Please note that, as a Jewish organization, CIJA observes Shabbat and High Holidays. This means that CIJA staff are not permitted to work on either Shabbat (the team is usually ‘pens down’ by 2:30 p.m. local time on Fridays) or the High Holidays, including Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, the first two and last two days of Sukkot, first two and last two days of Passover, and Shavuot (offices close at 1 p.m. local time on the Erev / first night of the holiday). Our staff therefore do not answer emails or phone calls and, as an organization, we do not participate in interviews or provide comment on those days. However, in the case of an active threat or other extreme circumstance, one of our non-Jewish team members will be available.
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About CIJA
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CIJA in the News
Agir concrètement pourrait aider à faire cesser le conflit - Lettre d’une Québéco-Israélienne à Mélanie Joly (Le Journal de Montréal)
Il s’agit de Mélanie Joly, ministre des Affaires étrangères du Canada s’exprimant au sujet de la guerre déclenchée par le Hamas contre Israël le 7 octobre. Alors que 134 otages sont toujours retenus à Gaza, certains exécutés par leurs geôliers, d’autres victimes de viols et autres tortures.
B.C.’s Jewish community welcomes attorney general Niki Sharma’s new anti-racism legislation—but prompter action is wanted on antisemitism (The Canadian Jewish News)
After consultations with various ethnic, faith and other community groups, including the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), British Columbia’s NDP-led government tabled new legislation last week aimed at holding provincial bodies accountable for racist policies and practices.
The Canadian celebrations that greeted Iran's attack on Israel (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)
The events were not out of character for a Canadian anti-Israel movement that has been pretty open about celebrating violence directed at the Jewish state
About Canada's Jewish Community
There are approximately 392,000 Jews in Canada.
Source: jewishdatabank.org, 2018
Canada has the fourth largest Jewish community in the world.
Source: jewishcanada.org, 2011
Jewish Canadians are the most targeted religious group for hate crimes in the country
Source: jpost.com, 2021