The protest was condemned by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and by the Montreal Holocaust Museum.CIJA vice-president Eta Yudin said comparing the yellow star with the COVID-19 vaccine passport is deeply offensive to those who were forced to wear the star in Europe during the Second World War era.“Education is part of the solution,” Charette said. “I’m not sure they clearly know the importance of the symbol.
Maybe they think they can do a quick link. If they do know the real symbol of this, the gesture is even more outrageous.”Sarah Fogg with the Holocaust museum invited protesters to visit the exhibitions at the institution.“These measures are put on by our government to make us safe, keep us healthy,” Fogg said about COVID-19.