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CIJA warns Iran-backed “Quds Day” is a threat to security

Ottawa, ON – March 12, 2026 – Ahead of demonstrations across Canada later this week as part of “Al Quds Day,” established in 1979 by Iran’s Supreme Leader and essentially...

Mar 12, 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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Some Jewish Canadians say this Passover comes with solemnity and complex emotions (Montreal Gazette, + The Canadian Press Syndication)

Many Jews across the country will be marking the holiday in fear amid a rise in antisemitic incidents at synagogues and schools in Canada, says Shimon Koffler Fogel of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.

CIJA

May 07, 2024

Le premier ministre Trudeau se dit sioniste et pour une solution à deux États en Palestine (Le Devoir)

Le premier ministre du Canada, Justin Trudeau, a pris la défense de l’idéologie sioniste, de laquelle il se revendique, tout en réitérant lundi devant des membres de la communauté juive qu’il croit toujours en la solution à deux États en Palestine.

CIJA

May 06, 2024

Justin Trudeau se dit sioniste et en faveur d’un État palestinien (Le Devoir)

CIJA

May 06, 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

CIJA

May 06, 2024

Humanitarian aid shipments at risk as talks between Israel, Hamas collapse (The Globe and Mail)

The trucks slowly lumbered forward, passing single file through a gap in the seven-metre-high concrete barrier that separates Israel from the northern Gaza Strip. Twenty-eight flatbed trucks were allowed to enter on Sunday morning, each laden with giant sacks of Turkish flour.

CIJA

May 05, 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

CIJA

May 05, 2024

Pro-Palestinian encampment coming to the University of Manitoba next week (CTV News Winnipeg)

The three-day event will be hosted by U of M students advocating for justice in Palestine in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Organizers are asking participants to stand together “in solidarity with land defenders globally.”

CIJA

May 04, 2024

Pro-Palestinian encampment planned for U of Manitoba campus (CBC News Manitoba)

Organizers want university to divest from groups with ties to Israel

CIJA

May 03, 2024

Terry Glavin: Finally, a terrorist sympathizer is arrested (National Post)

After everything that has happened since October 7, it might not have been the worst way to begin Jewish Heritage Month in Canada. Following on 207 days of bloodcurdling antisemitic incitements, attacks on synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses, and lurid public celebrations of the bloodiest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust, an arrest has been made.

CIJA

May 03, 2024

Proposal to teach Palestinian history in schools faces backlash (CBC)

Nakba noticeably absent from teaching, proponents say; Jewish group says inclusion would 'delegitimize Israel'

CIJA

May 02, 2024

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CIJA warns Iran-backed “Quds Day” is a threat to security

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Davis Cup

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

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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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