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Student Testimonies: The Genocide in Palestine News Social Justice 

Student Testimonies: The Genocide in Palestine

in collaboration with some MSA and Ardouna members. In light of the ongoing and unjust killings of the Palestinian people, the purpose of this article is to ensure that Vanier College students who are both directly and indirectly affected by this crime against humanity can feel seen, reprsented, and supported. By reading the personal and anonymously contributed testimonies provided by some MSA club members and some Ardouna club members, I invite everyone to read their words with compassion and empathy. “The Muslim Student Association is a student-led club aiming to…

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The Historyof a Nation Forcefully Divided: Palestine News Social Justice 

The Historyof a Nation Forcefully Divided: Palestine

In 1897, the First Zionist Congress took place in Basel Switzerland with the Austro-Hungarian journalist Theodor Herzl, founder of this ideology. Zionism comes from the Mount Zion, Jabal Sahyoun in Arabic. This refers to the hill in Al-Quds (Arabic name for Jerusalem) that is known for sites like the Prophet David’s Tomb. His idea was to establish, with the support of the European colonial powers, a pure Jewish secular westernized state between the Nile and the Euphrates referring to Genesis 15 in the Christian Bible. In fact, the two blue…

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Why Holocaust Awareness Is Just As Relevant in 2023 Social Justice 

Why Holocaust Awareness Is Just As Relevant in 2023

Antisemitism is defined as hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people. The Holocaust was shown to be the most extreme example of antisemitism ever to occur, resulting in the persecution and murder of six million Jews by Nazi Germany. However, violent antisemitism and hatred did not end with Nazi Germany’s defeat. Antisemitism has been on the rise, and it remains a critical issue today. The Holocaust was the most profound expression of antisemitism. Antisemitism has endangered and continues to threaten the safety of Jewish people and communities worldwide. Like all…

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Antisemitism Social Justice 

Antisemitism

In recent years, Jews around the world have experienced an eruption of antisemitism throughout their communities. Alarmingly, there is rarely a day that goes by without hearing of an incident involving either a physical assault, an antisemitic slur or even sometimes deadly attacks targeting Jews somewhere in the world. In the backdrop of this climate of hatred directed at the Jewish people, how can we as a community and as a society, help shape this world to being a more accepting, safer place for people of all religions, backgrounds and…

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