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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Calls are mounting for Ottawa to convene an urgent national forum on hate crimes, terrorism and antisemitism
Description: When Canada’s first emergency summit on antisemitism was held virtually on July 21, 2021, none of the attendees could have imagined that, just a couple of years later, antisemitism would reach new heights in this country and around the world. Back then, in the aftermath of a brief conflict between Israel and Hamas, the emergency summit convened federal politicians and anti-racism officials to hear from Jewish leaders who testified about their daily realities.
There was never a second emergency summit. Canadian Jewish leaders didn’t push for one, not wanting to simply hear repeated platitudes. But now, following recent riots in M...