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JFBC and CIJA React to Vancouver Integrity Commissioner Report

Vancouver, B.C. – May 14, 2026 – Today, Vancouver’s Integrity Commissioner released a report regarding an April 8, 2025, press conference where Mayor Sim questioned problematic past statements made by Councillor Sean...

May 14, 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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L’ONU adopte massivement une résolution demandant le retrait des troupes israéliennes (Le Droit)

L’Assemblée générale de l’ONU a soutenu massivement mercredi une résolution palestinienne non contraignante exigeant qu’Israël mette fin d’ici un an à sa «présence illicite» dans la bande de Gaza et en Cisjordanie occupée.

CIJA

September 18, 2024

Canadian Government Breaks UN Promise

Ottawa, ON – September 18, 2024 – Today, the Canadian government abstained from voting at the United Nations General Assembly on a resolution based on a biased and problematic International Court of...Read More

CIJA

September 18, 2024

Le Centre consultatif des relations juives et israéliennes appelle le Parlement canadien à prendre des mesures immédiates face aux menaces antisémites (Radio J)

https://www.radioj.fr/actualite-24455-le-centre-consultatif-des-relations-juives-et-israeliennes-appelle-le-parlement-canadien-a-prendre-des-mesures-immediates-face-aux-menaces-antisemites

CIJA

September 17, 2024

CIJA calls on Canadian parliament to take immediate action on antisemitic threats (The Jerusalem Post)

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs urged the government to adopt 4 new policies to ensure the safety of Canadian Jewry

CIJA

September 17, 2024

Royal Bank-sponsored Vancouver Queer Film Festival has banished Israeli cultural institutions (The Canadian Jewish News)

The Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF), currently underway through Sept. 22, supports BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) and will not work with Israeli cultural institutions or show films “commissioned by an official Israeli body,” according to a statement released by Out On Screen, the organization that runs the popular annual event.

CIJA

September 17, 2024

More UWindsor donors pull funding over deal with pro-Palestinian protesters (Windsor Star + Postmedia Syndication)

Dozens of lawyers, including at least 44 members of University of Windsor’s “largest” alumni donor group, are among “disappointed and angry” benefactors who cut off funding to the school over its controversial deal with pro-Palestinian protesters.

CIJA

September 17, 2024

Parliament Must Act Now to Prevent Terror Threats

82% of Canadian Jews Say Canada is Less Safe Since Oct. 7 Toronto, ON – September 16, 2024 – With the House of Commons back in session, and in light...Read More

CIJA

September 17, 2024

Jewish groups urge Trudeau to press Emir of Qatar over Hamas ties (National Post + Postmedia Syndication)

'We trust (Trudeau) will urge the emir to end his support for Hamas, the root cause of the conflict and a major barrier to a two-state solution'

CIJA

September 16, 2024

Ottawa loses bid to quash Israel advocates' lawsuit calling for halt to UNRWA funding (CityNews Halifax, + The Canadian Press Syndication)

Federal Court has denied Ottawa's bid to quash a case in which advocates for Israel are asking for a reversal of Canada's temporary freeze on the main United Nations agency supporting Palestinians. Israeli soldiers take position as they enter the UNRWA headquarter where the military discovered tunnels underneath of the U.N. agency that the military says Hamas militants used to attack its forces during a ground operation in Gaza,

CIJA

September 16, 2024

Jewish advocacy group challenges Muslim association to condemn terrorist groups (True North)

Following a social media post made by a Canadian Muslim group documenting pro-Israel activists in Toronto wielding a flag of a group classified as a terrorist entity, a Jewish advocacy group challenged the Muslim organization to disavow terrorism themselves.

CIJA

September 15, 2024

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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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