Pages tagged 'Publications'

Jewish Heritage Month

In 2018, Parliament unanimously passed a bill proclaiming that throughout Canada, the month of May will be marked as “Canadian Jewish Heritage Month”, celebrating the inspirational role that Jewish Canadians have...Read More

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March 08, 2022

This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy, March 6, 2022

Read the CJN article As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine escalates, the resulting hardships for Jewish families in Ukraine intensifies. Thousands of Ukrainian Jewish refugees crossing the border into neighbouring countries...Read More

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March 06, 2022

This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy, February 27, 2022

The Jewish Agency has received many requests from Jews who wish to leave Ukraine. Jewish Federations across Canada have launched fundraising appeals to help Jewish Ukrainians. We encourage those who...Read More

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February 27, 2022

CIJA Stands With Ukraine

CIJA stands with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress and the people of Ukraine in opposing Vladimir Putin's military aggression and violation of Ukrainian sovereignty.

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February 25, 2022

This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy, February 20, 2022

This week, the Toronto City Council passed the 2022 City Budget, which will provide resources to grow the Toronto Police Service’s Neighbourhood Community Officer program and to address hate crime....Read More

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February 20, 2022

Jewish Disability Advocacy Day 2022

CIJA is committed to supporting all members of the Jewish disability community as we work together to build a more accessible, prosperous society. This year, we are organizing a Jewish...Read More

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February 15, 2022

This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy, February 13, 2022

This week, MP Kevin Waugh introduced An Act to amend the Criminal Code (prohibition – promotion of antisemitism) that, if passed, would ban Holocaust denial in Canada. The initiative was...Read More

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February 13, 2022

This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy, February 6th, 2022

CIJA strongly denounced the use of hate symbols by a noticeable and vocal minority of protesters in downtown Ottawa this week. Nazi, Confederate, and other hate symbols were displayed as...Read More

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February 06, 2022

Rising Antisemitism

Faced with a precipitous rise of the world’s oldest form of hate, what are the legal tools at our disposal? Using a comparative approach, Legal Perspectives will equip lawyers and...Read More

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February 02, 2022

This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy, January 30, 2022

In remembrance of the six million Jewish children, women, and men murdered in the Holocaust, the United Nations has designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, this year also...Read More

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January 30, 2022