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Toronto Sun
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- Toronto Sun
MCCAUGHEY: Scaring and bullying Jewish schoolkids on ballot this November
Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, speaks at the United Federation of Teachers headquarters for an endorsement event in New York City. 'From the river to the sea' is shorthand for the obliteration of Israel. It's a phrase meant to terrorize. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Here in the U.S., from the Hudson River to the Pacific Ocean, antisemitism is surging in public schools. The administration of President Donald Trump, which is cracking down on the abuse of Jewish students on college campuses, also needs to turn its attention to the public schools. And people of all faiths need to object. Jews shouldn't have to fight this battle alone. In New York City, antisemitic graffiti, bullying, anti-Jewish slurs and pro-Hamas propaganda are tolerated in public schools, according to the Brandeis Center, a human rights organization. In Baltimore, Jewish students 'have had to isolate themselves, drop classes, eat lunch alone and hide their Jewish identities to avoid harassment,' including from one teacher who repeatedly threatened to go 'all Nazi,' according to a civil rights complaint submitted to the U.S. Department of Education on July 22. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. California State Assembly member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan said through tears that 'students are being taught to hate my children … because they're Jewish.' Most troubling, rank-and-file public school teachers across the nation are on board with antisemitism. Last month, members of the nation's largest teachers' union, the National Education Association, voted to redefine the Holocaust, erasing any mention of the extermination of six million Jews. The woke definition, included in the NEA handbook, recognizes 'the more than 12 million victims' from 'different faiths, ethnicities, races, political beliefs, genders, and gender identification, abilities/disabilities, and other targeted characteristics.' This is a hateful falsehood. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. NEA members also voted to educate the public about the Nakba: The 'forced, violent displacement and dispossession of at least 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland in 1948 during the establishment of the state of Israel,' as the union puts it. The handbook has since been removed from the NEA website in response to criticism from Jewish groups. But this is what a majority of NEA members — teachers in public schools — voted for. A generation of college students indoctrinated in antisemitism has brought the same hate to the public schools where they teach. You can also thank the teachers' unions. In NYC, the powerful United Federation of Teachers endorsed mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on July 8, citing his willingness to cede mayoral control of the schools 'to give more say to educators and parents.' Cross out 'parents.' It will be a union takeover. Period. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. New York State United Teachers, the statewide parent union for the UFT, already has a tight grip on school boards across the state, fielding candidates for most boards and winning 91% of the time. NYSUT is intent on making schools left-wing propaganda machines, the religious teachings of parents be damned. On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that parents have a right to opt their elementary school-aged children out of instruction that violates their religious teachings. The case involved LGBTQ+ themes that Muslim, Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox parents didn't want taught to their children. But the significance of the ruling goes beyond LGBTQ+. If Jewish parents in New York object to their children hearing a woke rewriting of the Holocaust or a view of Palestine that vilifies Jews, will they be able to opt their children out? This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. No. They'll be in for a fight, according to NYSUT. On July 28, the union issued a response to the court, saying it applied 'to a single school district' and that 'educators and school leaders are best positioned to select materials.' Parents with religious scruples can take a hike. Mamdani has expressed almost no interest in education policy, aside from attacking specialized high schools, even though more money is consumed by the Department of Education than by any other city agency. RECOMMENDED VIDEO Indifferent to what education means to parents striving for their children's futures, Mamdani has cynically suggested that Jamaal Bowman, the scandal-scarred former congressman, be considered to lead Gotham's public school system, the largest in America, as NYC schools chancellor. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Read More Even members of his party are unimpressed. New York State Democratic Committee Chairman Jay Jacobs commented in March that Bowman should promote 'the economic interests of working-class Americans instead of continuing his antisemitic, pro-terrorist advocacy.' Don't count on Bowman or Mamdani to heed that advice. It's time for New Yorkers and Americans everywhere to oppose the Jew-hating in our public schools. First, the Jews are targeted, then Catholics and, before long, America isn't America anymore. – Betsy McCaughey is a former Lt. 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National Observer
15 minutes ago
- National Observer
More Republican lawmakers demand legal action over Canadian wildfire smoke
More Republican lawmakers are calling out Canada because of wildfires sending smoke billowing across the international border into their states. "If Canada can't get these wildfires under control, they need to face real consequences," said Wisconsin state Rep. Calvin Callahan in a news release Wednesday. "We won't sit back while our air becomes a health hazard." Callahan joined other Republican state lawmakers from Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota in filing a formal complaint against Canada to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin and the International Joint Commission, a binational organization that resolves disputes on shared water and air quality. The Republican lawmakers called for an investigation of Canada's wildfire management practices and for potential remedies under international law. Callahan joins a chorus of Republican politicians at other levels of government who have been voicing concerns about Canada's wildfires. Michigan Rep. Jack Bergman sent a letter to Canadian Sen. Michael MacDonald on Monday calling for stronger forest management policies and more accountability from Canadian officials. Both are members of the Canada—United States Inter-Parliamentary Group. "It is critical that forest management and wildfire mitigation be treated as a bilateral environmental and public health priority," the letter said. "If Canada can't get these wildfires under control, they need to face real consequences," said Wisconsin state Rep. Calvin Callahan in a news release Wednesday. "We won't sit back while our air becomes a health hazard." Michigan Rep. John James sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney last week saying his constituents are choking on toxic wildfire smoke. Citing a letter other Republican members of Congress sent to Canada's Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman in July, James said that "since then, rather than progress, we have seen escalation." James said Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's declaration of a second state of emergency in that province "confirmed what many Americans have feared: that Canada is not doing nearly enough to stop these fires before they start." The American lawmaker also criticized Kinew's comments in response to the initial letter. "This is what turns people off from politics," Kinew said in July. "When you have got a group of congresspeople trying to trivialize and make hay out of a wildfire season where we've lost lives in our province, there's no place for that in politics," the premier added. "If you can't get likes on Instagram from your own skills as a politician, don't bother trying to throw other people under the bus during a state of emergency." A husband and wife were killed by a fast-moving wildfire northeast of Winnipeg in May and thousands have been evacuated from their communities. James said Kinew's comments dismiss the health impacts the wildfire smoke has on neighbouring states. The Republican said the smoke amounts to a public health emergency "and it is actively damaging the U. S. — Canada relationship." The increasing pressure from Republicans comes as the bilateral relationship between the two countries remains tense. On Aug. 1, U.S. President Donald Trump boosted tariffs on Canadian goods to 35 per cent after a new security and economic agreement failed to materialize ahead of the president's deadline. The duties do not apply to goods compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade. Canada is also being hit with Trump's steel, aluminum, copper and automobile tariffs. Natural Resources Canada said in July that wildfires are a global problem caused by the effects of climate change, including prolonged drought. The president has called climate change a "hoax" and his administration dismissed all of the scientists working on a flagship climate report. Many Republicans point to the 2023 Canadian wildfire season, which was the worst on record. Fires blazing across the country that year sent thick smoke into the United States and even across the Atlantic Ocean to northern Europe. Canadian officials have warned that this year's wildfire season could shape up to be the second-worst on record. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, a non-profit owned and operated by federal, provincial and territorial wildland fire management agencies, said on its website that 744 active wildfires were burning across Canada on Wednesday. U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said Tuesday that Canada's recent wildfires offer a "stark reminder" of the countries' shared challenges. In a statement shared by the U.S. Embassy, Hoekstra said the United States and Canada have "a long history" of supporting one another in times of crisis. "Canadians stood with us during the tragic California wildfires earlier this year, and we are committed to standing with Canada now," he said. Wildfires burning across multiple American states, including California, have been sending smoke into nearby communities.
CTV News
15 minutes ago
- CTV News
Chilliwack, B.C., man found not criminally responsible for wife's stabbing death
The Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. (Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press) CHILLIWACK — The B.C. Supreme Court says a Chilliwack, B.C., man who stabbed his wife to death in 2024 was suffering from a 'delusional belief' when the violent killing occurred, finding him not criminally responsible for her murder. The court ruling posted online Wednesday says Joseph Berkiw, now 70, killed his wife, who can't be named under a publication ban, while believing he was 'saving her' from being tortured or raped by people who were targeting the couple. It says Berkiw worked as a machinist and had become 'preoccupied' with concerns about not getting paid from his job, and began acting in unusual and paranoid ways in the lead-up to the killing. The ruling says the couple lived with their adult son, who had called police over his father's 'bizarre behaviour' on Jan. 8 and Jan. 12, 2024, but officers determined he didn't meet the criteria to be apprehended 'under the Mental Health Act because nobody indicated he presented an immediate risk to himself or anyone else.' The court ruling says Berkiw attacked his wife with a knife on Jan. 17, stabbing her before being taken to the ground by his son, and she called police in 'extreme distress,' telling the call-taker that her husband was mentally ill and 'trying to kill everybody.' The ruling says Berkiw broke free of his son's grasp and got another knife, slashing his wife's throat and cutting his son, who had tried to protect her, and the court found he was suffering from a mental disorder that included 'delusional beliefs' that rendered him 'incapable of knowing that his actions were morally wrong.' This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 6, 2025
