The Use and Misuse of Antisemitism Statistics in Canada

Since 1982, B'nai Brith Canada has published an annual "Audit of Antisemitic Incidents" which the organization claims to be an “authoritative document on antisemitism in Canada.” The authors use the deeply flawed and widely rejected International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition to identify antisemitic incidents. And the IHRA definition purposefully...

Mending The World As Jewish Anarchists: Book Launch & Discussion

Thursday, April 29th 4pm PT / 7pm ET Join Independent Jewish Voices Canada for the launch of the brand-new anthology of contemporary Jewish anarchist writing, There is Nothing So Whole As a Broken Heart: Mending The World As Jewish Anarchists, available now on AK Press! Click here to register The...

Primo Levi – Graphic Novel Launch

Independent Jewish Voices and Between the Lines are proud to present the book launch of Primo Levi, an exciting new graphic novel by Matteo Mastragostino and Alessandro Ranghiasci. Monday, April 19th, 12pm EDT Click here to register Translated from the original Italian, this hauntingly illustrated comic tells the story of...

IAW Webinar: Is Israel An Apartheid State? If So, What Must Be Done?

Israeli Apartheid Week 2021 #UnitedAgainstRacism Independent Jewish Voices Canada and the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute present: “Is Israel an Apartheid State? If So, What Must Be Done?” Webinar: Sunday, March 21 2021 10am PT / 1pm ET Click here to register (Il y aura une service de traduction disponible vers...

Dancing in an Upside Down World! An IJV Purim Party

Join IJV on Saturday, February 27th for an evening of radical intrigue, mystery, uproars and dancing to celebrate Purim 5781! We'll turn your living room into the scene of history's most dastardly plots & most courageous queer anti-fascist heroes, as well as a topsy-turvy dance floor! Everyone is welcome to...

Urgent – Tell Côte-des-Neiges Notre-Dame-de-Grace councillors: No IHRA!

[Update: The CDN-NDG borough council voted to adopt the IHRA antisemitism definition on January 27th. Read our statement here.] On Wednesday, January 27th, the Montreal borough council of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (CDN-NDG) will be voting on a motion to adopt the dangerously misleading International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. Far...