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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Unpacking the bizarre case of Alexandra Lulka vs. the TDSB
Description: On Wednesday evening, the Toronto District School Board held a lengthy meeting to take a vote over whether to censure trustee Alexandra Lulka. Lulka—who is Jewish—took to Twitter to voice her concerns over some teaching material being passed around by a pro-Palestinian teacher and activist. The materials linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, listed as a terrorist organization by the Canadian government, and legitimized suicide bombings.
But while the TDSB staffer behind the inflammatory materials, Javier Dávila, was briefly suspended, Lulka's censure was more surprising—and caused widespread outrage across Toronto...