Latest updates from CIJA

Book found in TDSB classroom teaches disputed anti-Israel “Nakba” history (True North)

A book showcasing a widely disputed account of what anti-Israel activists call “Al Nakba” was discovered in a Toronto District School Board elementary school classroom.

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September 30, 2024

KLEIN: Palestinian Authority's curriculum doesn't belong in Canadian classrooms (The Winnipeg Sun)

The recent offer from the Palestinian Authority (PA) to provide its educational curriculum to Gazan children newly arrived in Canada has raised serious concerns. The offer, while framed as a humanitarian gesture to help children continue their education, must be scrutinized carefully.

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September 30, 2024

Joly's photo op reignites debate over Canada's funding of UNRWA (Toronto Sun, + Postmedia Syndication)

Canada’s continued funding of a contentious UN agency has reignited the debate over Ottawa’s Middle East policy — particularly after Sunday’s death of a prominent Hamas leader who also headed the United Nations Relief and Works Agency’s (UNRWA) teachers union.

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September 30, 2024

Chaplain elected at Christian-Jewish Dialogue (The Anglican)

The Rev. Dr. Jim Leatch has been elected interim chair of the Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Toronto.

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September 30, 2024

NP View: The odious smear campaign against Heather Reisman and Indigo books (National Post)

She should be celebrated as one of this country’s most successful entrepreneurs and most generous philanthropists, not protested against

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September 30, 2024

Liberals roll out more security cash, details in strategy for fighting hate (CityNews)

The Trudeau government is announcing more details on its existing strategy and funding to fight hate crimes. Kamal Khera, Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities, rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa,

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September 29, 2024

Le gouvernement fédéral donne des précisions sur sa stratégie contre la haine (Radio-Canada, + syndication QMI)

Le gouvernement libéral a dévoilé dimanche plus de détails sur sa stratégie et son financement pour lutter contre la hausse des crimes haineux ciblant plusieurs communautés.

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September 29, 2024

Canadian Jewish leaders suspicious of Ottawa’s timing in announcing security funding (Jewish News Syndicate)

“They’re trying to tell the Jews, ‘Here’s quite a bit of cash. We hope you enjoy it. Now stop complaining about us,’” Michael Teper, of the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation, told JNS.

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September 27, 2024

Opinion: UQAM should not play host to vile antisemitic conference (National Post)

An upcoming event will feature speakers that seek the destruction of Israel and lionize people who are serving life sentences for murder

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September 27, 2024