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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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CIJA Disgusted and Shocked by Hypocritical Canadian Foreign Policy

Ottawa, ON – December 12, 2023 – Today, the Government of Canada voted in support of a UN General Assembly resolution supporting a ceasefire. In response, Shimon Koffler Fogel, President...Read More

CIJA

December 15, 2023

A Conversation With Ashager Araro and Jonathan Elkhoury

Hundreds of Canadians listened to a conversation between Ashager Araro, an Ethiopian-Israeli activist, feminist, and Battae Cultural Centre founder; and Jonathan Elkhoury, a Christian Lebanese Arab-Israeli, International Relations Director for...Read More

CIJA

December 14, 2023

This week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy | December 10, 2023

This week, we thank all those who attended Canada’s Rally for the Jewish People in Ottawa and made it a huge success through their support for Israel, for the hostages...Read More

CIJA

December 10, 2023

VANCOLOUR: Holocaust comparisons are hurtful and harmful (CHEK Vancouver)

This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir sits with Nico Slobinsky (Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs) to discuss the use of language in online and everyday discourse that minimizes and distorts historical atrocities, such as the Holocaust. Recorded: December 4, 2023

CIJA

December 08, 2023

'Silence isn't neutral': Emails show debate in Quebec universities on Israel, Hamas (Toronto Star)

MONTREAL - Five days after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Université de Montréal rector Daniel Jutras was under growing pressure to say more about the conflict.

CIJA

December 08, 2023

Social media reacts to Calgary mayor's decision to not attend City Hall menorah lighting (Calgary Sun)

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek took to social media on Wednesday to say she wouldn’t attend the annual menorah lighting at city hall due to the event being politicized.

CIJA

December 07, 2023

Joly condemns Hamas rapes of Israeli women after weeks of pressure (The Globe and Mail)

Joly condemns Hamas rapes of Israeli women after weeks of pressure

CIJA

December 07, 2023

Karen Restoule: My experience as a First Nations woman inspires me to stand against antisemitism (The Hub)

We cannot let the darkness of lies shroud us from speaking out truth

CIJA

December 06, 2023

Lawyers for Hamilton MPP Sarah Jama say her censure at Queen's Park is an 'abuse of power' (CBC News)

Jama hopes to have her case heard in court in April

CIJA

December 05, 2023

Some 20,000 brave sub-freezing temperatures for pro-Israel Ottawa rally (JNS)

“It was really important to see the love, the support and the solidarity of Jewish people in Canada,” Ohad Lapidot, whose daughter Tiferet was murdered at the Supernova music festival, told JNS.

CIJA

December 05, 2023

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

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