Call Me Back - with Dan Senor My diaspora Jewish world is crumbling - with Jesse Brown
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May 4, 2026 
Jesse Brown, founder and editor of Canadaland and investigative reporter, reflects on how October 7 upended Jewish life in Canada. He describes targeted attacks on schools, synagogues, and neighborhoods. He discusses rising antisemitism, campus and institutional dynamics, Islamist extremism, and deep fractures within Canadian Jewish communities.
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Targeting Of Visible Jewish Spaces
- Antisemitic attacks in Canada target visibly Jewish institutions and neighborhoods like Bathurst Street rather than the assimilated Jewish majority.
- Synagogues, Jewish schools and camps have been explicitly targeted with gunfire, vandalism and campaigns to revoke charitable status.
Covering Antisemitism Became Politicized
- Brown experienced online denunciation for simply documenting antisemitism; critics accused him of being a Zionist agent or a false-flag actor.
- Covering antisemitism became framed as partisan or dishonest, not a report of harm.
Scale And Normalization Of Violent Imagery
- Canada shows higher per-capita antisemitic violence than many peers, with repeated mass-murder attempts, firebombings and frequent synagogue attacks.
- Protest culture normalizes Hamas/Hezbollah imagery and violent chants across demonstrations nationwide.