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CIJA Responds to Resignation of CMHR Board Member

Winnipeg, MB – June 22, 2026 – Following the resignation of Mark Berlin, the only Jewish Board Member of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Noah Shack, CEO of the...

Jun 22, 2026

Combating Antisemitism

Davis Cup

Tennis Canada just announced that the Davis Cup matches in Halifax will be played without spectators in the stadium because of "escalating safety concerns." Extremists are threatening our Canadian way of...

Sep 10, 2025

Protecting Jewish Life

Update on appeal for interlocutory injunction to protect production of Canada’s kosher meat

CFIA’s unjustified and untenable imposition of conditions on shechita forces the Jewish community to seek court relief Ottawa, ON – July 12, 2024 – This week, the Centre for Israel...

Jul 12, 2024

Canada-Israel Friendship

Canada Needs to Change Course

Germany gets it. We need you to help PM Carney understand. Germany has made it clear: advancing recognition of Palestinian statehood right now would undermine efforts toward peace. After meeting...

Aug 27, 2025

Publications

What’s at Stake—Toronto’s Proposed Bylaw on Safe Access Zones

After 19 months of relentless, targeted harassment outside synagogues, Jewish schools, and community institutions, our collective voice is making a difference. The City of Toronto—Canada’s largest and most influential municipality—has...

May 21, 2025

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Former public safety minister calls for strengthened screening of new human-rights chief (The Globe and Mail)

You have to hand it to the Trudeau government. Canada has a population approaching 40 million, bursting with learned scholars, lawyers, judges and people with a history of fighting for human rights around the world. Any one of them would be eminently qualified to head the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC).

CIJA

July 03, 2024

EDITORIAL: Look before you leap next time, minister (Toronto Sun, + Postmedia Syndication)

CIJA

July 03, 2024

'Terror is not an irrational strategy': Incoming human rights commissioner lectured about violence (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)

Birju Dattani made earlier statements appearing to rationalize terrorism and signed a letter accusing Israel of seeking to 'terrorize the civilian population' of Gaza

CIJA

July 03, 2024

Un tribunal ordonne aux manifestants anti-israéliens de démanteler le campement de l’Université de Toronto (Actual News Magazine)

L’Université de Toronto a subi des dommages irréparables à cause d’un campement de manifestants anti-israéliens qui a pris le contrôle d’une partie de son campus du centre-ville, a déclaré mardi un juge de l’Ontario en ordonnant aux manifestants de démanteler le site.

CIJA

July 02, 2024

Court orders anti-Israel protesters to take down University of Toronto encampment (National Post, + Postmedia syndication)

The protesters, who previously said they would stay put until the school agrees to their demands, were ordered to clear out by Wednesday evening

CIJA

July 02, 2024

University of Waterloo sues encampment protesters for $1.5 million (Toronto Sun, + postmedia Syndication)

The university said in court documents that defendants have allegedly caused the plaintiff “significant harm and damages.” The university is also suing for expenses for property repairs, security upgrades and other safety measures to restore campus operations and ensure community safety.

CIJA

July 02, 2024

Shimon Koffler Fogel: The push to define anti-Palestinian racism is not about fighting discrimination (National Post)

Activists are using this as a means to paint Zionists as racists and stifle debate on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

CIJA

July 02, 2024

University of Toronto is granted an injunction to dismantle a pro-Palestinian encampment that has been on campus for two months (The Canadian Jewish News)

The University of Toronto has received an injunction to dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment on its property.

CIJA

July 02, 2024

U of T gets injunction to clear pro-Palestinian encampment (CBC)

Protesters must take down tents by 6 p.m. Wednesday; police can arrest anyone who doesn't comply

CIJA

July 02, 2024

'Apology not accepted': Behind Jewish groups' furor over Canada's new human rights commissioner (The Canadian Jewish News)

Birju Dattani is a Canadian human rights lawyer who worked in the Yukon and his home province of Alberta before being catapulted into the highest-profile human rights job in the country a few weeks ago. In mid-June, Canada’s justice minster announced Dattani’s appointment for a five-year term as chief commissioner at the federal human rights watchdog.

CIJA

July 02, 2024

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Davis Cup

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Canada Needs to Change Course

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What’s at Stake—Toronto’s Proposed Bylaw on Safe Access Zones

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