Antisemitism in Canada
On Sunday, June 30, the Institute hosted Michael Levitt, the CEO and President of the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies. Mr. Levitt, who served as a member of parliament in Canada from 2015 to 2020 and was Chair of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee and Chair of the Canada-Israel Interparliamentary Group, delivered an engaging presentation to the Fellows and other TAU International Students on antisemitism in Canada. His talk highlighted the main trends in antisemitic incidents in Canada in recent years and discussed numerous examples of antisemitic incidents that have occurred since October 7. He also discussed the work of the Wiesenthal Center in advancing Holocaust education and combatting antisemitism.