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CIJA Statement Ahead of Prime Minister's Address

Toronto, ON – May 31, 2026 – Ahead of the Prime Minister’s national address on Canada’s antisemitism crisis, Noah Shack, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, released...

May 31, 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

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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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This week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy | November 19, 2023

This week, we called on our Prime Minister to stand with Israel, support democracy, and reject hate and terrorism. We also called out a Canadian ‘peace’ group for their biased...Read More

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November 19, 2023

Hateful slurs. Vandalism. Online vitriol. Montreal’s Jewish and Muslim communities see sense of peace and safety in tatters over Israel-Hamas war (Toronto Star)

The Jewish and Muslim communities in Montreal have often made common cause, working together in court to contest Quebec’s religious symbols ban. But the war in the Middle East has frayed such bonds.

CIJA

November 18, 2023

ANALYSIS | Canada's voting record at United Nations faces scrutiny as Israel-Hamas war intensifies (CBC)

Recent positions could harm attempts to be seen as balanced player: expert

CIJA

November 18, 2023

RCMP investigates Imam who called for killing of Zionists at Montreal rally (The Globe and Mail)

The RCMP’s national security specialists are investigating a Montreal Imam who at a pro-Palestinian rally last month led a public prayer calling for the extermination of “Zionist aggressors.”

CIJA

November 17, 2023

Those calling for an Israeli ceasefire don’t really know what they’re asking for says Parry Sound—Muskoka MP Scott Aitchison (Huntsville)

The war between Israel and Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization in this country that happens to govern Gaza, has prompted many groups and individuals to come out of the woodwork demanding the eradication of Israel and often, by extension, the slaughter of Jews.

CIJA

November 17, 2023

String of Ottawa events linked to antisemitism alarms local Jewish community (Toronto Star)

OTTAWA - A string of events in Ottawa linked to antisemitism is creating alarm among Jewish people in the capital city, with a community leader saying the Israel-Hamas war is exposing hatred that has existed for years.

CIJA

November 17, 2023

Tell PM Trudeau the problem isn't Israel, it's Hamas

Rhetoric such as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent remarks enables Hamas to continue to use the Palestinian civilian population as human shields to advance its genocidal goal. The blood of...Read More

CIJA

November 15, 2023

Why aren’t police doing more to stop antisemitic speech in Canada? (The Canadian Jewish News)

Police in Montreal are redeploying their squad cars in different locations this week in an effort to better protect the city’s Jewish community. The move comes a week after bullets were fired through the doors of two Jewish schools; Molotov cocktails were thrown at a synagogue and a Jewish office; and three people were injured in a fracas over the Israel-Hamas war at Concordia University.

CIJA

November 13, 2023

Massacre of 1,200 alarmingly familiar to the world's Jews (Toronto Star)

Why did Hamas record their own atrocities? To celebrate Jewish deaths and amplify Hamas propaganda.

CIJA

November 13, 2023

Mayor Valérie Plante and other Montreal politicians condemn the second shooting in less than one week at a Jewish school (The Canadian Jewish News)

Montreal Jewish elementary school Yeshiva Gedola was shot at for the second time in less than one week.

CIJA

November 12, 2023

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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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