by Diana Ralph
Since its inception, IJV has worked in solidarity with the United Church of Canada to promote justice and security for Palestinian and Israeli people. We have worked with United Church congregations to help them implement the UCC resolutions for peace and justice in the Middle East which were passed in 2006 and [...]

“One Year Later…Gaza Remembered”, Talk given on January 30, 2010, at Vancouver Public Library

by Joanne Naiman
We are here tonight primarily to hear about the effects of an illegal occupation and war on the people of Gaza, and to express our solidarity with the Palestinian people. In the anti-apartheid movement, a popular slogan was [...]

Auteurs: Souhayr Belhassen et Dominique Peschard – Respectivement présidente de la Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l’Homme et  président de la Ligue des droits et libertés

lettre parue dans le Devoir du 4 février 2010

Monsieur le Premier Ministre Stephen Harper,
La Fédération internationale des ligues des [...]

4 février 2010 Canada

Auteure:Évelyne Jean-Bouchard – Candidate au doctorat à la faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa – Avec la collaboration de la professeure Nicole LaViolette
paru dans Le Devoir

Le 22 janvier dernier, certains membres du conseil d’administration de Droits et Démocratie ont publié une ettre d’opinion dans Le [...]

OTTAWA, Dec. 21 /CNW Telbec/ – Independent Jewish Voices-Canada (IJV) condemns Immigration Minister Kenny’s politicized move to defund social-justice church-group Kairos, which received government funding for 35 years. Kenny said this occurred because, in 2007, Kairos offered a grant to Sabeel, a Palestinian NGO that doesn’t mirror Conservative policy.
“This is the new McCarthyism. If you [...]

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Vancouver, BC
EDITORIAL: From the Sept./Oct. 2009, issue
The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism, made up of MPs from various parties, was convened this summer, arising from the earlier London Conference to Combat Anti-Semitism. In its introductory statement inviting submissions from interested parties, it described anti-Semitism as being “widely regarded as at its worst level since [...]

Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) represents Canadian Jews who share a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights.

We especially promote justice, ethics, and humanity in Israel and Palestine, as well as in Canada.

IJV offers a range of Jewish perspectives which differ from those of the Canadian Jewish Congress, B’nai Brith, the Canada-Israel Committee, [...]

G40 Proposals Promoting Peace and Justice in Israel/Palestine July 13, 2009

Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) is an organization of Canadian Jews who share a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights.  We especially focus on promoting justice, ethics, and humanity in Israel and Palestine. We appreciate the United Church of Canada’s tradition of open [...]

Kelowna Daily Courier
2009-08-10
Church braces for debate
J.P. Squire

The pounding of aboriginal drums, the chanting of First Nation children, song, dance and prayers launched the United Church of Canada‘s 40th general council Sunday morning while a storm of controversy brewed.
More than 400 delegates from across Canada, plus hundreds of spectators, assembled in the gymnasium [...]