How to Report on Antisemitism in Canada ft. Blake Lambert (Podcast)
Returning to Jesse Brown's series with a cohesive critique
This week on The North State, I spoke with journalist and professor Blake Lambert about reporting on antisemitism in Canada and how Canadaland's series "What is Happening Here?" fails on multiple levels. RSS feed here. Apple Podcasts link here.
Description
It's now been a couple months since Jesse Brown's Canadaland series reporting antisemitism in Canada. Was there value in his reporting? While some points may have been well-made, the series obscured the issue and downplayed Israel's role in antisemitism in general. Blake Lambert, journalist, professor at Humber Polytechnic and TMU journalism instructor joins The North State to discuss the series, fundamental issues with Brown's approach and how the faults in reporting reflect a broader outlook of fear in the Canadaland series.
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Sources and Further Reading
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UNICEF: Over 100 children killed in Gaza since “ceasefire”; Mass funeral in Iran; ICE arrests dozens of refugees in Minnesota - Drop Site News
Israeli Soldiers Killed Gaza Aid Workers at Point Blank Range in 2025 Massacre: Report - Drop Site News
A Canadian Antisemitism Statistic Went Viral—But It Has No Source - Jewish Currents
A primer on the antisemitism debate - We Want More Life
IHRA in Canada - We Want More Life
Israeli minister invites English far-right leader, sparking outrage among U.K.'s Jewish community - NBC News
Jewish Population Change (for countries with highest Jewish populations) - Pew Research Center
Reject antisemitism, oppose genocide - We Want More Life
Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination: Zionism as racism – GA resolution - United Nations
A List Of Some People In Canada Fired For Pro-Palestine Views - The Maple
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Gaza conflict leads to rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia - Vision of Humanity
Latest Israel-Gaza conflict sent waves of antisemitism across the U.S. (2021) - PBS News
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Views of Jews and Israel - Robert Brym, Canadian Jewish Studies (p.65-66)
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Jewish Left Conference at GSU draws record attendance, shows growing network of alternative institutions - The Daily Free Press
"What we can demand today is that all Transjordan be included in the Land of Israel. . . on condition that Transjordan would be either be made available for Jewish colonization or for the resettlement of those [Palestinian] Arabs, whose lands [in Palestine] we would purchase..." - Menachem Ussishkin, 1936
Antisemitism and Islamophobia special envoys role to be axed, folded into new advisory council on equality and inclusion - Canadian Jewish News
Australia PM: Bondi Beach shooting "motivated by Islamic State ideology" - ABC (Australia)
Australia police defend actions after violence at protest over Israeli president visit - BBC News
Australia police assault Muslims during prayer at Herzog protest - Middle East Eye
