This Week in Canadian Jewish Advocacy, November 27, 2022
This week has been traumatic for dozens of families in Israel, as Palestinian terrorists claimed the life on an innocent boy and injured many others. In Canada, CIJA's Associate Director of Partnerships share her unique lived experience with discrimination as a Canadian-Ethiopian Jewish woman.
Read on to learn more.
The CIJA Team
“Aryeh Schupak, z”l, of blessed memory, was an innocent victim. Just a boy, on his way to school, murdered only because he is Jewish. We convey our condolences and prayers to his family and pray those injured will have a full and speedy recovery. Our hearts are with the entire Israeli community who have, once again, been reminded that senseless hatred targets the innocent.”
—Shimon Koffler Fogel
On Wednesday morning, Jerusalem was rocked by coordinated terror attacks at two popular bus stations that killed an Israeli Canadian teenager and wounded 19 others. Initial police assessments suggest the bombs, reportedly packed with nails and bolts to maximize casualties, were detonated remotely.
Many Canadian elected officials from all parties publicly condemned this heinous and murderous terrorist attack.
On the same day, the body of Tiran Fero, a Druze-Israeli killed in a car accident near Jenin, was snatched from the hospital and held for ransom in the West Bank for 30 hours. After intense negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian Authority governments, he was returned to his family and laid to rest Friday in his hometown of Daliat al-Carmel.
We condemn these cowardly acts and remind Israelis that Canada’s Jewish community stands with them.
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'My lived experience with anti-Black racism was seldom questioned. As a Jewish person, the same is not true...Whether dealing with Ye’s threats, Nazi salutes or denying Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state, like other minorities, Jews must be included in the conversation and permitted to define and describe the discrimination we face. “Nothing about us without us.”' — Sheba Birhanu
CIJA's Sheba Birhanu explores why, despite our increasingly progressive and inclusive society, Jews find themselves consistently left out of both equity-seeking spaces and diversity and inclusion training and discussions.
The full article is available to Globe & Mail subscribers here. You can also listen to her interview about her experiences on The Alex Pierson Show on AM 640.
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November | Holocaust Education Month
December 18-26 | Chanukah
*CIJA offices closed December 26,27 & 30
Opinion: Jewish voices aren’t heard when we call out hate (The Globe and Mail)
Sheba Birhanu’s interview on antisemitism (The Alex Pierson – 640 AM Toronto)
Ontario NDP MPP Joel Harden apologizes for antisemitic remarks (National Post)
New Democratic MPP Joel Harden under fire for antisemitic comments (Toronto Star)
Interview with Andrea Freedman re: Joel Harden (The Alex Pierson Show – 640 AM Toronto)
Canadian Jewish organizations call for antisemitic politicians to be removed (Western Standard)
GOLDSTEIN: NDP MPP Joel Harden epitomizes the left's obsession with Israel (Toronto Star)
Canadian lawmaker apologizes over antisemitic comments (Israel National News)
Canadian MPP apologizes for holding Jewish Ontarians 'accountable' for Israeli violence (Jerusalem Post)
- Associate Director Communications and Media Relations (Quebec)
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Associate Director, Partnerships and Community Engagement (Quebec)
Executive Director | Kehillat Beth Israel, Ottawa
Campaign Engagement Specialist (Jewish Federation of Ottawa)
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