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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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Quebec rejects proposal to have armed security guards in Montreal Jewish schools, places of worship (CTV News Montreal, + Bell Media Syndication)

The Quebec government is rejecting a proposal from multiple local politicians who called for special permission to allow Jewish schools and houses of worship to hire armed security guards. The idea comes from a growing sense of unease following recent attacks in the Jewish community, however, the province says security is best left up to the police.

CIJA

January 10, 2024

Jewish groups call on Ontario government to halt overpass demonstrations (National Post, + Postmedia Syndication)

The Avenue Road overpass — adjacent to Toronto's largest Jewish neighbourhoods — has become a popular site for anti-Israel protests

Susan Marcus

January 10, 2024

How Justin Trudeau lost his grip (Politico)

The anatomy of Trudeau’s slide actually begins in 2019 when Canada’s first Indigenous justice minister quit Cabinet over the ethics scandal now known as the SNC-Lavalin Affair. Jody Wilson-Raybould revealed that she felt pressured by Trudeau’s inner circle to go easy on a criminal case involving a Quebec-based engineering company.

CIJA

January 10, 2024

Protests must have reasonable limits

Want to have your say? Copy and paste the below message and email [email protected] to ask the Ontario government to take urgent action to restrict demonstrations on highway overpasses. ***...Read More

CIJA

January 09, 2024

'This crossed the line': Toronto deputy mayor, councillor call on Ottawa to investigate arson at Jewish-owned North York deli as possible terrorist act (CTV News Toronto, CP24)

Days after a Jewish-owned deli in North York was set on fire(opens in a new tab) in a suspected hate crime, a Toronto deputy mayor and city councillor are calling on the federal government to investigate the incident as a possible act of terrorism.

CIJA

January 08, 2024

Calls mount for cops to enforce law on disruptive anti-Israel protests after coffee-delivery video (National Post)

Despite a strong relationship with Toronto Police, a Jewish group made it clear that hateful protests cannot continue

CIJA

January 08, 2024

A viral video prompts an apology from Toronto police—and highlights the ongoing tension between protesters and suburban residents (The Canadian Jewish News)

A Toronto police officer’s delivery of Tim Hortons to protesters on a Toronto highway overpass has brought worldwide attention to ongoing demonstrations that have been disrupting a suburban and predominantly Jewish neighbourhood.

CIJA

January 08, 2024

The case of the Indigo 11: How an act of vandalism became a flashpoint in Toronto (Toronto Star)

The Indigo at Bay and Bloor was splashed in red paint and plastered with posters targeting CEO Heather Reisman. Eleven arrests followed.

CIJA

January 08, 2024

Search for suspects who torched Jewish-owned deli (CTV News Toronto)

Search for suspects who torched Jewish-owned deli

CIJA

January 08, 2024

Toronto leaders call on feds to investigate suspected hate-motivated arson as possible act of terror - Toronto (Global News)

After a Jewish-owned grocery store in North York was set on fire and vandalized in a suspected hate crime last week, a Toronto deputy mayor and city councillor are calling on the federal government to investigate the incident as a possible act of terrorism.

CIJA

January 08, 2024

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