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TMU Student Suing University for Fostering Poisoned Antisemitic Environment

Toronto, ON – April 25, 2024 – This week, a Statement of Claim against Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) was filed in the Ontario Superior Court on behalf of a Jewish student at...

Apr 25, 2024

Combating Antisemitism

What's Fact and What's Fiction - The New Online Harms Bill

Click on the image above to play the video Click here to watch on YouTube There have been a lot of questions around the new Online Harms Bill. In fact, it...

Apr 12, 2024

Protecting Jewish Life

Mimouna

Jewish communities across the globe have been celebrating the Passover holiday each year for millennia, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt and the freeing of the Jewish People. Moroccan Jews (and...

Apr 11, 2023

Canada-Israel Friendship

A statement from the Canadian Rabbinic Caucus on Canada’s vote at the UN General Assembly

Please find below a statement from the Canadian Rabbinic Caucus on Canada’s vote at the UN General Assembly last week. The Canadian Rabbinic Caucus is uniquely placed to represent the...

Dec 19, 2023

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This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy, April 21, 2024

This week, we delved deep into the repercussions of the new Online Harms Bill, heard insightful words from our chair, commended the Canadian Government for allocating funds in support of...

Apr 21, 2024

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Montreal synagogue, Jewish group granted injunction against protesters (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)

The injunction was sought after protesters surrounded a Jewish community centre on Monday, blocking people inside and chanting antisemitic slogans

CIJA

March 06, 2024

Open Letter Regarding MLA Selina Robinson’s Resignation from the BC NDP Caucus

We are profoundly saddened by the news that Selina Robinson, the MLA for Coquitlam-Maillardville and former Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, will be leaving the BC NDP Caucus...Read More

CIJA

March 06, 2024

Anti-Israel 'hate' mobs mass outside Montreal Holocaust Museum (National Post)

On March 4, the centre was the site of Israeli Perspective: Coming to Life, a public talk by three reservists with the Israel Defense Forces

CIJA

March 05, 2024

Concordia wouldn’t let a student group hold an Israel-related event on campus, so it moved to Federation CJA’s building—where protesters blocked the entrances (The Canadian Jewish News)

Two men were arrested and charged with assault after a pro-Palestinian protest took place outside Montreal’s Federation CJA building during an event hosted by a Concordia University group on March 4.

CIJA

March 05, 2024

Une coalition poursuit Ottawa pour faire cesser ses exportations militaires à Israël (ICI Radio-Canada)

Une coalition d’avocats canadiens et de citoyens d’origine palestinienne poursuivent en Cour fédérale la ministre des Affaires étrangères, Mélanie Joly, et le procureur général du Canada. Leur but : obliger le gouvernement Trudeau à suspendre toutes ses exportations militaires vers Israël.

CIJA

March 05, 2024

'We will defeat the Zionists': Anti-Israel protesters harass IDF reservists at Montreal talk (The Jerusalem Post)

Protesters opposing Israel's operations against Hamas rallied outside Montreal Holocaust Museum to demonstrate against the reservists panel taking place there.

CIJA

March 05, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protesters barricade IDF reserve soldiers event (Concordia Link)

Two people were arrested during the protest, with heavy police presence on-site

CIJA

March 05, 2024

Will a new Canadian law lead to less inflammatory speech against Jews? (The Vancouver Sun)

Opinion: Will Bill C-63 help deal with the fiery accusations coming from imams in B.C. and Quebec? Or is their rhetoric protected by a "religious exemption?"

CIJA

March 05, 2024

FIRST READING: Another 'victory' declared by Canada's increasingly brazen anti-Israel movement (National Post)

After blockading an event featuring Justin Trudeau and the Italian prime minister, organizers threatened similar actions 'until our demands are met'

CIJA

March 05, 2024

In front of the Holocaust Museum (The Canadian News)

Several dozen demonstrators in support of the Palestinian cause gathered late Monday in front of the Holocaust Museum in Montreal to oppose the holding of a conference by Israeli soldiers. The rally outraged the Advisory Center for Jewish and Israeli Relations and Federation CJA, which represents Jews in the Montreal area.

CIJA

March 05, 2024

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What's Fact and What's Fiction - The New Online Harms Bill

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A statement from the Canadian Rabbinic Caucus on Canada’s vote at the UN General Assembly

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