IJV Sponsors Speaking Tour for Holocaust Survivor Suzanne Weiss, an IJV member and Holocaust survivor, will be speaking at events sponsored by Independent Jewish Voices in 11 cities during the coming months. Suzanne is author of the acclaimed book, “Holocaust to Resistance: My Journey,” published by Fernwood. Below are the...
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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.
Take Action Now – thank Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante and tell her not to back down!
On Tuesday, January 28th, IJV won an important victory after Montreal's City Council refused to adopt the IHRA's controversial redefinition of antisemitism. But now, CIJA is trying to pressure the Plante administration to reconsider their position. We have to let her know that we support Montreal's decision NOT to adopt the...
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Join IJV’s Online Chavurah!
**All participants must click here to register **Participation is open to IJV members and non-members alike. If you aren't yet a member, we highly encourage you to become a member or make a donation to help cover our expenses As Jews whose ethical heritage does not permit us to be...
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Human Rights Groups Request Face-to-Face Meeting with Trudeau on Palestine
Independent Jewish Voices Canada, along with our allies from several human rights organizations, is requesting a face-to-face meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to address our concerns on Canada-Israel relations and the occupation of Palestinian territories. Our full letter, sent to Trudeau on December 12, 2019 is below. For updates,...
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IJV Webinar: Palestinian Youth Voices from Gaza
Thanks to everyone who participated in our webinar! You can watch the full video here if you missed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ceYX1-0SuI&feature=youtu.be For more than a decade now, the Israeli blockade on Gaza has rendered life there intolerable. The “biggest prison on earth” is a humanitarian disaster. But despite this reality, Gazans...
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Introducing Our New Communications & Media Lead, Aaron Lakoff
It is my absolute pleasure and honour to be joining your ranks as the new Communications and Media lead! I had my first day on Monday, and I’m incredibly excited to get down to work. I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself, and please don’t be a stranger!...
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Campaigns
#NOIHRA
The IHRA definition of antisemitism is designed to silence criticism of Israel and of Zionism by equating this criticism with antisemitism.
#STOPJNFCANADA
#StopJNFCanada is a campaign to revoke JNF Canada’s charitable status and expose, challenge and stop the JNF’s discriminatory and harmful activities.
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"In short, BDS rejects Zionism — a settler-colonial ideology that demands a Jewish-supremacist state in Palestine — not Judaism or Jews.
Unable to refute this distinction, Israel supporters are determined to erase it altogether through a sweeping set of laws, resolutions, and related measures, including several in New Jersey (see proposed senate “antisemitism” bills 4001 and 4169).
This lawfare campaign is undergirded by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) 2016 “Working Definition of Antisemitism” — adopted by the Trump State Department and Department of Education — under which anti-Zionism, or even lesser criticisms of Israel, are classified as inherently anti-Semitic."
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The BDS campaign does not target Judaism but Zionism, an ideology that demands a Jewish-supremacist state in Palestine."The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian civil society that leads the global BDS movement, sends a message of support to your struggle.
We call on the Palestine solidarity movement in Turtle Island and elsewhere to stand with the Wet’suwet’en nation.
Palestinians owe the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island a great debt for teaching us how to resist settler colonialism generation after generation through your powerful resistance, grace and indomitable spirit."
❤️ #WetsuwetenStrong #PalestinetoTurtleIsland
Palestinians stand in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en nation
www.bdsmovement.net
The TransCanada Coastal Gaslink pipeline aims to steal Wet’suwet’en land, use resource extraction to solidify control over Indigenous territories, destroy the environment and violate Indigenous laws.Great coverage from Democracy Now! on the ongoing Wet'suwet'en struggle against Coastal Gaslink's pipeline, which has now spread to become a cross-Canada uprising. Powerful words from Molly Wickham of the Wet'suwet'en Access Point on Gidimt'en Territory and Pam Palmater of Idle No More
The Wet’suwet’en Fight Against New Pipeline Spreads Across Canada with Blockades & Occupations
www.democracynow.org
A major anti-pipeline struggle continues in Canada, where protests have broken out across the country in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land defenders whose sovereign land in northern British Columbia was raided last week and over the weekend by Canadian police. Dozens were arrested in the days-lo...Independent Jewish Voices - Kingston now has its own Facebook page. Show them some love and like and share their page!
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We are the Kingston branch of Independent Jewish Voices, a group of Jews in Canada who share a commitment to social justice and the universal applicability of human rights in Israel-Palestine, and around the world.The Harvard Law Review just legally demolished the notion that anti-Zionism and #BDS are discriminatory/antisemitic!
Justin Trudeau and François-Philippe Champagne, you should probably read this before making that mistake again.
Wielding Antidiscrimination Law to Suppress the Movement for Palestinian Rights
harvardlawreview.org
Housing Law & Policy Wetzel v. Glen St. Andrew Living Community, LLC Seventh Circuit Holds Landlords May Be Liable for Tenant-on-Tenant Discriminatory Harassment. Recent Case