Bill 168, the Combating Antisemitism Act, was introduced as a private member’s bill by Progressive Conservative MPP Will Bouma in December of last year.
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.
IJV Presents: The Firestarter Chats
Join us as we head into an exciting fall event series! IJV’s Firestarter Chats will bring us into conversation with some of today’s most exciting voices – people from Turtle Island to Palestine (and beyond!) who are making sparks, and fanning the flames of freedom. Come hear from musicians, poets,...
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Rosh Hashanah Greetings From IJV’s Peace & Justice Rabbi
Dearest friends, The Jewish new year is upon us! I wanted to share some reflections on Rosh Hashanah, as well as several wonderful online resources for Zoom services and gatherings for anyone celebrating the high holidays. The essence of Rosh ha-Shanah is change – the ever-present, ever-renewing possibility of significant,...
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IJV Online Chavurah: Book of Jonah sessions
With the High Holidays fast approaching, there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate online. Be sure to come celebrate with IJV's online chavurah! IJV Online Chavurah's Book of Jonah session will take place on Wednesday, September 23 @7:30pm EDT. Everyone is welcome. Email pizarro.lucia[at]gmail.com to register (with "Book of Jonah session"...
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#FreeMahmoud: IJV Condemns the Arrest of BDS coordinator Mahmoud Nawajaa
Independent Jewish Voices Canada strongly condemns the arrest of Mahmoud Nawajaa, the General Coordinator of the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), during a night raid carried out by Israeli soldiers at Nawajaa's home near Ramallah on July 30th. According to the BNC, and bystander video taken of the incident, tens of...
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IJV Online Chavurah: Tisha B’Av Session
Join us for the next session of IJV's online chavurah on Monday, July 27th from 6-7pm! To register, email pizarro.lucia [at] gmail.com to register (with "Tisha B'Av Session" in the subject line). **Participation is open to IJV members and non-members alike. If you aren’t yet a member, we highly encourage...
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The IHRA definition of antisemitism is designed to silence criticism of Israel and of Zionism by equating this criticism with antisemitism.
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Amer Abdul-Rahim Snobar. Remember his name. May his memory be a blessing.
Palestinian teen dies after being ‘beaten by Israeli soldiers’
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Director of medical centre says Snobar died of neck injuries sustained while being beaten by Israeli forces.Journalist Shree Paradkar has been covering the UofT hiring scandal for The Toronto Star, and lays out the extensive context of the chill effect against Palestine solidarity in an excellent column that appeared over the weekend. An absolute must-read.
"At the heart of a University of Toronto hiring scandal is an academic whose critique of Israeli settlements in Palestine is not what most people would call radical.
At York University, a professor is facing death threats and a campaign to stop him from teaching human rights courses — a campaign that accuses him of anti-Semitism after he debated the definition of anti-Semitism.
While the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has long been a flashpoint on campuses across Canada, legal experts and advocacy groups are raising concerns that these recent incidents suggest an escalation of silencing even moderate critiques of Israel, and not just in the halls of academia, but in the media, the political sphere and social interactions."
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With the silencing of voices supporting Palestinian human rights, University of Toronto’s hiring fiasco and a petition against a York professor point ...Aaron Lakoff from IJV was on the Indus TV Network's show The Scope this morning to discuss the #IHRA and the Trump administrations plan to label certain human rights groups as antisemitic.
"Frankly it's absolutely absurd what's being proposed in the United States right now, that the State Department could label human rights organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as antisemitic. This coming from a man who could not even denounce the Proud Boys, a blatantly antisemitic hate group".
Watch the full segment starting from 13:52 here:
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IJV's Corey Balsam will be taking part in this live-streamed podcast today at 2pm ET! Watch it on the Muslim Societies, Global Perspectives (Queen's University) FB page!Looking for a great way to start off your weekend on the right foot? WATCH LIVE AT 2:PM: "The Majlis" a podcast by MSGP.
Miissed our excellent event last night with the TREYF podcast? No problem! You can watch the video here.
And be sure not to miss the next and final instalment of our #firestarterchats series on October 29th at 1pm ET with Rafeef Ziadah! Register here: bit.ly/3300BJR
IJV Firestarter Chats: Rafeef Ziadah
IJV Firestarter Chats: Behind the Mics of the Treyf Podcast - YouTube
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Sam Bick and David Zinman are the hosts of Treyf, an anarchist Jewish podcast recorded in occupied Tio’tia:ke (Montreal), Kanien’kehá:ka territory.www.treyfpodc...