
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May 141 min read
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CAEF Letter to Sault Ste. Marie public library regarding the use of library for anti-Israel event
May 13, 2025 Mr. Matthew MacDonald, Executive Director SSM Public Library m.madonald@cityssm.on.ca Dear Mr. MacDonald, It has come to...
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May 143 min read
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Read Letter from Ruth Abrams, Toronto, to Atlantic School of Theology questioning their choice of IJV for an award
Dear President, Atlantic School of Theology states as its mission that it “serves Christ’s mission by shaping effective and faithful...
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May 141 min read
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CAEF Community Impact Statement, filed with the Ontario Court of Justice
Community Impact Statement (Subsection 722.2(2)) This form may be used to provide a description of the harm or loss suffered by a...
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May 76 min read
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CAEF's Response to The Atlantic School of Theology Honouring Anti-Israel Radicals
The Rev. Dr Heather McCance President The Atlantic School of Theology 66 Fracklyn Street Halifax, NS B3H 3B5 Dear Rev. Dr. McCance: We've...
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May 62 min read
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Letter from Larry Shapiro to The Catholic Register, April 17, 2025 in response to a biased article by Susan Korahar
Re: Holy Land Easter under shadow of w Susan Korahar, April 17, 2025, The Catholic Register April 23, 2025 Dear Catholic Register, I will...
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Apr 281 min read
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Letter from Richard Sherman to Colombia Daily Spectator, April 10, 2025, on its receipt of foreign funding and foreign influence in education
Dear Letter to the Editor: The Columbia Daily Spectator manifests incredible journalistic naivete to act as if there is not a...
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Apr 152 min read
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Letter to the Editor, Toronto Star, April 11 addressing bias byAl-Qazzaz suggeting Gaza is a federal election issue
Re: Opinion | Why Gaza matters to every Canadian in the federal election, By Khaled Al-Qazzaz, April 7, 2025, Toronto Star April 11, 2025...
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Apr 142 min read
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CAEF Letter on March 27th to President, Provost, VP and Dean of Princeton U demanding they cancel a scheduled antisemitic conference
Dear President Eisgruber, Provost Rexford and VP Callow-Wright and Dean Jarrett; AntiZionism IS Antisemitism. It is not a debatable...
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Apr 141 min read
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CAEF Letter to the Principal of Etobicoke School of the Arts, April 7, demanding the students not be taught lies about Israel using a fundraiser for Gaza
Dear Principal Bylybashi, The Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation is horrified to see that your students propose to have a...
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Apr 103 min read
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Islamophobia is not equivalent to antisemitism, Letter from Richard Sherman, Florida, on April 8, 2025 to Linda Mills, President of NYU in response to her letter to the NYU community
Dear NYU President Linda Mills: Your recent letter to the NYU community regarding an apparent act of vandalism indicates that you have no...
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Apr 103 min read
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Demand Social Work Associations censure International Federation for Discrimination Against Israeli Social Workers
Dear NASW and CASW Leadership, As concerned social work professionals and allies, we write to express our profound dismay at your lack of...
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Apr 24 min read
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Michael Levitt, CEO of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, writes in the Toronto Star, March 22, 2025, about the sinister rise of antisemitism in Toronto
Rocks smashed the front windows of the Pride of Israel synagogue near Bathurst Street and Dewlane Drive in June. By Michael Levitt Talk...
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Mar 253 min read
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Michael Teper, VP of CAEF sent letter to the chair of the TPS Board, Shelly Carroll & Councillor Lily Cheng, asking for an agenda item to be included at the TPS Board meeting of April 10th
Dear Chair Carroll and Board Member Cheng: I am writing to urge you to reconsider your decision to not include an agenda item regarding...
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Mar 241 min read
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Leon Kushner's letter to Chief Demkiew, Toronto Police Services, and the TPS Board expressing outrage about the recent podcast featuring two uniformed officers, "Project Olive Branch"
Dear Chief Demkiw and Members of the Toronto Police Service Board, I am writing to express my outrage and profound disappointment over...
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Mar 224 min read
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CAEF letter to Toronto City Councillors Lily Cheung and Shelly Carroll Re: Urgent Action Required – Officer-Endorsed Extremism Within Toronto Police Service
CAEF letter to Toronto City Councillors Lily Cheung and Shelly Carroll addressing the "Project Olive Branch", podcast that included...
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Mar 222 min read
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Letter to the Editor of the Forward by Larry Shapiro in response to an article condemning the deportation of Hamas supporter, Mahmoud Khalil from the US
Re: Is Mahmoud Khalil the new Emma Goldman? Larry Cohler-Esses, March 14, 2025, Forward March 16, 2025 Dear Editor, We have gotten used...
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Mar 221 min read
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Letter from Michael Teper re: Concerns Regarding Mr. Barriffe's Remarks and ETFO's Position on Defamatory Allegations
Dear Ms. Brown - I understand that the ETFO will not intervene with respect to personal remarks of Mr. Barriffe when he does not...
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Mar 172 min read
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Read Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to Air Canada CEO
March 12, 2025 Michael Rousseau President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Canada Dear President Rousseau, I will assume that Air...
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Mar 161 min read
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Letter from Michael Teper re: Community Impact Statement on Sentencing and the Need for Equality in Justice
Dear Ms. Gamble; Earlier today, I appeared before Mr. Justice James Ramsey of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario to deliver the...
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Mar 162 min read
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Kevin Vuong: Crushing Hezbollah will help free both Israel and Lebanon
This is an opportunity for the international community to make amends for its failure to support a fellow democracy when it needed it...
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Mar 154 min read
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Letter to the Editor of The Justice from Richard Sherman, Florida re Truth about Hamas
Dear Letter to the Editor: Those academics, politicians, members of the media, and millions of others who support Hamas in their...
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Mar 151 min read
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Dave Gordon wrote in JNS about Jewish Leaders' responses to election by Liberal Party of new Leader, Mark Carney
“You’ve got a very large Jewish community in Canada, and it does seem that the threats and concerns just aren’t really being taken...
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Mar 155 min read
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CAEF letter to Halton District School Board and Halton Catholic District School Board re Student Walkout for Palestine--offensive and inappropriate
Dear Halton District School Board Trustees and Halton Catholic District School Board Trustees; The Canadian Antisemitism Education...
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Mar 22 min read
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CAEF supports a letter sent to the Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA) on February 26th, concerning an antisemitic speaker
The letter was directed to the attention of Professor Alissa Trotz, Director of the Women and Gender Studies Institute, CASSA, and the...
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Mar 22 min read
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Letter from Richard Sherman to the Sun Sentinel on February 17th explaining the fiction of "Palestinian refugee" status
Dear Letter to the Editor: Hisham Mohammad and Ken Barnes propound the fiction of the "Palestine refugee" claiming "80% of Gaza's...
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Feb 192 min read
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Richard Sherman writes to Columbia University about the perversion of Zionism but several professors
Dear Letter to the Editor: The group of Columbia and Barnard professors who allege that" anti Zionism should not be equated with anti...
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Feb 192 min read
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Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary in response to Forward criticism of Israel's raid on an East Jerusalem bookstore that sold books and pamphlets that foment Jew hatred and anti-Israel propaganda
Re: Israeli police raid Palestinian bookstores in east Jerusalem, drawing international concern, By Deborah Danan, Feb. 10, 2025, Forward...
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Feb 131 min read
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Richard Sherman writes to The Hill on January 28, 2025, in response to an article by Laila El-haddad
Laila El-Haddad's anti Israel screed is filled with so many antisemitic calumnies about recent Mideast history, it is hard to know which...
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Feb 94 min read
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Letter to Globe and Mail regarding Palestinian rights in response to Nokha Dakroub and Michael Morgenthau
Re: The next Liberal leader will need to get serious about Palestinian rights, Nokha Dakroub and Michael Morgenthau, January 29, 2025,...
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Feb 91 min read
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Message from Kevin Vuong, MP, in response to concerns expressed about extremism and antisemitism following riots in Montreal.
Thank you for bringing this important issue to my attention. I share your concerns about the recent violent protests in Montreal and the...
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Feb 42 min read
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CAEF Submission re: Guide to Law and Policy re Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
Submission to the University of Toronto Regarding the Guide to Law and Policy Regarding Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israel Discrimination at...
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Feb 320 min read
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Letter from Richard Sherman to Weekly.com re BDS=Antisemitism
Dear Letter to the Editor: Henry Levy, Alameda County Treasurer, naively believes that he is participating in an "economic" boycott "...
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Jan 272 min read
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Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to The Lancet, re bias against Israel in all its recent reports
In reponse to an article on Traumatic injury mortality in the Gaza Strip from, Oct 7, 2023, to June 30, 2024: a capture-recapture...
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Jan 203 min read
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Letter from Richard Sherman, Florida, to McGill Daily re genocide and other lies against Israel
Dear Letter to the Editor: Apparently the McGill Daily Editorial Board in its effort to produce fictional narratives of Palestinian Arab...
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Jan 202 min read
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Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to the Hill Times on January 6, 2025, in response to the article by Maria Wong, December 22, 2024, stating "women are essential to the peace process
Dear Editor, Maria Wong is correct to point out that women are essential to the peace process. Prior to Oct. 7, 2023, there were many...
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Jan 71 min read
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Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to Editor of The Walrus, a Canadian magazine, about its biased reporting on the Israel-Hamas war
Re: How Trudeau Turned Canadian Diplomacy into a Spectator Sport, The Gaza crisis is a case study in Canada's reluctance to lead, by...
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Jan 61 min read
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Letter from Larry Shapiro, Calgary to Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland, re his anti-Israel remarks
January 3, 2025 Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh Ara Coeli. Cathedral Road. ARMAGH BT61 7QY. Tel (028) 3752 2045. Fax (028)...
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Jan 52 min read
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CAEF letter to Ontario College of Teachers' Director of Investigations and Professional Conduct re its failure to discipline Tahir Berenjian for antisemitic postings, and pushing for stricter measures
January 2, 2025 Mr. Andy Rosenhek Director, Investigations and Professional Conduct Ontario College of Teachers 101 Bloor Street West...
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Jan 53 min read
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Benjamin Netanyahu, by Wall Street Journal: The Inside Story of Israel's Victory
The prime minister details the key decision points in the war against Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran. by Elliot Kaufman, Wall Street...
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Dec 30, 20248 min read
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