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Branch of BCTF Moves to Deny Resources to Holocaust and Antisemitism Education

Vancouver, BC – June 5, 2024 – In what is being described as a stunning move, a branch of the BC Teachers Federation (BCTF) today told the Holocaust and Antisemitism Educators Association...Read More

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June 05, 2024

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

This week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy | May 19, 2024

This week, we celebrated the enacting of Bill 166 that will ensure all Ontario post-secondary institutions implement an anti-hate policy, mourned the thousands of Israeli lives lost in defense of the...Read More

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May 19, 2024

2024 Yom HaShoah commemoration at the National Holocaust Monument

On Monday, May 6, Ottawa’s Jewish community, leaders from other faith communities, and elected officials came together in person at the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa for a community-wide Yom...Read More

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May 06, 2024

This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy, May 5, 2024

This week, we reached out to leadership at major Canadian post-secondary institutions to provide guidance on building formal plans for security and enforcing policies, called on Ontarians to tell MPPs...Read More

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May 05, 2024

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