by Scott Weinstein*
It started out on a hopeful note. To kick off their hearings on antisemitism, an Israeli flown to Ottawa stated absolutely that Canada is a “pioneer” of campus antisemitism. Faster than you can say “Mazel Tov!“, his statement made the press release headline from the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism.
Jews are special [...]

Publié dans la revue sociale et politique québécoise À Babord ! no.33, février 2010
de Fabienne Preséntey, membre du comité de coordination de Voix juives indépendantes – Canada
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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 [...]

July 31, 2009
United for freedom and universal justice
By Omar Barghouti and Sid Shniad *
For several decades, the world has watched in frustration as the crisis in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory deepened. Confused by the details of what is alleged to be a highly complicated situation and loathe to be attacked for criticizing [...]

Mise à jour le mercredi 15 juillet 2009 à 9 h 24
For the complete dossier of testimonies consult Breaking the Silence web site (english)

Un rapport publié par l’organisation israélienne de défense des droits de la personne Breaking the Silence conclut que l’armée de l’État hébreu a transgressé les lois internationales et israéliennes lors de son [...]

Israel could learn from Sorry Day
Yakov Rabkin, May 29, 2009
THE Sorry Day marks an important change in public and official attitudes to the indigenous population in Australia. Years of activism have finally borne fruit. On a visit to the Australian Museum in Sydney I learned about an anti-discrimination bus ride to the north [...]

The JDL’s request was positively received by the Conservative government
By Scott Weinstein March 27, 2009
An organization the FBI, the U.S. State Department and U.S. courts have branded a ‘terrorist organization’ has given advice to the Harper government that led Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to barring a British MP from Canada.
A spokesman said Kenney first heard [...]

TO: Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
FROM: Diana Ralph, Coordinator, Independent Jewish Voices (Canada)
We are writing, as Jews from across Canada, to urge you to reject B’nai Brith Canada’s Feb. 24 allegations that “university campuses…have become breeding grounds for promoting hatred against Jewish Students.” First of all, it is important to clarify what is, and [...]

Recently, in it’s online “Full Comment” section, the National Post published a vicious attack on Sid Ryan accusing him of being an anti-Semite. Several members and supporters of IJV responded and these letters have now been published in “Full Comment”.
Re: George Burger: Anti-Semitism and its enablers
George Burger’s indiscriminate use of the term “anti-Semite” is an [...]