Ronald Lauder, WJC President, meets with Foreign Minister John Baird and Centre Board Member Moshe Ronen
Posted on: May 16, 2012
May 16, 2011, Ottawa — World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald Lauder, and Vice-president of the WJC Moshe Ronen, and Centre board member, met today with Foreign Minister John Baird. Amongst the topics discussed was Iranian nuclear proliferation, the Israel-Palestinian Continue Reading »
Rain or Shine, Walk with Israel Ready to Roll on Victoria Day
Posted on: May 16, 2012
United Jewish Appeal’s annual event has something for Walkers of all ages If you can imagine what a mobile arcade looks like, then you’ll have a pretty good idea of what to expect when you encounter the Sony PlayStation Big Continue Reading »
The Centre Commends the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) for Suspending the Permit of the East End Madrassah
Posted on: May 16, 2012
Toronto, ON — Recently, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs was made aware of curriculum issued by the Toronto-based East End Madrassah that contained antisemitic passages. In particular, the Level 8 curriculum document, which was publicly posted on the Continue Reading »
UN official visits Israel after incendiary tweet
Posted on: May 16, 2012
During March violence OCHA field officer posted link to photo of father carrying bleeding girl, photo was from 2006 accident unrelated to Israel. Photo: Twitter screenshot A small group of people demonstrated in front of a UN office in Jerusalem Continue Reading »
Queers Against Israeli Apartheid to return to Toronto Pride parade this year
Posted on: May 16, 2012
Daniel Dale reports on Queers Against Israeli Apartheid’s plans to return to Toronto’s Pride parade this summer. The group, also known as QuAIA, skipped Pride last year to deny Mayor Rob Ford what it called a “pretext” to withdraw the Continue Reading »
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