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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Toronto’s school board votes on a new antisemitism report today. Here’s what’s at stake
Description: Since 2023, the Toronto District School Board has been working on an updated strategy to combat several categories of hate and racism in its nearly 600 schools. The update will cover hatred against more than a half dozen minority communities, including Black, Asian, Trans, Indigenous, and Jewish-but when the board suddenly added anti-Palestinian racism to the list last summer, hundreds of Jewish community members including Jewish parents, students and staff have slammed the school board for ignoring rampant Jew-hatred since Oct. 7 in classrooms, halls and field trips.
Now, after consulting with 125 Jewish students and with members from 35 diverse Jewish community groups...