Pages tagged 'Press Releases'

Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes in Toronto more than Doubled In 2023

Jewish community represents 4 percent of Toronto’s population but is victimized in 36 percent of hate crimes Toronto, ON – May 31, 2024 – The Toronto Police Service (TPS) has...Read More

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June 03, 2024

“Jewish Community Concerns Must Be Heard”: Organizations Seeking Intervenor Status in U of T Injunction Against Encampments

Toronto, ON – June 3, 2024 – Today, Jewish community organizations as well as other campus groups seeking intervener status in the injunction case brought by the University of Toronto...Read More

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June 03, 2024

CIJA Responds to Report on TMU LASL Open Letter

Toronto, ON – May 31, 2024 – Today, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) released the report of the TMU External Review commissioned to determine whether a letter replete with antisemitic content, which...Read More

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May 31, 2024

UPDATE: Firebombing at Vancouver's Schara Tzedeck Synagogue

UPDATE: New details have emerged about last night’s events revealing that an incendiary device was not thrown at the doors of Schara Tzedeck, as was conveyed in early reports, instead an...Read More

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May 31, 2024

Federation CJA And CIJA React to Latest Shooting Targeting Montreal Jewish School

Montreal, QC – May 29, 2024 – News broke today that overnight May 27/28 another Jewish school in Montreal was targeted by a shooting. In response, Yair Szlak, President and...Read More

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May 30, 2024

CIJA and Federation CJA applaud the arrest and indictment of the alleged perpetrator of the attacks on a Jewish school on November 12, 2023

Montreal, QC - May 22, 2024 - The Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) and Federation CJA applaud the arrest and indictment of the alleged perpetrator of the attacks...Read More

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May 22, 2024

Canada Must Reject ICC Assault on Israel

Ottawa, ON – May 21, 2024 – Yesterday, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan filed applications for warrants of arrest for senior Hamas terrorists and senior Israeli officials. In...Read More

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May 21, 2024

CIJA Applauds Passage of Ontario Bill 166

Toronto, ON – May 14, 2024 – Today, the Ontario legislature passed Bill 166 – Strengthening Accountability and Student Supports Act, 2024, critical legislation that will require every post-secondary institution...Read More

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May 14, 2024

TMU Student Suing University for Fostering Poisoned Antisemitic Environment

Toronto, ON – April 25, 2024 – This week, a Statement of Claim against Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) was filed in the Ontario Superior Court on behalf of a Jewish student at...Read More

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April 25, 2024

Jewish Community Shocked by Attacks on Quebec Office in Tel Aviv

Montreal, QC – April 24, 2024 – The Jewish community is aware of the recent comments made by some Members of the National Assembly regarding the opening of the Quebec Government Bureau in Tel...Read More

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April 24, 2024

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