CIJA in the News

'Silence isn't neutral': Emails show debate in Quebec universities on Israel, Hamas (Toronto Star)

MONTREAL - Five days after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Université de Montréal rector Daniel Jutras was under growing pressure to say more about the conflict.

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December 08, 2023

Social media reacts to Calgary mayor's decision to not attend City Hall menorah lighting (Calgary Sun)

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek took to social media on Wednesday to say she wouldn’t attend the annual menorah lighting at city hall due to the event being politicized.

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December 07, 2023

Joly condemns Hamas rapes of Israeli women after weeks of pressure (The Globe and Mail)

Joly condemns Hamas rapes of Israeli women after weeks of pressure

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December 07, 2023

Karen Restoule: My experience as a First Nations woman inspires me to stand against antisemitism (The Hub)

We cannot let the darkness of lies shroud us from speaking out truth

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December 06, 2023

Lawyers for Hamilton MPP Sarah Jama say her censure at Queen's Park is an 'abuse of power' (CBC News)

Jama hopes to have her case heard in court in April

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December 05, 2023

Some 20,000 brave sub-freezing temperatures for pro-Israel Ottawa rally (JNS)

“It was really important to see the love, the support and the solidarity of Jewish people in Canada,” Ohad Lapidot, whose daughter Tiferet was murdered at the Supernova music festival, told JNS.

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December 05, 2023

Undeterred by heavy snow, thousands rally in support of Israel in Ottawa, Canada (The Times of Israel)

Event organizers decry antisemitism after company makes ‘shameful decision’ to cancel charter buses expected to transport rally-goers

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December 05, 2023

Robyn Fryer Bodzin: Mélanie Joly's feminist foreign policy has no room for Jewish rape victims (The National Post)

For a country with a 'feminist foreign policy,' Canada has remained remarkably silent about Hamas's sexual violence

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December 05, 2023

Hundreds stranded as buses fail to show for rally in support of Israel (The Jerusalem Post)

The delay was attributed to a "deliberate and malicious walk-off of drivers," which was later mentioned during the rally as an act of antisemitism by bus drivers refusing to transport the attendees.

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December 04, 2023

Thousands fill Parliament Hill for pro-Israel rally (Ottawa Citizen)

"Probably everyone here has someone they know in Israel," said Randi Elkind of Toronto, gesturing to the crowd of thousands. "What's really important is that we need to stand together as a Jewish people."

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December 04, 2023

Thank you!