A synagogue and a Jewish community center in Montreal were targeted by attempted firebomb attacks this week, community groups said, as tensions rise across North America in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.
Even before October 7, Jonathan Kessler had as his screensaver the Tom Petty lyrics, “Everything changed then changed again.”“For years, I’ve recognized that we’re living in an age of liminality,” said Kessler, who left the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, in 2021 to start Heart of a Nation, with an aim “to empower emerging American, Israeli, and Palestinian changemakers to improve their political cultures.” He already knew, he said, that “everything’s in transition.”Even so,
A businesswoman who wore a “Free Palestine” dress to the Victorian Racing Carnival has been both slammed as a “clueless” attention seeker and praised as “courageous”.
Hundreds of people were arrested Friday when police broke up a large demonstration of mostly Jewish New Yorkers who had taken over the main hall of Grand Central station in protest of Israel's bombardment of Gaza, police and organizers said.The New York Police Department said at least 200 people had been arrested, while protest organizers put the number at more than 300.
Thousands of Jewish peace activists across the United States are calling on President Joe Biden and other elected officials to rein in Israel – arguing more civilian deaths is not the answer to Hamas’ deadly attack.