Latest updates from CIJA

Promotion of Bochra Manaï called 'scandalous' (The Suburban)

The City of Montreal confirmed that the Office of Commissioners will be made up of the Office of Commissioners For the Fight against Racism and Systemic Discrimination, the Office of Relations with Indigenous Peoples and the Office of Homelessness.

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March 12, 2025

Get to know CIJA's Legal Task Force

This morning, The Canadian Jewish News released its latest The Daily podcast featuring a unique glimpse into the work of one of CIJA’s most impactful – yet least known –...Read More

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March 12, 2025

This pro bono legal team has helped over 550 Canadian victims of antisemitism since Oct. 7 (The Canadian Jewish News)

CIJA's new legal task force is suing the federal government, universities and school boards to 'make people behave'.

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March 11, 2025

Jewish community outraged over police podcast on Oct. 7, anti-Israel rallies (Toronto Sun, + Postmedia Syndication)

Uniformed Toronto police officers in now-deleted podcast praised Oct. 7 for surge in Islam converts, and dismissed criticism of hateful anti-Israel rallies as "Islamophobia"

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March 11, 2025

CIJA comments on Canadian Government’s new Islamophobia report – John Oakley Show (640 Global Radio)

What this initiative is intended to instill and the extreme damage that it can do to our society if we can't object to terrorist organizations that glorify violence, that advocate for murder and rape and torture, if we can't criticize that without being labeled a racist, we've got a fundamental problem.

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March 11, 2025

An inquiry into tension at Quebec CEGEPs faces pushback from faculty accusing the government of censorship (The Canadian Jewish News)

Pascale Déry, first Jewish woman in Quebec cabinet, criticized for conflict of interest.

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March 11, 2025

FIRST READING: Federal report deems it 'racist' to criticize Canadian anti-Israel activists (National Post)

Guide also defines both 'sharia' and 'jihad' as benign terms that are misrepresented by Westerners

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March 11, 2025

Canadian veterans of the IDF profiled by an anti-Israel website are considering a class-action lawsuit (The Canadian Jewish News)

A range of community reactions come with questions about the publication's motivation.

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March 09, 2025

Canadian Jewish groups underwhelmed by national forum for combatting antisemitism (The Times of Israel)

Ottawa government pledges, including $10 million toward fighting hatred, seen by Jewish organizations as too little, too late

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March 09, 2025