As university students encounter hate speech, like statements perpetrated by music industry personalities they may have once enjoyed, they have questions about antisemitism — and what it really is.
I research and teach Jewish literature with a focus on Holocaust narratives. With rising tensions on both sides of the Israel-Hamas War, and 24 hostages still in captivity, Canadian communities feel the continued conflict domestically.
In December 2024, the House of Commons’s Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights released a comprehensive document: Heightened Antisemitism in Canada and How to Combat It.
