Navigating Crisis Together: Canadian Jews, Israel, and October 7

This qualitative study investigates community-building and information-gathering processes among ninth-grade Canadian Jewish day school students and young adult alumni in response to the October 7 terror attack in Israel. Despite their different contexts, the two participant groups had similar needs for a sense of community and reliable information in the post-October 7 Canadian context. The data demonstrate the importance that a school and Jewish educators can play in helping its students and alumni construe meaning post-crisis, and serve as a safe space amidst growing sentiments of antisemitism and anti-Israelism.