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Repudiation of Antisemitic social media post made by Councillor Sean Orr

Joint Statement from the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver and CIJA: The Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) are deeply disturbed by...

Apr 08, 2025

Combating Antisemitism

Recommended Reading for Canadian Jewish Advocacy

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

CIJA rejects the ICJ’s non-binding opinion on Israel's policies towards the Palestinian territories, calls on the government of Canada to do the same

Ottawa, ON – July 19, 2024 – Today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its non-binding Advisory Opinion regarding the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of...

Jul 19, 2024

Publications

Consultation Brief: National Forum on Combatting Hate Crimes, Terrorism, and Antisemitism

Consultation Brief: National Forum on Combatting Hate Crimes, Terrorism, and Antisemitism Objective The objective of this document is to discuss and refine key policy recommendations to address the growing issues of...

Feb 12, 2025

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CIJA Responds to Report on TMU LASL Open Letter

Toronto, ON – May 31, 2024 – Today, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) released the report of the TMU External Review commissioned to determine whether a letter replete with antisemitic content, which...Read More

CIJA

May 31, 2024

UPDATE: Firebombing at Vancouver's Schara Tzedeck Synagogue

UPDATE: New details have emerged about last night’s events revealing that an incendiary device was not thrown at the doors of Schara Tzedeck, as was conveyed in early reports, instead an...Read More

CIJA

May 31, 2024

Montreal Jewish school hit by gunfire in second such attack in Canada within days (The Times of Israel)

Police say at least one bullet hit Orthodox yeshiva less than week after two masked suspects opened fire at Chabad girls’ school in Toronto; no injuries in either incident

CIJA

May 31, 2024

Israel at War, Day 237: Red Crescent Says Two Employees Killed in Israeli Rafah Strike (Haaretz)

U.S. officials tells Haaretz hostages won't survive seven more months after Israel's national security adviser says the war will last at least until end of 2024

CIJA

May 30, 2024

Toronto Leaders Rally at Jewish School Where Shots Were Fired Over Shabbat (Haaretz)

Toronto Mayor called the act 'despicable' and 'antisemitic' as law enforcement continue their investigation of the shooting

CIJA

May 30, 2024

Police investigating another shooting at Jewish school in Montreal (The Jewish Chronicle)

Just days after two men fired shots into a Jewish school in Toronto, police in Montreal are investigating a shooting at a boys’ school there.

CIJA

May 30, 2024

Montreal police investigating after Jewish school hit by at least one bullet (The Globe and Mail)

Montreal police were investigating Thursday after a Jewish school in the city was hit by gunfire, only days after a Toronto Jewish girls school was also the target of a shooting.

CIJA

May 30, 2024

Shooting attack on Montreal Jewish school sparks outrage (Jewish News Syndicate)

Police have pledged to increase their presence at Jewish schools across the city as a precautionary measure after the incident, the second of the kind in Canada in recent days.

CIJA

May 30, 2024

Political leaders denounce latest shooting at a Jewish school in Montreal (Montreal Gazette)

Members of the Jewish community call for police to act against what they describe as rising antisemitism in the city.

CIJA

May 30, 2024

I Went To Jesse Brown’s Talk On ‘Antisemitism In Canadian Media’ (The Maple)

On May 27, the world was reeling in horror at the videos from Gaza following Israeli airstrikes on the supposed safe zone in Rafah that killed at least 45 Palestinians, including beheading a child. In downtown Toronto, people protested outside the Israeli consulate. Further north in the city at a synagogue, however, outrage was mostly directed elsewhere, including Toronto Star columnist Shree Paradkar’s tweets.

CIJA

May 30, 2024

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Repudiation of Antisemitic social media post made by Councillor Sean Orr

Combating Antisemitism

Recommended Reading for Canadian Jewish Advocacy

Protecting Jewish Life

Update on appeal for interlocutory injunction to protect production of Canada’s kosher meat

Canada-Israel Friendship

CIJA rejects the ICJ’s non-binding opinion on Israel's policies towards the Palestinian territories, calls on the government of Canada to do the same

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Consultation Brief: National Forum on Combatting Hate Crimes, Terrorism, and Antisemitism

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