As Jewish organizations and groups, we express our support for Francesca Albanese, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967.

In collaboration with Just Peace Advocates and Miles Howe, PhD, IJV has released a new report which details how funds ostensibly intended for charitable purposes are instead being directed toward activities linked to war crimes in Palestine. The report identifies five organizations who are using taxpayer-supported funds to aid activities that contravene both Canadian and international law: Mizrachi Organization of Canada: a major financial conduit for far-right Religious Zionist movements supporting settler violence and military...

As Jewish organizations and groups, we express our support for Francesca Albanese, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territories occupied since 1967.

Independent Jewish Voices (IJV), United Jewish People’s Order (UJPO), and the Jewish Faculty Network (JFN) steering committee, object to the publication today of a handbook offering guidelines for the application of the widely-discredited International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) redefinition of antisemitism. The handbook was mandated by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2021 and issued today by Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism, Deborah Lyons. We can’t let this go on.

In collaboration with Just Peace Advocates and Brock University professor Miles Howe, IJV has released a new report drawing attention to the alarming escalation of violence and displacement faced by Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023. The report calls on the Canadian government to take immediate and meaningful action to protect vulnerable Palestinian communities in the West Bank and to hold accountable those Israelis responsible for the continuing human rights violations...

Throughout the Days of Awe this year, reflecting and making any sort of clear meaning of this moment has felt an almost impossible task. Honestly facing the overwhelming suffering that has been inflicted upon Palestinians this year is overwhelming, painful, and difficult to fully comprehend. And yet, it is our responsibility to hold vigil, to be awake to our world. This is the work of Yom Kippur, and this is the work of solidarity.  We...