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Dear John,
CIJA continues to work with Canada’s elected officials, media, and community leadership to ensure that the atrocities committed by Hamas against the people of Israel are not forgotten while Israel defends its citizens from terror.
Read on to learn more.
The CIJA Team
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Israel is at war with Hamas and other Iran-backed terror groups. And it’s not that Israel should defend itself. It must defend itself – for its very survival. That’s why it’s as important as ever for our allies here to continue to demonstrate their support.
As we’ve seen from protests across the world and, sadly, even here in Canada, there are some who want to make it difficult for leaders to stand with the Jewish community in Canada and internationally and support Israel as it defends itself from terror. We cannot let that happen.
Just as we need our political leaders at all levels to continue their support, we need you to encourage it.
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Myriam Azogui Halbwax, CIJA’s Director of Missions in Israel, shares her viewpoint as a Canadian and Québécoise Israeli on the detrimental position to which many default of holding Israel to blame for responding to attacks and atrocities committed against it – and the danger this response poses to every nation.
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It’s been more than three weeks since Hamas terrorists murdered more than 1,400 people in Israel and abducted 220 women, children, and men, taking them to Gaza.
Join concerned citizens of Canada in signing a petition that calls upon the Prime Minister to demand the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages held captive by Hamas; to use all resources – diplomatic, economic, and military – to pressure Hamas to release all hostages; and to reaffirm Canada's commitment to supporting the State of Israel in its defence against terrorism.
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Worried by the rise of antisemitism in Canada, CIJA and UJA Federation of Greater Toronto announced the creation of a Legal Rapid Response Team (LRRT), designed to use every legal tool available to combat Jew-hatred. Based within CIJA’s Legal Task Force, chaired by Nanette Rosen, a veteran of Canada’s Justice Department, and Mark Freiman, the former Deputy Attorney General of Ontario and former head of the Canadian Jewish Congress, the LRRT will draw on the legal expertise of hundreds of lawyers from the Jewish community and from among our allies and ensure that members of professional organizations adhere to their ethical obligations.
If you're a lawyer interested in learning how this task force empowers the legal community to strategically navigate the Jewish community's response to crisis, please register below to join us October 30.
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CIJA in the News
Rise in North American hate crimes against Jewish, Muslim communities reported by police (Global News National) <[link removed]>
Questions turn to ceasefire, humanitarian aid and Iran after MPs condemn Hamas (The Hill Times) <[link removed]>
NDP kicks Hamilton MPP Sarah Jama from caucus, saying her actions have 'broken the trust' of colleagues (CBC) <[link removed]>
Ontario NDP kicks Hamilton MPP Sarah Jama from caucus after controversial Gaza comments (RCI – Radio-Canada) <[link removed]>
Le NPD en Ontario expulse une députée de son caucus après des propos contre Israël (RCI – Radio Canada) <[link removed]>
‘Set the record straight’: Jewish and Muslim groups weigh in on Trudeau’s take on Gaza hospital bombing (Yahoo Canada) <[link removed]>
All the lies Hamas has told the world in war against Israel (The Vancouver Sun) <[link removed]>
Mordechai Kaplan’s Peoplehood present at CIJA Face It Fight It conference (The Times of Israel) <[link removed]>
Our foreign policy has turned into performative political theatre, and we’re worse off for it (The Hill Times) <[link removed]>
‘Sarah Jama is a ‘photo op’ for NDP’: Diversity expert weighs in after Hamilton MPP is removed from Ontario caucus (Yahoo News Canada) <[link removed]>
'Lines have been crossed': Groups condemn protests at Jewish businesses, event (Toronto Star, + The Canadian Press Syndication) <[link removed]>
Des groupes condamnent la manifestation devant un «restaurant juif» à Toronto (L'actualité) <[link removed]>
Liberals, NDP MPs vote to keep Nazi invitation inquiry behind closed doors (True North) <[link removed]>
Canadian, UK officials, experts address two-day antisemitism conference in Ottawa (JNS) <[link removed]>
Ontario NDP kicks Hamilton MPP Sarah Jama from caucus after controversial Gaza comments (CBC News) <[link removed]>
Canadian, UK officials, experts address two-day antisemitism conference in Ottawa (JNS) <[link removed]>
Canada joins U.S., others in call for ‘humanitarian pauses’ to allow more aid into Gaza (The Globe and Mail) <[link removed]>
Lettre au monde d’une Québécoise en Israël (Le Devoir) <[link removed]>
‘This needs to stop’: CIJA on hate crimes (CP24 <[link removed]>, CTV News <[link removed]>)
Toronto police investigate anti-Semitic graffiti, stolen mezuzah, ‘hateful remarks’ (Global News) <[link removed]>
Guerre Israël-Hamas : témoignages (Canada Info) <[link removed]>
Toronto police investigating more reports of hate crimes, graffiti (Toronto Star) <[link removed]>
Unknown suspects bang on doors of Jewish home, make hateful remarks: Toronto police (CTV News) <[link removed]>
Faith communities reactions to Oct. 7 (The Suburban) <[link removed]>
Anti-Semitism, vandalism — what happened to T.O. the Good? (Toronto Sun) <[link removed]>
Greens' May calls for two-person sign off for recognition in Parliament (The Hill Times) <[link removed]>
Toronto police investigate hate acts targeting Jewish homes (True North) <[link removed]>
Toronto police search for 2 suspects after group of youths at east-end school threatened with knife (CP24) <[link removed]>
‘It is pure hate’: Groups condemn protests at Cafe Landwer in Toronto, Ottawa conference (CityNews) <[link removed]>
Montreal Federation CJA and CIJA are organising a rally calling on Hamas to release the hostages in Gaza (CJAD 800, + iHeart Radio Syndication) <[link removed]>
WARMINGTON: Anti-Semitism, vandalism — what happened to T.O. the Good? (Toronto Sun) <[link removed]>
Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan MP Genuis: Iran’s role in the Israel-Hamas conflict (Sherwood Park News) <[link removed]>
'A great soul': Funeral for Montrealer killed in Israel during Hamas attack (CityNews Montreal) <[link removed]>
QS demande à la CAQ de débloquer une aide d'urgence pour Gaza (Le Devoir) <[link removed]>
Trudeau Hesitates to Condemn Hamas for Gaza Hospital Blast Propaganda (Breitbart) <[link removed]>
Free speech vs hate speech (Global News Toronto) <[link removed]>
Community Calendar
Communities are gathering in cities across Canada in response to the devastating war on Israel by Hamas and other terror groups in Gaza.
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December 7- 15 | Chanukah
Community Careers
CEO, Ottawa Soloway Jewish Community Centre <[link removed]>
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