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Ahead of Spring Economic Statement, Jewish Community Calls For Stronger Security Support

Ottawa, ON – April 15, 2026 – Ahead of the April 28 Spring Economic Statement, Canada’s Jewish community is urging the federal government to significantly expand and streamline the Canada...

Apr 15, 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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Shooting attack on Montreal Jewish school sparks outrage (Jewish News Syndicate)

Police have pledged to increase their presence at Jewish schools across the city as a precautionary measure after the incident, the second of the kind in Canada in recent days.

CIJA

May 30, 2024

Political leaders denounce latest shooting at a Jewish school in Montreal (Montreal Gazette)

Members of the Jewish community call for police to act against what they describe as rising antisemitism in the city.

CIJA

May 30, 2024

I Went To Jesse Brown’s Talk On ‘Antisemitism In Canadian Media’ (The Maple)

On May 27, the world was reeling in horror at the videos from Gaza following Israeli airstrikes on the supposed safe zone in Rafah that killed at least 45 Palestinians, including beheading a child. In downtown Toronto, people protested outside the Israeli consulate. Further north in the city at a synagogue, however, outrage was mostly directed elsewhere, including Toronto Star columnist Shree Paradkar’s tweets.

CIJA

May 30, 2024

Vancouver comics festival bans Jewish artist Miriam Libicki over past IDF service (Jewish Telegraphic Agency Syndication)

A comic-book festival in Vancouver said it has banned an Israeli-American artist because of her past service in the Israel Defense Forces, after apologizing for allowing her to participate this year.

CIJA

May 30, 2024

Jewish organizations demand action after Montreal Jewish school hit by gunfire (Toronto Star + The Canadian Press Syndication)

Jewish advocacy organizations on Thursday called on authorities to act to protect their communities after bullet holes were discovered at a Jewish school in Canada for the second time in a week.

CIJA

May 30, 2024

Vancouver comic festival bans Jewish artist over past IDF service (The Jerusalem Post)

The festival assured that it would revise its policies and submission guidelines and adhere to the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel’s guidelines.

CIJA

May 30, 2024

Trudeau, CIJA condemn gunfire at Montreal Jewish school (Global News)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) reacted to the shooting at the Montreal Jewish school on Thursday, calling the incident a 'vile, despicable act of antisemitism.'

CIJA

May 30, 2024

Gunfire targets Canadian Jewish school for the second time in a week (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

On Wednesday, police discovered that at least one bullet had hit the Belz Yeshiva Ketana at the Young Israel of Montreal synagogue in the city’s Cote-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grace neighborhood. They believe the shooting at the Orthodox school occurred before Wednesday, The Montreal Gazette reported.

CIJA

May 30, 2024

Outrage after shooting attack on Montreal Jewish school (Israel Hayom)

The Montreal police have pledged to increase their presence at Jewish schools across the city as a precautionary measure after the incident in the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough.

CIJA

May 30, 2024

Canada sees second shooting at Jewish school in a week (The Jerusalem Post)

There are calls for decisive action by Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante to put an end to an atmosphere of permissiveness toward antisemitism in the city.

CIJA

May 30, 2024

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