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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Jewish university students are coming back prepared for a fight—at Concordia and beyond
Description: Dozens of Jewish students at Concordia University joined the Montreal Jewish community Tuesday night Sept. 3, 2024, for a vigil in memory of the six Israeli hostages whose bodies were discovered after they had been executed. The event—held on campus right outside the Concordia student centre—came just a few days after four Jewish students and two pro-Israel clubs officially sued Concordia and its president, demanding better protection as the new academic year gets underway.
The lawsuit, filed Aug. 30 in Quebec’s Superior Court, details 10 months of antisemitic and anti-Israel harassment, intimidation and both physical and psychological violence, which the studen...