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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: A new political Jewish studentsâ union has sprung up after weeks of pro-Palestine tent protests
Description: Since Oct. 7, at least five mezuzahs have been torn off the doors of Jewish students living in residence at Queenâs University. At the University of Windsor, a law professor urged a Jewish student not to attend their class because âZionists arenât welcomeâ. And in just the last few weeks, some protesters who set up pro-Palestinian tent encampments on Canadian university campuses have celebrated Hamasâ slaughter of 1,200 people in Israeli last fallâwhile urging Jews to âgo back to Europeâ.
Against this backdrop, hundreds of Jewish post-secondary students have teamed up to form a brand-new national organization, th...