A Modern Miracle; a Travesty of Canadian Justice | CAEF Bulletin – October 2, 2026
Chag Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah Sameach
Miracle Aboard FlyDubai Flight FZ1073
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu released this statement:
"My salute to the Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his extraordinary bravery. Despite being stabbed and seriously injured, he fought back, resisted, opened the cockpit door, and enabled passengers and crew to overpower the attacker — preventing a catastrophic mid-air disaster. He saved the lives of 174 people, including Israeli citizens and other nationals. I wish Captain Machchhar a speedy and full recovery. He is a true hero."
The President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, has recommended passengers Yaniv Hayoun, Asaf Rajuan, Tsvika Manes and Dr. Shota Musav, for the President's Medal for Civilian Bravery, the State of Israel's highest non-military honor.
President Herzog to Recommend Civilian Bravery Medal for Four Israelis Who Prevented Plane Disaster — Breaking News
The internet has exploded with amusing memes since the rescue on Flydubai.
Legal Update
1. Arthur Colin ROBERTS sentenced to 6 months Jail for Hate-Motivated Vandalism of Temple Emanu-El in Victoria BC
On September 28, British Columbia Provincial Court Judge Micah Rankin sentenced Arthur Colin ROBERTS to 6 months imprisonment for hate-motivated graffiti to the Temple Emanu-El in Victoria, BC.
According to the judgment, on August 2, 2025, at approximately 11:00 AM, Solomon Siegel of Victoria BC contacted the Victoria Police Department to report graffiti written on the front pillar of Congregation Emanu-El at 1461 Blanshard Street in Victoria. The synagogue is located in downtown Victoria, and was founded in 1859. A National Historic Site, it is the oldest continuously operating synagogue on the west coast of North America, and Canada's oldest synagogue in continuous use.
The Crown tendered a photograph of the graffiti, the same as shown in this poster, at left.
Roberts was also sentenced to two months imprisonment for uttering a threat to kill police officers, in a matter that was subsequent and unrelated to the synagogue vandalism.
In his reasons, the judge noted that the court received Community Impact Statements from congregational Rabbi Eli Herbst and from congregational President Ilana Stanger-Ross. In considering the aggravating factors in sentencing, the judge stated that:
"These statements speak to the harmful effect that the incident has had on members of the Emanu-El. The statements describe how members of the Congregation no longer feel safe in Victoria. What emerges from these statements is that the impact of this offence has been profoundly negative, particularly when viewed in the broader context of increasing antisemitic incidents across Canada. The community impact statements describe the significant consequences of this act and the fear, anxiety, and sense of vulnerability it generated within the congregation. Members of the community expressed concerns not only for their personal safety, but also for their ability to participate freely in religious and communal life."
The judge also concluded that the offence was hate-motivated, even considering the "high bar" for the definition of "hate" identified by the Supreme Court of Canada in Keegstra and related cases. The judge said that "In my view, based on the admissible evidence before the Court, I am satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the admitted facts support a finding that Mr. Roberts’ offence is a hate crime within the meaning of s 718.2(a)(i) of the Code."
The judge arrived at this conclusion for four reasons:
a) “The language [of the graffiti] on the synagogue itself is unquestionably hateful. The words effectively pronounce a sort of sinister antisemitic syllogism: all Jews are evil, because Jews support Genocide, and Genocide is evil. The words describe Jewish people as a whole as “evil”, as “monsters”, and as murderers of children.”
b) "The words were scrawled in relatively small writing on a pillar at the entrance of the synagogue. The intended audience for this message does not appear to have been passing pedestrians, but people entering the synagogue. This was not a message to the public; it was a message to the Jewish congregation entering their house of worship."
c) The act of writing the graffiti was not spontaneous but deliberate. "The CCTV footage revealed that he spent time writing the message, stopped when he thought he was being observed, returned to writing the message, and then paused to gaze with approval on his work."
d) The defendant "intended to engage in conduct that he knew would expose Jewish people to hatred and vilification". The judge found that it is irrelevant to the issue of intent whether the defendant in his own mind hates Jewish people and wishes them harm. Even if, hypothetically, the defendant's claim that his ultimate purpose was to draw public attention to events in Gaza were to be believed, "the defendant nevertheless intentionally wrote words that were hateful toward Jewish people and deliberately placed those words on a synagogue where they would be encountered by members of the Jewish community. In my view, the inescapable inference is that he intended actions that he knew or foresaw would expose and stimulate hatred against Jewish people."
In arriving at the six month custodial sentence, the judge stated that "a significant jail sentence will typically be imposed for this kind of offence. There are some outlier [cases] that support non-custodial sentences. Factors that have increased sentences include whether the offender has a criminal record or has been a member of a hateful group. All of these cases suggest that the primary sentencing considerations for this offence are denunciation and deterrence. Mitigating factors include guilty pleas, expressions of remorse, and evidence of rehabilitation."
As a mitigating factor in sentencing, Roberts pleaded guilty to the charge at an early stage in the court proceedings, and at a September 18, 2026 court appearance, expressed remorse for his actions.
The full text of the decision in R. v. Roberts is here.
2. Brandon Taylor MOORE Sentenced to 18 Months Conditional, including 6 Months Home Detention, for Public Incitement of Hatred; 2 Charges Withdrawn in Plea Deal
On September 28, 2026, Brandon Taylor MOORE of Saskatoon SK was sentenced in Ontario Provincial Court to a conditional sentence of 18 months, having pleaded guilty to Public Incitement of Hatred in a deal that had the Crown withdraw charges of Wilful Promotion of Hatred and Wilful Promotion of Antisemitism by Condoning, Denying or Downplaying the Holocaust. The Attorney General of Saskatchewan had previously granted statutory consent for the laying of the latter two charges.
The Alliance of Canadians Combatting Antisemitism (ALCCA), of which CAEF is a proud member, has published an excellent summary of the case prepared by ALCCA Chair Mark Sandler and Senior Criminal Counsel Rochelle Direnfeld.
Coverage from the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
Here's CAEF's contribution to the Joint Community Impact Statement presented to the court.
Now, here's Brandon Moore laughing at his sentence.
What Can You Do?
Meet The Hon. Tim McLeod, K.C., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Saskatchewan. Share your thoughts.… We did
3. ALCCA Hate Crime Legal Update
See the latest Hate Crime Legal Update published by the Alliance of Canadians Combatting Antisemitism (ALCCA). Several of the hate crime arrests, including AGOULD, PARFITT and MANDER, were covered in previous editions of the CAEF Bulletin.
4. Antisemitic flyers have been found at the synagogue Sons of Jacob and the surrounding neighborhood, the very same synagogue attacked on Yom Kippur.
Belleville police say they are actively investigating and are encouraging anyone with information or video evidence to contact aboulay@bellevilleps.ca.
“We recognize that incidents such as this can cause concern within our community,” the police service says in a statement. “Hate has no place in Belleville, and the Belleville Police Service remains in contact with community leaders and is taking proactive steps to support the safety and well-being of residents. Increased patrols will continue throughout Belleville, including around places of worship and other community gathering spaces.”
Police say that anyone who observes suspicious activity is encouraged to report it to police and that anyone who witnesses or experiences a hate-motivated incident should call 911 in an emergency or contact the Belleville Police Service non-emergency line at 613-966-0882.
Advocacy and Action
Read Letter from Ruth Abrams and colleagues, in Toronto, to M. Max Bertrand, CBC Ombudsman, Minister Marc Miller, Premier Ford, PM Carney regarding the double standard on display at CBC concerning Israel and Canadian Jews, September 30, 2026.
Read Letter from CAEF to President Melanie Woodin, U of T regarding the planned memorial on campus for the murderers of October 7th, demanding action to stop this demonstration of Jew hatred, September 30, 2026.
Read Response to CAEF and others from President Melanie Woodin, U of T re planned Oct 7 anti-Israel, pro-Hamas rally, October 2, 2026.
Read Letter from Ruth Abrams, Toronto to President Woodin, U of T, calling for the cancellation of event honouring Hamas terrorists on October 7 on campus, October 1, 2026.
Read Letter from CAEF to Mayor Parrish and Mississauga City Council regarding hate preachers booked to speak in Mississauga, October 1, 2026.
Allies for a Strong Canada issued a petition demanding Canada explain where $100 million to Palestinians will be spent. Given that Hamas has not disarmed, the pay-for-slay program continues under the Palestinian Authority and the PA has met NONE of the conditions laid out by PM Carney for Statehood, where will Canadian tax funds actually go?
Taking Action Against Discrimination in our Educational System
A group of concerned community advocates have spearheaded an effort to bring forward complaints of ongoing antisemitism within our public school systems. This week 12 human rights complaints by teachers were announced. CAEF has provided ongoing support and was pleased to be in attendance at this week’s press conference in Toronto for the announcement. Here is what we had to say:
CAEF PRESS STATEMENT
Human Rights Complaints Expose Systemic Failure to Address Antisemitism in Ontario Schools
TORONTO, ON — Oct 1, 2026 — CAEF fully supports the announcement by Kathryn Marshall of Marshall Law regarding the filing of 12 human rights complaints on behalf of teachers who say they have experienced antisemitism, harassment and discrimination within Ontario schools across several boards.
These complaints should not be viewed as isolated workplace disputes. Taken together, they show a pattern of deficiencies of school boards and unions across Ontario in meeting their legal and human-rights obligations to protect Jewish educators from discrimination and harassment.
The allegations are particularly troubling because they involve teachers themselves—professionals who should be able to go to work without being subjected to antisemitic harassment or discrimination, and who should have confidence that when they report such conduct, their concerns will be taken seriously and addressed.
There is already significant evidence that antisemitism in Ontario’s education system is not an isolated phenomenon. A 2025 study commissioned by the federal Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism found that nearly half of reported antisemitic incidents involving Ontario K–12 students were not even investigated by school authorities.
The new human-rights complaints involving educators add another important dimension: the problem extends beyond students and into the working environments of Ontario’s schools. Such concerns have a direct impact on the educational environment for all Ontarians.
A systemic problem requires systemic action.
When individuals report discrimination and harassment and those complaints repeatedly go unanswered, the issue cannot simply be dismissed as the conduct of a few individuals.
It evinces that the systems responsible for receiving, investigating and resolving complaints are themselves failing.
Ontario’s school boards have obligations to provide safe and non-discriminatory environments. The Toronto District School Board, for example, expressly recognizes obligations to proactively identify, address and prevent individual and systemic discrimination.
The Ontario government also has an important role in ensuring that those obligations are being fulfilled consistently across the province. Ontario’s current framework recognizes discriminatory conduct by teachers as potentially constituting professional misconduct, including conduct exposing people to hatred on prohibited grounds.
The Minister of Education must intervene
This is now a matter that requires the direct attention of the Ontario Minister of Education.
The Minister should not wait for the individual human-rights proceedings to work their way through the system before determining whether there is a broader institutional problem. The Minister should not wait for more complaints to come forward.
CAEF has filed previous freedom of information requests to get a clear picture of action by boards to confront antisemitism in all it forms only to be stymied and even ignored
It is key that the root of the problem be addressed including the proliferation at Equity Diversity Inclusion programs that fail to examine and even enable antisemitism, an issue CAEF continues to examine.
We therefore call on the Minister to:
Direct an immediate province-wide review of complaints of antisemitism and discrimination made by Jewish teachers and education workers;
Determine whether school boards are properly receiving, investigating and responding to complaints of antisemitic harassment and discrimination;
Require school boards to demonstrate that they are meeting their obligations under Ontario’s human-rights and education frameworks;
Establish clear expectations for timely investigation, documentation and resolution of complaints involving antisemitism and hatred;
Ensure that educators who report antisemitism are protected from retaliation or further discrimination; and
Develop province-wide standards and training for school administrators and board leadership on recognizing and responding to antisemitism, and in particular antizionism.
Jewish teachers should not have to turn to human-rights tribunals simply to have their complaints heard.
The filing of these complaints should be a wake-up call. When multiple educators across Ontario report similar experiences of antisemitism, harassment and institutional inaction, the government must ask whether it is dealing with individual failures—or a systemic failure.
Ontario’s Minister of Education has both the authority and the responsibility to find out.
There must be accountability. There must be meaningful action. And there must be zero tolerance for antisemitism — including antizionism — in Ontario’s schools.
Add your voice by writing to Minister of Education, the Honourable Paul Calandra
York U Students and Faculty Union Running Amok—Again
by Andria Spindel
Reading the CUPE 3903 Newsletter makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time. Surely, adults know better than to put out nonsense about "disorientation" week, rather than "orientation" week, thus ensuring some students will experience a nonsense of "liberation," "intersectionality," "collectivism," struggle sessions," and "building solidarity." Whew! Let's not forget these terms align with teachings of leftist losers, Paulo Friere, Frantz Fanon, Herbert Marcuse, Saul Alinsky, Karl Marx, Lenin and Stalin. Did any of them contribute to human development, to human happiness, to student success or to freedom of thought and expression? They designed a system of control, limited diverse thinking and achieved collective action against human norms and nature. So, what exactly is CUPE 3903 achieving for York U students, other than growing discontent, alienation from friends, family and reality.
Read further, the program of the Palestinian Working Group to really lose your mind. While the actual population of Gaza grew since 2023, such that more babies were born than people died in a war they initiated against Israel, the student body is to be subjected to lies about a genocide. Do students really go to university to be taught lies, fabrications and narratives? Would it not suit them better to learn history, geography, and law, how to discern evidence from fiction, how to think critically about the bias an bigotry being offered up by a mob that has extremist antisemitic views?
OPIRG York — DisOrientation Week 2026: No One Gets Free Alone, September 28 - October 2
CAEF notes: Read the program for yourself and laugh (or cry.)
From OPIRG York:
"DisOrienation Week is a series of events offering an alternative to Frosh Week. We aim to foster student activism and help build social justice networks. Join us for a week of collective learning, organizing, and community-building at York University."
"As students, workers, organizers, and community members, we all have something to learn from one another. Building solidarity means recognizing how our struggles intersect, supporting each other across movements, and creating communities rooted in care, accountability, and collective action.
DisOrientation Week 2026 invites participants to imagine and practice what collective liberation looks like on campus and beyond. We welcome events that encourage learning, relationship-building, skill-sharing, organizing, creativity, and hope."
4) CUPE 3903 Palestine Solidarity Working Group — Partnering with Genocide: Panel and Town Hall, October 5, 4 - 6PM, HNES 140
CAEF suggests looking at this poster which promotes lies and lunacy. From the Palestine Solidarity Working Group:
CAEF notes: Israel provides life saving research in many fields and York U students would do well to learn this rather than the nonsense being offered up by the following lies. There is no "occupation," since one cannot be an occupier in one's own land and Israel is in its ancient and forever homeland. It Is spelled out both in law and in the Bible. It is a fact. There has never been a country called Palestine and the people who used that term, were the Jews under the British Mandate from 1922-1948.
The police brutality in the "disputed territories, is entirely coming from the Palestinian Authority's own police, many of whom are also terrorists.
Here is what CuPE 3093 is feeding the young, keeping them in the dark, un-educated or to use their own ludicrous term, "deconstructed," so they can no longer recognize truth, but follow the herd.
"Israeli universities play a key role in upholding occupation and genocide in Palestine: serving as sites of military support programs, developing genocidal policies, supporting research into weapons technologies, partnering with weapons manufacturers, enabling police surveillance of Palestinians, manufacturing claims over Palestinian land, and normalizing Israel's actions through academic partnerships across the world."
"As we launch a report detailing York University's partnerships with Israeli academic institutions, York and GTA student organizers are coming together for a conversation about their campaigns already in progress and to consider possibilities to build from in our own universities. Join us to learn more about York's complicity, connections to other work on campus and to other academic boycott campaigns and find ways to get involved and move this work forward."
CAEF asks: When will York U declare that CUPE 3093 is wasting resources and spearheading hate?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu States the Case for Israel at UN
Listen to Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu make this clear point: "Israel will win, because we have no other choice."
45 Countries Boycott Antisemitic "Durban 25" UN Commemoration
The conference in 2001 that was to address racism, was a global assault on Israel, the beginning of the onslaught of antizionism, and claims that Zionism is racism and other lies.
UN Watch salutes all governments who stayed away and showed moral courage: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Poland, Romania, Samoa, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, and Venezuela.
ECI Condemns UN 25 Commemoration of Durban Hatefest
European Coalition for Israel's statement of September 28, 2026 refers to the original UN conference which was a full out display of Jew hatred in 2001. Here is an excerpt:
"Tomas Sandell pointed out how the antisemitic conspiracy theories that were presented in Durban 25 years ago were nothing new but simply recycled Soviet propaganda dating back to the Cold War when Soviet intelligence officers introduced a pseudoscience, today referred to as Zionology, that resulted in the 1975 UN resolution 'Zionism is racism'."
AFSI Reports on Dutch Boycott and Consequences
Americans for a Safe Israel published the following on September 28, 2026:
"Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar gives Dutch diplomats seven days to surrender their Israeli credentials after the Netherlands begins enforcing a boycott that includes travelers' souvenirs. Professor Kontorovich calls the reported airport searches "a real outrage."
Israel is moving to strip Dutch diplomats serving in Ramallah of their Israeli-granted privileges and immunities, as the Netherlands' boycott of products from Jewish communities reaches passengers arriving at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar informed the Dutch Embassy that the diplomats must return their Israeli-issued diplomatic documents within seven days. Their associated privileges and immunities will expire when that deadline passes. The decision follows the implementation of Dutch restrictions on goods from Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria, eastern Jerusalem, including the Old City of Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights.
Righteous Friends Speak for Israel and Global Justice
Watch Argentinian President, Javier Milei, speaking at the UN General Assembly, supporting Israel, September 23, 2026.
Watch Slovenian President, Janez Jansa, speaking at the UN General Assembly, supporting Israel, September 24, 2026.
Antizionism: A Soviet Pseudoscience (Zionology) Grounded in Antisemitism
Soviet propaganda dating back to the Cold War when Soviet intelligence officers introduced a pseudoscience, today referred to as Zionology, that resulted in the 1975 UN resolution "Zionism is racism". In his new book The Cauldron bestselling British author and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore explains how the Soviets drew inspiration from the 1903 forgery "Protocols of the Elders of Zion", to accuse Israel of genocide, racism, aggressions and annexation.
More than fifty years later these exact same words are being echoed on leading college campuses around the world as well as in the UN General Assembly in New York.
Read article by Naya Lekht in Sapir Magazine on the Soviet antizionist influence on the West, September 13, 2026.
The Red-Green Alliance
Journalist Anshe Short reports on the infiltration in education in the US by the red-green alliance. Similarities can be seen in Canada. Read article published by MSN, September 26, 2026.
Read this excerpt: "The Red-Green Axis has been hard at work for years poisoning the minds of our schoolchildren against Israel, and in the US the Council on American Islamic Relations has been the leading actor. Everyone should know that the Council on American Islamic Relations is a derivative of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas. That's the green part of the axis. The Teachers Unions lean far to the left, and that is the red part of the axis in our schools."
In May 2025, the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) published a report connecting the Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA), which created the "Teach Palestine Project," with the Union of Health Work Committees in Gaza, an organization with financial and personnel ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a U.S.-designated terrorist organization.
Watch Dr. Jay Smith, a prominent scholar and speaker on Islam, on his perspective on the relationship between Islamic beliefs and political ideology, including what he describes as political objectives embedded within the belief system. He has studied Islam over 45 years and describes the 4 steps taken to take over a nation, providing historical facts on how Islam has taken over previous Christian countries.
Back to Basics, Combating Antisemitism in K-12
Over the next few weeks, CAEF's Executive Director, Andria Spindel, will be interviewing experts who are researching and writing about the influence and infiltration in our public schools, both in the US and Canada, by extremist elements. Rather than set these interviews up as a webinar, Andria will record and post the interviews, making them widely available by also posting them on the CAEF YouTube channel.
The situation is not new but has worsened in recent years and has led to harm to Jewish students, faculty and administrators. DEI, diversity, equity and inclusion has come to be what Sir Paul Marshall refers to as...
Watch interview in this series with Stephen Reich, Toronto lawyer and PhD student, on how DEI promotes antisemitism.
Watch Sir Paul Marshall's lecture on the history of "Woke" delivered to the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, June 23, 2026. He explains the course of deconstruction that the West has experienced for many decades and the need for positive reconstruction.
The Promised Land Project
On October 7th, 2023, Israel endured a harrowing terrorist attack that claimed innocent lives, including seven Canadians, and shook the world. This assault targeted not just Israel but the core of Western values, challenging principles of humanity, justice, and democratic rights. In its aftermath, rising antisemitism, radical ideologies, and anti-Israel rhetoric have unsettled Jewish communities in Canada and around the world. Recognizing these urgent challenges, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute has launched a pioneering policy program: The Promised Land. This initiative aims to address critical gaps in Canadian understanding of Israel and the Middle East, combat growing antisemitism, and counter extremism to uphold democratic values and foster informed dialogue.
Read article by Alan Kessel, asking if Ukraine deserves Canada's support, why not Canada?, September 21, 2026.
Read Rev Andrew Bennett stating that Canadians must not shrug off a violent attack against Jewish neighbours, September 23, 2026.
CAEF Launches Commendation Program
Recently CAEF was advised of a young student confronting a teacher in a Jewish school (not in Toronto) about her Palestinian-logoed thermos. The student reported this to his teacher and the school principal. When confronted by the principal, and asked to remove the logo the teacher resigned.
With the name of the student inscribed on the certificate below, CAEF sent this directly to the student, commending him for speaking up and for standing with Israel.
If you know of a student, anywhere, who has similarly stood up for, spoken up, acted in the interest of the Jewish community, please let us know and provide contact information. CAEF will be pleased to send a personal message and the certificate with the student's name.
Allies Bring Help, Hope, Healing to Israel and the Jewish People
CAEF celebrates and thanks wonderful individuals, groups, communities and nations that stand with Our People. We can't say enough about appreciating Christian Zionists, especially the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem and its Canadian member headed by National Director, Donna Holbrook.
Donna was last year's Advocate Award of Excellence Honoree and continues to speak out and serve the Jewish community, holding daily prayer sessions, organizing events, and .. It is a sincere pleasure to share the latest issue of The Word from Jerusalem, ICEJ's magazine, and draw your attention to several stories: ICEJ helped launch the latest Israel Allies Caucus in Fiji's parliament, ICEJ opened a chapter of Israel loving Christians in the Republic of Georgia and another in Poland.
Standing with Israel in remembrance of the horror of October 7 is the Friends of Zion, a remarkable organization based in Jerusalem which educates Jews and non-Jews about the many exemplary Christian Zionists who contributed to the reconstitution of the State of Israel.
To quote from YNetNews, "Mike Evans, founder of Friends of Zion, created and produced "The Whole World Sings Together," a song and music video featuring voices representing communities from the United States, Israel, China, India, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Hungary, Iran, Yemen, Germany, Argentina, South Korea, Britain, Italy, Russia and Mexico.
The project seeks to bring together people from different cultures, languages and backgrounds around a central message: The Jewish people are not alone."
The Whole World Sings Together (Photo: Noam Ben Shalom)
Recommended Watching
Watch spokesman for Israel365News explains how Belgium is banning Judaism.
Watch Chai Scholar's webinar featuring Dr. Shale Horowitz on Big Lies about Palestine, moderated by Andria Spindel.
Recommended Reading
Read article by Catherine Salgado in PJ Media of CBC's suspension of Jewish journalist, Neil Herland, for exposing the pro-Hamas protesters outside his synagogue's Yom Kippur service, September 26, 2026.
Read Conrad Black in National Post on PM Carney's moral bankruptcy in unjustified Israel sanctions, September 12, 2026.
Read Howard Levitt in National Post on Mayor Chow's refusal to attend a debate on antisemitism, September 16, 2026.
Read article by Rabbi Yaacov Menken, in Israel National News, on the Gaza journalist, Motaz Azaiz, who confirmed that Israel has not committed a genocide, September 25, 2026.
Read Victor Satya in Israpundit on Israel-Palestine: a two name solution to a larger- problem, September 26, 2026. Speaking of Israel-Palestine is false and supports a lie, pretentiously erasing historical facts, such as there being 5 Arab armies invading Israel in 1948 and no "Palestinian cause" until 1964.
Read Thane Rosenbaum in the Jewish Journal on fake Jews who make news, September 27, 2026.
Read Avi Abelow's post on X about how the left puts all blame for Oct 7 on Netanyahu and ignores the military and intelligence failures for decades and the left's Oslo Accords and peace with Hamas agenda, rather than justice and winning, September 27, 2026.
Read essay by Naya Lekht in Sapir magazine on Soviet propaganda that initiated antizionism which succeeding in being spread across the West, September 13, 2026 edition.
Read article by Bill Levinson in Israel365News about the pro-Hamas spokesperson, Francesca Albanese, who works for the UN and is being sued by two American entities for defamation which she threatens to sue UN Watch, September 29, 2026.
Community Events
DocuNation is Coming to Toronto this October!
CAEF is pleased to be a community partner with DocuNation — October 5, 2026 in Toronto. Plan to attend a special live community event with Yonatan Nir! Explore how documentary film and personal storytelling can support reflection, resilience, healing, and post-traumatic growth.
Black & Jewish Relations: Separating Perception from Reality
Scholars Circle, a program of Chai Mitzvah, presents a virtual lecture by Joshua Washington, Executive Director of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI), on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 7:00–8:00 p.m. ET, live on Zoom. This lecture explores the history and contemporary dynamics of Black-Jewish relations, examining where common perceptions align with—and differ from—historical and lived realities. Guest moderator Dr. Lewis Gordon, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut, will facilitate the Q&A following the lecture.
October 7: An Evening of Remembrance and Reflection
Tafsik and the Toronto Zionist Council present a special sneak preview screening of Where Do We Belong (a film by producer Igal Hecht, director Dotan Nave), on Wednesday, October 7, at the Toronto Zionist Council, 788 Marlee Avenue, Toronto, ON M6B 3K1. Tickets $18. Doors open 6:30 p.m., film begins 7:30 p.m. Supported by CAEF, Tafsik, TZC and ICARE.
Special Screening: Search Out the Land
Toronto Zionist Council presents a special screening of Search Out the Land, a Historical Film Studios production, on October 14, 2026, at Cineplex Empress Walkway, 5095 Yonge Street, Toronto. Doors open 6:15 p.m., film starts 7:00 p.m. All proceeds go to businesses and synagogues affected by antisemitic violence.
Antizionism is Antisemitism: Name It To Combat It
Zionism Unfiltered and the Hamilton Jewish Federation present a Speaker Series talk by Andria Spindel, Executive Director, CAEF, Antizionism is Antisemitism: Name It To Combat It, on October 14, 2026, 7–9 p.m. Attend in person or virtually; the location will be provided after registration.
Pride In Our Heritage: Day of Learning — October 21, 2026
Hamilton: Temple Anshe Sholom is hosting a free half-day conference on October 21, 2026 from 9:00am to 2:15pm. CAEF is a proud sponsor. Bringing together leading scholars from Canada and abroad, the conference will explore Jewish history, Israel, antisemitism, and the remarkable resilience of the Jewish people.
CAEF Advocate Award of Excellence Honouring Dr. Brian Crowley — Tuesday, October 27
You are warmly invited to an evening to honour Brian Lee Crowley, a distinguished thought leader whose work has brought a focus on the critical issues of antisemitism, the Middle East, radical Islam and more to the heart of Canada's national conversation.
Brian Crowley founded the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS), and the Macdonald Laurier Institute (MLI).
MLI is the premier Canadian public policy think tank, addressing a wide array of national issues and, through the Promised Land Project, the related issues of Middle East conflict, antisemitism and the dangers of radical Islam. Crowley initiated the Promised Land Project on the premise that Canada is a land that has held out the promise of freedom and security to millions around the world and should be held to account for its failure to live up to this promise to its Jewish citizens.
MLI is also the only Canadian think tank with an office in Washington, the Center for North American Prosperity and Security (CNAPS).
Brian Crowley is author of six books, notably Gardeners vs Designers and Fearful Symmetry, and numerous op-eds and research papers. He holds degrees from McGill and the London School of Economics, including a doctorate in political economy.
When Shanghai Said Yes – A Global Jewish-Chinese Virtual Experience
Continuing the Chinese-Jewish Exchange, CAEF and partners are pleased to present an opportunity for learning and sharing. Register to join the webinar and participate in small group discussions after the formal presentations. Sunday, November 8, 2026, 10:00–11:15 a.m. EST, on Zoom.
We invite you to read recent articles by Annette Poizner, one of the speakers: The Etrog's Chinese Secret; A Sweet (and Sour) New Year: Where Jewish and Chinese Wisdom Meet; China and the Jews: Two Ancient Civilizations, One Unlikely Friendship.
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