The following is an open letter sent to York University President Rhonda Lenton on June 25th, 2020, from IJV's York chapter. Dear Rhonda Lenton, It has come to our attention that Faisal Bhabha, full-time professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, is under attack by the right-wing Israel advocacy organization B'nai...
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Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) is a grassroots organization grounded in Jewish tradition that opposes all forms of racism and advocates for justice and peace for all in Israel-Palestine. Our strength comes from our members. IJV has active chapters in cities and on university campuses across the country.
TELL YOUR MP: SIGN THE PLEDGE TO OPPOSE ISRAELI ANNEXATION
As July 1st draws closer, the Canadian government has been mostly quiet about Israel’s potential annexation of large parts of the West Bank. This despite the fact that a recent EKOS poll co-sponsored by IJV found that 74% of Canadians oppose this horrible plan, and 42% support imposing sanctions if Israel goes...
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Anti-fascist Klezmer From the Shtetl to the Streets
Click here to register! Join us for an evening of online musical performances and discussion on Thursday, August 13 at 5pm PT // 8pm ET! In these times of growing white supremacy, police brutality, and neo-fascism, we need music that rises to the occasion. This summer in particular, we have...
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Open Letter to York University – Don’t Adopt the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism!
On November 20, 2019, Palestinian students and their allies at York University in Toronto held a rally to oppose the presence of Israeli soldiers at an event on campus. A tense situation ensued when members of the Jewish Defense League (JDL), an FBI-labelled terrorist group, showed up to instigate fights...
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Another Israeli Wrestles With Zionism
Join us for a webinar with author Daphna Levit on her new book Wrestling With Zionism on Tuesday, July 7th at 3pm EDT. Click here to register! The book is written by an Israeli about the long tradition of dissent against Zionism by Jewish and Israeli thinkers. While protests to...
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One Book, Many Communities – A book talk with Ibtisam Azem
IJV is teaming up with Librarians and Archivists with Palestine for the international reading campaign, One Book, Many Communities! This year's featured book is "The Book of Disappearance" by Ibtisam Azem, translated from the original Arabic by Sinan Antoon. The Book of Disappearance imagines what would happen if Palestinians in...
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It’s a good time to immerse yourself in some alternative Jewish history.
The Forgotten History of the Jewish, Anti-Zionist Left
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A conversation with scholar Benjamin Balthaser about Jewish, working-class anti-Zionism in the 1930s and '40s.Joshua Leifer in Jewish Currents:
“For most...liberal Zionists and those further to the right—a two-state solution has long been less a practical policy proposal than an article of faith, a constitutive political fiction that has enabled them to reconcile their seemingly contradictory commitments to both ethnonationalism and liberal democracy.”
The Resilient Fiction of the Two-State Solution
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The lack of a viable two-state solution doesn’t mean liberal Zionists will stop believing in one.4 more signatories of our MP Pledge to oppose and act against Israeli annexation!MORE MPs OPPOSE ANNEXATION! 4 more Canadian Members of Parliament, Ken Hardie (Liberal), Salma Zahid (Liberal), Taylor Bachrach (NDP), and Jenica Atwin (Green), have signed the pledge to oppose Israel’s annexation plans. Has your MP signed? Send them an email pushing them to do so now!
Send email now: MPpledge.ca/sign_the_pledge
En français : MPpledge.ca/sign_the_pledge_fr
See the pledge: MPpledge.ca
En français : MPpledge.ca/la_lettre_d_engagement
This article by liberal Zionist Peter Beinart may signal a sea change in the Jewish community’s clinging to the illusion of a two state solution.
Yavne: A Jewish Case for Equality in Israel-Palestine
jewishcurrents.org
The two-state solution is dead. It’s time for liberal Zionists to abandon Jewish–Palestinian separation and embrace equality.Great article by Larry Haiven about how pro Israel organizations are the worst purveyors of “cancel culture.”
The Real Masters of ‘Cancel Culture’ – The Pro-Israel Lobby - The Bullet
socialistproject.ca
When hockey broadcaster Sportsnet fired Canadian media personality Don Cherry in November 2019 for his bigoted remarks on “Coach’s Corner,” we heard the