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CIJA’s new leader wants you to know that Jew hatred threatens ‘the promise of Canada’ (The Canadian Jewish News)

Shack—who spent nearly 15 years working for CIJA in Ottawa and Toronto—has now risen to become the organization’s public face, following the exit of Shimon Koffler Fogel, who managed Jewish government relations in the capital for approximately 40 years.

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January 29, 2025

Ontario Election Hub

Ontarians will soon be going to the polls to elect their Members of Provincial Parliament. CIJA is dedicated to helping Jewish Ontarians meaningfully take part in the democratic process.

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January 29, 2025

Holocaust education can keep history from repeating, says CIJA VP (Winnipeg Sun, + Postmedia Syndication)

Canada must step up its efforts on Holocaust education and fight back against Holocaust misinformation, a prominent Jewish leader says, as a new study shows an increasing number of Canadians, and young people believe that the Nazi’s systematic murder of more than six million European Jews has been “exaggerated” over time.

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January 28, 2025

CIJA Seeks Legal Accountability on the University of Windsor’s Discriminatory Agreements with Anti-Israel Encampments

Windsor, ON – January 28, 2025 – Last week, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) filed a Divisional Court application for judicial review of the decision by the Ontario...Read More

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January 28, 2025

International Holocaust Remembrance Day education opportunities (QR Calgary 770 AM)

There's also an exhibit on at the M, the Royal Interior Museum a little bit far away from you at the moment called Auschwitz, and we have curated content that has been researched by the truest purveyors of history, who are ensuring that this content remains accessible, oftentimes free and support it for Canadians, so that we can maintain our commitment as a liberal democracy to never again and never again for anyone.

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January 27, 2025

Libération d’Auschwitz :80 ans après, le monde se souvient – Explications TVA 12H (TVA Nouvelles)

Libération d’Auschwitz :80 ans après, le monde se souvient – Explications TVA 12H

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January 27, 2025

« J’ai peur que cela se reproduise », dit une survivante canadienne d’Auschwitz (CBC Radio-Canada)

Le premier ministre Justin Trudeau a rencontré deux survivants canadiens du camp d'Auschwitz-Birkenau en marge du 80e anniversaire de sa libération.

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January 27, 2025

Riverwalk Commons to be illuminated yellow for Holocaust Remembrance Day (NewmarketToday.ca)

Multiple cities across Canada will join in commemorations by illuminating local monuments, buildings and landmarks on Monday, Jan. 27

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January 26, 2025

Il y a 80 ans, la libération d'Auschwitz – Le Téléjournal (CBC Radio-Canada)

Les cérémonies entourant le 80e anniversaire de la libération du camp d'Auschwitz-Birkenau, se tiendront demain en Pologne. Un million de juifs et 100 000 non juifs sont morts sur le site, devenu le symbole du génocide perpétré par l'Allemagne nazie. Des dirigeants du monde convergent vers la Pologne pour souligner cet anniversaire, dont le premier ministre Justin Trudeau. On retrouve en Pologne nos envoyées spéciales Tamara Altéresco et Valérie Gamache.

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January 26, 2025