Jewish groups tell Toronto’s police board how they want to see protests handled
The lessons have been learned after a tumultuous 11 months.
Canadian families who lost loved ones on Oct. 7 join court challenge to Canada’s decision to resume funding UNRWA
Four Canadians who lost family members in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel are joining the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs’ court challenge of the government’s decision to resume funding to UNRWA, the UN aid agency for Palestinians. On March 8, the federal government announced that it was resuming its $25 million annual […]
Gustavo Zentner is leading a new Winnipeg office for CIJA—which cites an increase in antisemitism as the reason for doing it now
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) is opening an office in Winnipeg to serve those Manitoba and Saskatchewan in response to concerns about rising antisemitism. The office, which is being created in collaboration with the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg, will be led by Gustavo Zentner, past president of the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg. […]
Ottawa’s national conference on antisemitism has a new focus after Hamas attacks in Israel
Before war was declared between Israel and Hamas, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) was busy planning a national conference on antisemitism in Canada. The advocacy group is still planning to hold the conference on Oct. 16-17, but now it will have a new focus because of the fighting—and the potential repercussions for […]
Canada’s new lobbying rules could end politicians’ sponsored trips to Israel
Many groups stand to be affected by new federal lobbying rules that took effect on July 1. But these changes could have disproportionately adverse repercussions for the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), which currently provides funding for Israel trips taken by Canadian politicians. The new code, put out by the Office of the […]
Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs is no longer pursuing legal action against JSpaceCanada and New Israel Fund of Canada regarding the interpretation of comments made on a podcast from The CJN
Legal action between the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) and two progressive Jewish organizations has been averted. JSpaceCanada and the New Israel Fund of Canada (NIFC) have walked back an earlier allegation that Shimon Fogel, CEO of CIJA, had defended gender segregation in public places. The charge was contained in the summary of […]
Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs warns of legal action against two progressive Canadian groups: JSpace and New Israel Fund
All parties are tight-lipped about a warning of legal action from the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) to two progressive Jewish groups. Neither JSpaceCanada nor the New Israel Fund of Canada (NIFC) is commenting about a threat of legal proceedings CIJA issued on March 7. The action arose following the release of a […]
New poll shows Canadian Jews dissatisfied with current Israeli government’s proposals
A majority of Canadian Jews feel that Israel is “moving in the wrong direction,” according to a recent poll commissioned by New Israel Fund of Canada and JSpaceCanada. The poll, conducted by EKOS at the end of February, found that 59 percent of people surveyed felt that Israel was moving in the wrong direction, while […]
How a Canadian rabbi’s shipment of lulavs for Sukkot got blocked at the border and caused a major freak-out for Jews
Call it the Great Lulav Scare of 2022. For a week now, Montreal importer Rabbi David Cohen tried six times to drive a shipment of 200 lulavs across the U.S. border into Canada. Each time, the owner of Mercaz Stam, a Judaica store in the suburb of Snowdon, was turned back. Canadian customs officials informed […]
Jewish groups call on Quebec’s political parties to address antisemitism and discrimination during the 2022 provincial election campaign
The next government of Quebec should take more concrete action to address the rise in antisemitic incidents in the province, says the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA). That’s the overriding concern expressed by CIJA to the political parties vying for power in the Oct. 3 election in a newly published document. Topping the […]
