As Pesach Ends, The Work Continues | CAEF Bulletin, Apr 10, 2026

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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

Note: Time changed to 5:30pm from 7:30pm: ACTION IS NEEDED B'nai Brith, CAEF, and Councillor James Pasternak Invite You to a Meeting to Discuss Bathurst & Sheppard: https://www.bnaibrith.ca/eventssa/bathshep-communitymeeting/

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 began, the Old Avenue Restaurant was attacked shortly after midnight by a gunman who fired 14 shots into the restaurant. On April 8, 2026, the Toronto Police Service announced that an arrest had been made in the investigation. Mohamed MAHDI of Brampton stands charged with:

Discharge a Restricted Firearm or Prohibited Firearm
Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm in Motor Vehicle

A link to the Toronto Police press release can be found here:

Arrest Made After Shots Fired at Local Restaurant, Avenue Road and Brooke Avenue area

Prior to the public announcement of the arrest, there was considerable speculation as to who could be the perpetrator. The resident Hercule Poirot of Independent Jewish Voices Canada advanced his very own conspiracy theory of it being a “false flag op[eration] to distract from Israel and elicit sympathy for Jews”. No further commentary has been forthcoming from this conspiracy theorist following the arrest.

No one knows — or admits knowing — who’s fired those shots at empty Jewish-owned buildings. It’s wrong to jump to conclusion that it’s antisemitic. It’s just as likely a false flag op to distract from Israel and elicit sympathy for Jews. @IndJewishVoices

2. Barry A. WEISLEDER charged with Assault with a Weapon at anti-Israel Protest

On Sunday April 5, 2026, Barry Weisleder, one of the top figures in Yves Engler’s ill-fated campaign for the national NDP leadership, was arrested outside the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto, for allegedly spearing videographer Adam L. Wasserman with a flagpole to which a “Socialist Action” flag was attached. Mr. Wasserman, having directly experienced Mr. Weisleder’s “Socialist Action” on his own person, promptly marched off to notify the constabulary of the Toronto Police Service, who arrested the ardent harbinger of the great proletarian revolution on the spot.

Mr. Wasserman was not injured in the affray.

For those who find Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment too much of a long read, here’s the abridged video version:

(1) Caryma Sa'd - Lawyer + Political Satirist on X: "Socialist Action organizer Barry Weisleder deliberately hits my videographer with a flagpole during a pro-Iranian regime demonstration. Weisleder was recently barred from the NDP convention for past disruptive behaviour. 📸 Apr 4, 2026 #Toronto #ProtestMania Support https://t.co/Kf2w1d1sLf " / X

(1) Caryma Sa'd - Lawyer + Political Satirist on X: "#BREAKING Police arrest Barry Weisleder after reviewing footage of him striking my videographer with a flagpole. 📸 Apr 4, 2026 #Toronto #ProtestMania Support independent reporting on Canada’s protest circuit and hate industry: https://t.co/nFAvuFdiNA https://t.co/AnvYMMD9en " / X

Here’s Barry angling for a seat in the politburo... and here’s a sample of his Socialist Action ideology.

Barry Weisleder reiterates: “No solution to the Jewish question under capitalism”

The Campaign for Socialism and Democracy in the NDP The Socialist Caucus is presenting a team of candidates for Ontario NDP Executive Here's our chance to build a more democratic NDP that fights for socialism.

For those who are getting a bit of acid reflux after all that socialist reading, here’s some Pepto-Bismol in print: the Francisco D’Anconia “money speech” from Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand:

"Francisco's Money Speech" by Ayn Rand | Capitalism Magazine

3. CAEF to deliver a Community Impact Statement in the case of Mona AYESH

CAEF will be delivering a Community Impact Statement in the Ontario Court of Justice on April 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM in the case of Mona AYESH, who was found guilty of theft under $5,000 in connection with her stealing an Israeli flag from a pro-Israel demonstrator at the corner of Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue. Please see the statement below, as accepted by the Crown.

Your Honour: My name is Michael Teper, and I am presenting this Community Impact Statement in my capacity as President of the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation (CAFF). CAFF is a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to is focused on combatting antisemitism in Canada through education research and advocacy. Members of Toronto's Jewish community assembled on the north-west corner of Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue since the October 7, 2023 terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians, during which over 1,200 innocent people were murdered and over 400 people were taken hostages by Hamas terrorists. They assembled at that corner, which is situated in the geographic center of Toronto's Jewish community, to emotionally support each other through the ordeal of the aftermath of the October 7 atrocities and the continuing captivity of the hostages, and to publicly call for the unconditional and immediate release of the hostages and to show our support for relatives and friends in the State of Israel. This series of over 100 consecutive weekly grassroots rallies continued without interruption in all seasons and in all weathers. Sometimes, the rallies attracted only a few dozen, sometimes several hundred. Eventually, these rallies attracted counter-protesters on the north-cast corner of this intersection. One of them was the defendant.] On February 9, 2025 the defendant chose to express her displeasure with the Jewish community's message by stealing a flag of the State of Israel that was the property of one of the rally organizers, Guidy Mamann, and stomping on it. For Toronto's Jewish community, this is far more than a petty theft. It's a brazen act of intimidation and provocative aggression against us as we lawfully exercise our Charter-guaranteed rights to free expression and free assembly. For our community, this act was not about the defendant's rights to express her opinions, it was about her willful interference with our rights to safely express our own. On Sundays, tensions are often elevated at the comer of Bathurst and Sheppard. The dozens of police cars stationed in the parking lot of the medical building north of the Bathurst and Sheppard plaza testify to the potential for violence breaking out at any moment. This act of theft and destruction only added to the tension, and to the fear felt by members of our community that a brawl could break out at any time. As Canadian citizens of Jewish and/or Israeli background, we have the right to demonstrate our identity and our viewpoints in public, just as much as the defendant. We have the right to be Zionist and proudly support the State of Israel, in public. The defendant, by her act of theft, sought to silence us and deprive us of these rights. That cannot be allowed to stand. Thank you for listening to the voice of the Toronto's Jewish community in this matter.

AFTER A 22-YEAR BATTLE: US court orders Palestinian Authority and PLO to pay $655 million to victims of Jerusalem terror attacks Victims receive treatment from medics after a Palestinian bombing murdered at least seven and injured over 80 people at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, July 31, 2002.

Stand with Us reports that “twenty-two years after terror attacks in Jerusalem shattered their lives, American victims and families have achieved justice.

A New York federal appeals court reinstated a verdict requiring the Palestinian Authority and PLO to pay $655.5 million in damages for their role in Second Intifada attacks that murdered and wounded innocent civilians. The landmark ruling establishes that American courts can hold terror organizations accountable. Ten families who lost loved ones or were severely injured will finally see justice. Dr. Alan Bauer, critically wounded in a 2002 attack: ‘We refused to give up. Today, we achieved a precedent-setting victory.’”

NEWS from UK—Campaign to Ban the Muslim Brotherhood

CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO BAN THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD

The Henry Jackson Society announced that “A new report authored by Emma Schubart and backed by Mohamed Ali, former Conservative Party Vice Chairman and Strategic Adviser at the Henry Jackson Society, argues the UK is out of step and calls for a fresh review. It makes one point clear: If the legal threshold is met, the Government should act.

This is not about left or right. It’s about whether UK counter-terrorism policy has kept up with reality.”

Read the full report.

Recommended Viewing

Watch Vernon Chopper speaking for Kanada House about his love for Israel.

Watch video of the Journey to Israel of 10 Indigneous Canadians featured in a 12 minute recording.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYMDr1AQBtU

Adam Louis Klein Provides Image of the 3 Faces of Antisemitism

the THREE Jew-hatreds: antijudaism, antisemitism, antizionism

Recommended Reading

Read facts outlined in article by Eitan Fishberger, July 25, 2025 from Fischfiles, on the math that shows Israel’s aid to Gaza.

Read Yusuf Roso in Future of Jewish, asking whether Mayor Mamdani is connected to the Iranian regime, April 7, 2026.

Read Barbara Kay in National Post on How to Defeat Palestinianism, March 8, 2026.

Read article by Hymie Rubenstein in Juno News on how Rosanne Casimir, Chief of the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc First Nation (Kamloops Indian Band) has misappropriated the Holocaust in her false equivalency of European colonization and the destruction of Jewish life during the Holocaust, April 7, 2026.

Read Elder of Ziyon, on British campaign for an apology over Balfour Declaration and the real apology due for the White Paper of 1939, March 11. 2026.

The Dinah Project's report, a Quest for Justice, is a heart-wrenching, in-depth look at the rape and sexual assaults of October the 7th. We encourage everyone to go to their website and read it for themselves. Never forget. Never again.

Read the full report here.

Read Haley Cohen in Jewish Insider on Canada’s antisemitic crisis; April 6, 2026.

Read article from AFSI (Americans for a Safe Israel) on the UN’s stalling of an investigation by a US oversight body on UN agencies’ ties to Hamas, April 6, 2026

Read article from Blue Square Alliance on how antisemites use Jewish identity as a slur against non-Jews, March 27, 2026.

Read press release from the Jewish Social Work Consortium and other associations about the antisemitism Jewish students are experiencing at the University of Illinois, Chicago, March 30, 2026.

Read Yaroslav Mar in the Times of Israel, on why young Catholics hate Israel, April 6, 2026.

Read and follow Time to StandUp for Israel, on Zionism and other information.

ZIONISM IS AN INDIGENOUS RIGHTS MOVEMENT COMPLETELY BASED ON MORAL AND ETHICAL PRINCIPLES RYAN BELLEROSE. INDIGENOUS RIGHTS ACTIVIST

Advocacy and Action

Read Letter from Lawrence Shapiro, Calgary to 3 University Rectors in Belgium regarding their awarding Francesca Albanese, the antisemitic UN Special Rapporteur, with an Honorary Doctorate.

Read CAEF Letter to Brig. Gen. Theriault, Governor General Simon & Order of Canada Advisory Council to express sincerest concerns about an individual upon whom they bestowed an honour that is not deserved.

Read Letter from Richard Sherman, Florida to Georgetown U's newspaper of record, The Hoya, re Professor Johnathan Brown's support for rape, April 9, 2026.

Read Letter to Premier Ford, Doug Downey, Attorney General, Michael Kerzner, Solicitor General, and James Pasternak, City Councillor, from Jeff S.Steinberg re weekly Anti-Israel protest at Bathurst and Sheppard in Toronto, April 8, 2026.