Toronto conference against anti-Zionism draws about 1,000, organizers say
The World Symposium Against Anti-Zionism, held in Toronto on May 17, was intended to confront the “new face of Jew-hatred,” according to Amir Epstein, director of Tafsik, one of the event organizers. “People need to…
Assessment
A Toronto conference drew roughly 1,000 people to confront anti-Zionism, which organizers frame as a normalized form of Jew-hatred distinct from older antisemitic tropes. The event signals a strategic shift toward treating anti-Zionism as a separate, urgent battlefield requiring education and counter-weaponization. Watch whether this framing gains traction beyond the Jewish community and how it reshapes advocacy against campus and political anti-Zionism.