Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) Canada » Jewish National Fund http://ijvcanada.org Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV-VJI) Voix Juives Indépendantes Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:32:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 JNF Board Member Quits Over Evictions http://ijvcanada.org/2011/jnf-board-member-quits-over-evictions/ http://ijvcanada.org/2011/jnf-board-member-quits-over-evictions/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:37:04 +0000 admin /?p=4012 http://ijvcanada.org/2011/jnf-board-member-quits-over-evictions/feed/ 0 Israel fundraiser protested in Montreal http://ijvcanada.org/2011/israel-fundraiser-protested-in-montreal/ http://ijvcanada.org/2011/israel-fundraiser-protested-in-montreal/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 06:29:10 +0000 admin /?p=3520

Protesting the Jewish National Fund’s Negev dinner. Westmont, Montreal

(Photo Darren Ell)

June 1, 2011, Montreal

Patrons pulling up to the controversial Jewish National Fund’s Montreal charity fundraiser handed their cars to security and valet drivers outside the parking garage. The extravagant valet parking occurred across the street from a group of demonstrators and [...]]]> http://ijvcanada.org/2011/israel-fundraiser-protested-in-montreal/feed/ 0 VJI et PAJU Montréal: MANIF EN APPUI À LA CAMPAGNE CONTRE LE FONDS NATIONAL JUIF (JNF): http://ijvcanada.org/2011/vji-et-paju-montreal-manif-en-appui-a-la-campagne-contre-le-fonds-national-juif-jnf/ http://ijvcanada.org/2011/vji-et-paju-montreal-manif-en-appui-a-la-campagne-contre-le-fonds-national-juif-jnf/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:30:09 +0000 admin /?p=3507 Avis aux médias

VJI (Voix juives indépendantes) et PAJU (Palestiniens et Juifs Unis):

Mercredi, le 1e juin, à 17h30

Synagogue Shaar Hashomayim

450, av Kensington, Westmount, QC

Le 1e juin, lors de sa soirée de levée de fonds, le Fond national juif – Canada (FNJ) rendra hommage à Stockwell Day, un membre clé du parti [...]]]> http://ijvcanada.org/2011/vji-et-paju-montreal-manif-en-appui-a-la-campagne-contre-le-fonds-national-juif-jnf/feed/ 0 IJV & PAJU Montreal Calls Demonstration Against Jewish National Fund http://ijvcanada.org/2011/ijv-montreal-calls-demonstration-against-jewish-national-fund-canada/ http://ijvcanada.org/2011/ijv-montreal-calls-demonstration-against-jewish-national-fund-canada/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 02:19:18 +0000 admin /?p=3498 Media Advisory

Stockwell Day guest of Honour at JNF fundraiser

Wednesday, June 1 at 5:30pm Synagogue Shaar Hashomayim 450, av Kensington, Westmount, QC

At its June 1st fund-raiser, Jewish National Fund (JNF) Canada is honouring Conservative Party icon Stockwell Day for his long-time support of Israel’s expansionist policies. The fundraiser comes on the heels of [...]]]> http://ijvcanada.org/2011/ijv-montreal-calls-demonstration-against-jewish-national-fund-canada/feed/ 0 Toronto District School Board “twinning” with injustice, says Jewish Group http://ijvcanada.org/2011/toronto-district-school-board-%e2%80%9ctwinning%e2%80%9d-with-injustice-says-jewish-group/ http://ijvcanada.org/2011/toronto-district-school-board-%e2%80%9ctwinning%e2%80%9d-with-injustice-says-jewish-group/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 15:06:47 +0000 admin /?p=3381 “Independent Jewish Voices is alarmed that two Toronto District School Board (TDSB) schools will be participating in the upcoming Jewish National Fund (JNF)-Downsview Park School Twinning Program on May 19,” says IJV Toronto spokesperson Corey Balsam. “The twinning program is portrayed as a benign [...]]]> http://ijvcanada.org/2011/toronto-district-school-board-%e2%80%9ctwinning%e2%80%9d-with-injustice-says-jewish-group/feed/ 2 What Is the Jewish National Fund? http://ijvcanada.org/2011/what-is-the-jewish-national-fund/ http://ijvcanada.org/2011/what-is-the-jewish-national-fund/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:13:26 +0000 admin /?p=3226 Canada: Cancel the JNF Charitable Tax Status

The JNF advertises itself as an Israeli forestry, park and land charity.

But what is it really?

The Jewish National Fund was created in 1901 at the Fifth Zionist Congress in Switzerland. Its purpose is to ‘acquire’ land to establish the Zionist state of Israel in [...]]]> http://ijvcanada.org/2011/what-is-the-jewish-national-fund/feed/ 0