On November 28th at 7:30pm ET, Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) and Cinema Politica warmly welcome you to a film screening of Deir Yassin Remembered, followed by a discussion with director and IJV member b.h. Yael. Click here to register About the film Deir Yassin Remembered, 28 minutes, considers the repercussions...

Click here to donate to IJV's fundraising campaign today Does this year feel different to you? It does for us.  Thanks to the hard work of IJV members and our allies in the Palestine solidarity movement, we've made incredible strides in shifting the debate this year. For the better.  Respected...

The Israeli government recently designated six leading Palestinian human rights groups as “terrorist organizations”. To echo Palestinian activist Mohammed El-Kurd's assessment: "This is a clear declaration of war against Palestinian civil society.” These organizations are targeted because the work they do challenges Israel’s apartheid regime - from protecting children &...

Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) presents an online event featuring the stories of Jewish activists and former soldiers who went from waging war to waging peace. Join us to hear IJV members reflect on their time serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and what moved them towards a position...

(Photo: Raghd Hamzeh, 2018) On Yom Kippur, Jews traditionally confess our sins in public. We confess in the plural, and we do so not only for our own sins, but for those of the community we live in and for those of the Jewish people as whole – for even...

On Wednesday, July 21 2021, the federal Ministry of Diversity, Inclusion and Youth hosted an emergency online “summit” on antisemitism with a carefully-selected audience in attendance. The government agreed to the summit at the behest of Jewish establishment organizations and Irwin Cotler, former Minister of Justice and current Special Envoy...