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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Which Canadian campuses are safest for Jews? Anywhere outside Toronto
Description: How widespread is antisemitism and anti-Zionism on Canadian campuses? A new report, commissioned by the Abraham Global Peace Initiative, found nearly 100 reported instances last year. The authors—Neil Orlowsky from York University and Dana Fischman from Carleton University—looked at media articles, social media posts, student unions, faculty associations and hate crime reports from across the country to determine which campus was friendliest—and which was the most uncomfortable—for Jewish students.
The worst offenders: York and the University of Toronto. The report comes out in the wake of a recent U of T student union vote to suppo...