Facebook’s & Twitter’s Troubling Free Speech
In April 2018, Mark Zuckerberg appeared before the United States House Energy and Commerce Committee to answer questions about concerns with Facebook. One issue involved Facebook seeming to regularly...
View ArticleInternational Holocaust Remembrance Day in Ottawa: A Timely and Poignant Event
On January 27th, International Holocaust Remembrance Day was commemorated around the globe by world leaders, Holocaust survivors, educators and, most importantly, people from many walks of life....
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Response to the Globe And Mail
Our hate speech laws have the justifiable goal of protecting Canadians from those who systematically defame and demonize entire communities. The fact that these provisions are used so rarely...
View ArticleAntisemitism, here and now
In Honour of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, CIJA, together with the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre and UJA Federation, presented a lecture with Deborah Lipstadt –...
View ArticleHolocaust Survivor Urges Students to Stand Up to Injustice
Over 160 students listen to Holocaust survivor Kati Morrison at St Marks High School in Manotick Ontario The library of St. Mark Catholic High School in Manotick, Ont., quickly filled to capacity as...
View ArticleUpdate: Countering Quds Day and other Hate Rallies in Toronto
We cannot be silent when extremists promote antisemitism and other forms of hate. Our community knows firsthand that vicious words can foreshadow dangerous actions. At the very least, taxpayer-funded...
View ArticleReligious Persecution, Violence, Hatred, and Intolerance
Recent in our memory are the attacks and senseless injury and loss of life in Christchurch, NZ and Pittsburgh, PA. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rose in the House of Commons to express condolences and...
View ArticleThe Jewish Federations of Canada and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs...
The Jewish Federations of Canada – UIA and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) are shocked and saddened by the loss of life and injuries resulting from today’s deadly shooting at the Chabad...
View ArticleToronto & York Region Hate Crimes – 2018
The Toronto Police Service and York Regional Police just presented their annual hate crime report for 2018. Here are the key facts: Reported hate crime occurrences in Toronto decreased by 26% and in...
View ArticleWhy is the IHRA Definition Important?
Peddlers of antisemitism must be held accountable. Now, authorities can clearly and consistently identify acts of Jew hatred. CIJA has been calling on all three levels of government to use the...
View ArticlePress Release: CIJA and Holocaust Survivors Applaud Supreme Court of Canada’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2019 Press Release: CIJA and Holocaust Survivors Applaud Supreme Court of Canada’s Rejection of Oberlander Appeal Ottawa, ON— The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs...
View ArticlePress Release: CIJA Applauds Adoption of IHRA Definition by Vaughan City Council
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2020 Press Release: CIJA Applauds Adoption of IHRA Definition by Vaughan City Council VAUGHAN, ON — Today, the Vaughan City Council unanimously passed a resolution...
View ArticlePress Release: Hate-Crime Analysis by Statistics Canada Highlights Urgent...
February 26, 2019 Press Release: Hate-Crime Analysis by Statistics Canada Highlights Urgent Need to Combat Antisemitism Ottawa, ON – Today, Statistics Canada released new analysis of 2018...
View ArticlePress Release: CIJA Shocked by Quebec City Auction House Profiting from the...
February 27, 2020 Press Release: CIJA Shocked by Quebec City Auction House Profiting from the Sale of a Nazi Honorary Medal Awarded to Holocaust Collaborators Montreal, QC — A Quebec website, Encan en...
View ArticleThe Jewish Federations of Canada and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs...
The Jewish Federations of Canada – UIA and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) are shocked and saddened by the loss of life and injuries resulting from today’s deadly shooting at the Chabad...
View ArticleToronto & York Region Hate Crimes – 2018
The Toronto Police Service and York Regional Police just presented their annual hate crime report for 2018. Here are the key facts: Reported hate crime occurrences in Toronto decreased by 26% and in...
View ArticleWhy is the IHRA Definition Important?
Peddlers of antisemitism must be held accountable. Now, authorities can clearly and consistently identify acts of Jew hatred. CIJA has been calling on all three levels of government to use the...
View ArticlePress Release: CIJA and Holocaust Survivors Applaud Supreme Court of Canada’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2019 Press Release: CIJA and Holocaust Survivors Applaud Supreme Court of Canada’s Rejection of Oberlander Appeal Ottawa, ON— The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs...
View ArticlePress Release: CIJA Applauds Adoption of IHRA Definition by Vaughan City Council
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2020 Press Release: CIJA Applauds Adoption of IHRA Definition by Vaughan City Council VAUGHAN, ON — Today, the Vaughan City Council unanimously passed a resolution...
View ArticlePress Release: Hate-Crime Analysis by Statistics Canada Highlights Urgent...
February 26, 2019 Press Release: Hate-Crime Analysis by Statistics Canada Highlights Urgent Need to Combat Antisemitism Ottawa, ON – Today, Statistics Canada released new analysis of 2018...
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