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Adidas making the best of bad situation by donating Yeezy sales Jewish Americans say
When Adidas cut ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, due to his antisemitic comments, it was left with more than a billion dollars worth of high-end Yeezy sneakers. Now, Jewish Americans are evaluating the German company’s plan to give some of the proceeds from the sneakers’ sale to groups engaged in fighting antisemitism.
international business
Adidas to release second batch of Yeezy sneakers after breakup with Kanye West
FILE PHOTO: A pair of Yeezy shoes are seen in a Foot Locker store on the day Adidas terminated its partnership with the American rapper and designer Kanye West, now known as Ye, in Garden City, New York, U.S., October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
world
Antisemitic incidents on rise across U.S., report finds
FILE - People attend the "NO FEAR: Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People" event in Washington, Sunday, July 11, 2021, co-sponsored by the Alliance for Israel, Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Committee, B'nai B'rith International and other organizations. A Jewish civil rights organization’s annual tally of antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reached a record high last year, with a surge that coincided with an 11-day war between Israel and the Hamas militant group, according to a report released Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
canada
NDP wins provincial by-election in Hamilton
Sarah Jama poses for a portrait in Hamilton, Ont., on Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Residents in Hamilton Centre head to the polls today to vote for a new provincial representative to replace Andrea Horwath.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
opinion
What can be done to fight today’s iteration of antisemitism?
Philip Slayton
opinion
The remedy for controversial speech is more speech
Meric Gertler
opinion
University of Toronto medical school report reveals the shameful realities of antisemitism today
Marsha Lederman
opinion
Kanye West’s antisemitism seems anything but lucid
Robyn Urback
opinion
Jewish voices aren’t heard when we call out hate
Sheba Birhanu
canada
Ontario introducing Grade 6 Holocaust education requirement in 2023
A grade two classroom is shown at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School which is part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. A union representing 55,000 education workers set to strike says it hopes to hear back today from the government on a counter-offer made late Tuesday night. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
opinion
This is not a column about Kanye West
Marsha Lederman
politics
Politics Briefing: Trudeau and NATO secretary-general Stoltenberg visit Nunavut, look at protecting north amid Russian invasion of Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrive in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, on Thursday August 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
opinion
The public service does not understand antisemitism
Casey Babb
world
COVID-19, Israel-Gaza war fuelled antisemitism globally in 2021, report says
FILE - People attend the "NO FEAR: Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People" event in Washington, Sunday, July 11, 2021, co-sponsored by the Alliance for Israel, Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Committee, B'nai B'rith International and other organizations. A Jewish civil rights organization’s annual tally of antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reached a record high last year, with a surge that coincided with an 11-day war between Israel and the Hamas militant group, according to a report released Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
canada
Annual report shows rise in antisemitism in some provinces
B’nai Brith warns the talk by Leila Khaled, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, comes at a high-stress time.
canada
Ottawa to outlaw Holocaust denial, playing down the Nazis’ murder of Jews
People take photos as they enter the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp through the gate with the phrase 'Arbeit macht frei' (work sets you free), in Oranienburg, about 30 kilometres north of Berlin, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. The Federal government is to use a bill enacting the budget to change the Criminal Code this year, building on existing laws outlawing the incitement of hatred. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Markus Schreiber
report on business
Pitching in: Helping law students to fight for racial justice
Edward Sonshine, Chief Executive Officer, of RioCan REIT, is photographed on the fifth floor patio at the company's Toronto head office on March 19 2019. The tall condominium behind him is a RioCan property.
opinion
Whoopi Goldberg made herself into an example of how antisemitism fuels misinformation
Robyn Urback
world
Swastikas scrawled on Union Station in Washington
A hand-drawn swastika is seen on the front of Union Station near the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
world
World remembers Holocaust as antisemitism rises in pandemic
View of a train car and screen display at site of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau during ceremonies marking the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the camp and International Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day, in Brzezinka near Oswiecim, Poland January 27, 2022. Jakub Porzycki/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND.
canada
Ottawa’s antisemitism envoy Irwin Cotler calls Quebec’s Bill 21 discriminatory
Irwin Cotler speaks with the media following Liberal party caucus Wednesday October 8, 2014 in Ottawa. Canada’s special envoy on combatting anti-semitism says Quebec’s law banning teachers and other public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols at work is “discriminatory” and authorizes State interference in religion. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Trudeau says Canada will make special envoy on antisemitism a permanent post
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle
world
EU unveils strategy to take on increasing antisemitism in Europe
FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015 file photo, young Jewish children look at Belgian soldiers as they patrol during religious services in Antwerp, Belgium. The European Union unveiled Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021 a new strategy to combat growing antisemitism in Europe with plans to better tackle hate speech, raise awareness about Jewish life, protect places of worship and ensure that the Holocaust is not forgotten. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
opinion
Ben & Jerry’s serves up a scoop of hypocrisy
Konrad Yakabuski
politics
Ottawa will fight ‘alarming’ rise in hate crimes, Trudeau tells antisemitism summit
Diversity Minister Bardish Chagger rises during a sitting of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Global task force urges countries to consider regulation to fight online antisemitism
Justice Committee chair Anthony Housefather waits to start an in-camera meeting of the Justice Committee in Ottawa, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Housefather says the federal government will not be taking part in 20th-anniversary events for an international conference where Israel was singled out for condemnation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
politics
Liberals convene antisemitism summit amid concerns over new MP’s views on Israel
Liberal MP Irwin Cotler holds a press conference in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on Thursday, March 26, 2015. The federal government is convening an emergency summit on antisemitism even as it faces criticism for welcoming an anti-Israel MP into the ranks of the governing Liberals.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Green party rift over Israeli-Palestinian conflict widens as MPs break from leader
Green Party leader Annamie Paul is seen during a news conference in Ottawa on December 7, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
opinion
Boris Johnson’s Tory makeover is leaving wokeish Labour in the dust
Konrad Yakabuski
canada
Canada will not participate in Durban IV conference because of anti-Semitism concerns
Justice Committee chair Anthony Housefather waits to start an in-camera meeting of the Justice Committee in Ottawa, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Housefather says the federal government will not be taking part in 20th-anniversary events for an international conference where Israel was singled out for condemnation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Tensions over Israeli-Palestinian conflict persist within NDP ahead of convention
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh adjusts his webcam before announcing a campaign to reach out to young people and young families to understand their concerns at a news conference Monday, March 29, 2021 in Montreal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
politics
NDP membership wades into debate over controversial definition of anti-Semitism
Brian Masse and Peter Julian look on as NDP leader Jagmeet Singh speaks at the start of a two day caucus meeting in Ottawa, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. A debate over the definition of anti-Semitism that has divided the Jewish community has spilled over to the NDP ahead of the party convention next month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
world
U.S. saw a surge in far-right leaflets and posters in 2020, according to the Anti-Defamation League
FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2020, file photo, protesters and counterprotesters face off in Stone Mountain Village, Ga. White supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League shared with The Associated Press. (Jenni Girtman/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)