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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Sylvan Adams speaks out after anti-Israel vandals smashed the McGill building with his name on it
Description: On Oct. 7, 2024, more than a thousand anti-Zionist protesters marched through downtown Montreal toward McGill University as part of a āWeek of Rageā to mark the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel and Israelās subsequent war in Gaza. Despite a heavy security presence at McGill, some protesters managed to storm onto the campus, smashing through barricades and vandalizing the Sylvan Adams Sports Science Institute on Pine Ave.
The siteāstill under constructionāis named for Adams, the Canadian-Israeli billionaire who, in 2022, donated $29 million to the Montreal university, then called the largest-ever gift to a Canadian campus. His philanthro...