Alex Rose

Toronto

Current PhD student in History+Philosophy of Science at University of Toronto Freelance journalist/writer

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Articles

Jewish summer camp directors in Canada get ready to wrestle with hard conversations about the war in Israel and antisemitism at home

Jun 28, 2024 | thecjn.ca | Alex Rose

As camps across Canada prepare to for another summer, the leadership at Jewish operations know they can't treat this year like any other. Most years, the young campers are escaping the stress caused by disagreements with parents or boring schoolwork. But this year, coming up on nine months of ongoing conflict in Israel and rising antisemitism at home in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks, their retreats are an escape from much more than the usual domestic concerns.
University of Toronto offers a deal to protesters-and a Monday morning deadline to end the encampment-but the school refuses to participate in academic boycotts of Israel

May 24, 2024 | thecjn.ca | Alex Rose |Jonathan Rothman

Representatives for the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Toronto were still deciding on Friday how to respond to an offer from the school to either end the demonstration or be issued a notice of trespass. The offer was given in the afternoon of May 23, and gave the encampment 24 hours, until 4 p.m. on Friday, to vacate before they would be issued the notice.