French version to follow Location: Remotely from anywhere in Canada.  Closing Date: Monday, September 9, at 5 pm ET.  Duration: One-year full-time contract with renewal a possibility. Who we are:  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...

This week marks nine months of Israel’s genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people in Gaza. The latest official estimates indicate that over 38,000 Palestinians have been killed so far, though according to leading medical journal the Lancet, that number may be closer to five times that amount.  No words can describe the horrors Palestinians in Gaza have witnessed for the past 9 months. Nor can words do justice to the rage and sorrow we have...

Allegations of widespread antisemitism in Canada have penetrated the media and the political sphere. But a careful analysis of these claims shows that while there is a rise in antisemitic incidents, claims of imminent danger to Canadian Jews are fueling a moral panic that is both disingenuous and dangerous.   In her latest report for IJV, Sheryl Nestel, PhD, compares conclusions drawn by B’nai Brith Canada from its 2023 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents with a recent...

Read and sign our parliamentary petition here April 11, 2024 Dear Minister Bibeau, Over the past several years, you have been notified of concerns about a number of Canadian charities providing funds to organizations supporting the Israeli military and/or illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. These include requests for investigations that are in violation of the Income Tax Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.), the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act,...

Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) condemns Canada’s shameful decision to suspend further funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) while Palestinians in Gaza face the disastrous consequences of Israeli forces’ deadly assault. According to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on food security, famine is an inevitable consequence of such actions by Western states. The Trudeau government’s decision was made despite the fact that the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in its decision...

Over the past 100+ days, notably thanks to the brave journalists of Gaza, we have seen harrowing evidence of a genocide being perpetrated by the Israeli army with the overt support of many Western nations. Last week, South Africa stood in solidarity with Palestine at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), invoking the Convention on the Prevention and the Punishment of the Crime of Genocide against Israel’s ongoing actions. The Genocide Convention’s main objective is...