IJV Canada endorses the Global March to Jerusalem

NEWS RELEASE – For Immediate Release February 28, 2012

VANCOUVER, BC – The Steering Committee of Independent Jewish Voices Canada has voted to endorse the Global March to Jerusalem, an International non-violent event taking place in Jerusalem on March 30th.

IJV Canada will be represented at the Global March by [...]

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VJI et PAJU Montréal: MANIF EN APPUI À LA CAMPAGNE CONTRE LE FONDS NATIONAL JUIF (JNF):

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 [...]

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Un bateau pour Gaza – Des militants de 25 pays, dont des Québécois, tenteront de briser le blocus israélien

Mélissa Guillemette Le Devoir, 25 mars 2011 www.ledevoir.com

Yakov Rabkin, de Voix juives indépendantes, Photo : Jacques Nadeau – Le Devoir

Yakov Rabkin, de Voix juives indépendantes, a rappelé que beaucoup de Juifs sont contre le blocus imposé par Israël à la bande de Gaza.

Des Québécois participeront [...]

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Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Conference, Montreal Oct. 22-24

http://bdsquebec.org

The IJV is organizing two workshops with Jewish Voices for Peace:

Jewish Support for BDS Jewish organizations and activists around the world are now supporting the BDS campaign. It hasn’t been easy, and in the case of Israeli organizations, it may soon be illegal. Invited panelists will discuss their analysis as Jewish supporters [...]

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Photo essay: IJV joins Bil’in protests against the occupation. Met with tear gas and fires.

June 23, 2010 By Independent Jewish Voices Canada

Last Friday, members from Independent Jewish Voices were invited by the Bil’in Popular Committee to join their protest. Every Friday for the last six years, the Popular Committee of Bil’in, Palestine, has organized creative protests against the encroaching occupation of their land by the nearby settlers [...]

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IJV Brief to UCC: G40 Proposals Promoting Peace and Justice in Israel/Palestine

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 [...]

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JEFF HALPER, ISRAELI PEACE ACTIVIST TOURED CANADA IN JANUARY: WILL THE NEW YEAR USHER IN PEACE OR APARTHEID?

Ottawa – Israeli Jew. Humanitarian. Journalist. Author. Academic. Human Rights Activist. Nobel Peace Prize nominee Jeff Halper has been on the front lines of organizing for peace in Israel for almost 30 years. He was the only Israeli aboard the Free Gaza flotilla that broke the Gaza siege, Aug. 23, 2008. His first hand account [...]

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Israel, Don’t Act Normal by Naomi Klein

Author Naomi Klein was the keynote speaker at the Independent Canadian Jewish Conference on March 28, 2008 (the conference which led to the creation of IJV Canada). Here is what she had to say:

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