A new website documents the horrific rise in antisemitism at the Montreal university

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A new website run by students in Montreal aims to create a permanent archive of antisemitic incidents at Concordia University since the October 7 massacre.

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Visitors to the site will be able to read the history of antisemitism at Concordia, view an archive of events that includes photos and videos, and make submissions, which will be reviewed and verified before becoming part of the archive.

The students believe the administration already has the tools to deal with the problem, but has chosen not to. They hope that having the information all in one place will help Canadians understand the severity of the situation.

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The Concordia Voices website greets visitors with a pop-up informing them that the archive is incomplete and that the stories represent only a fraction of the incidents that have taken place at the university.

After that, visitors are presented with a short video of what appears to be a female Jewish student wearing a Star of David necklace walking alone through a dark hallway. She reaches into her pocket and pulls out her phone. The glow of the screen reflects off her face as she reads messages including: “antisemitic attack at the Hall Building” and “classes are blocked.”

The video feels like Denis Villeneuve’s “Polytechnique,” a horrific retelling of the 1989 Montreal massacre of 14 women by anti-feminist Marc Lépine. Concordia Voices tells the........

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