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“Anyone who knows me knows that I’m very proud of my Jewish heritage. It’s just that I don’t see being a proud Jew as having anything to do with support for Israel.” Member of Independent Jewish Voices and recent Masters of Arts graduate from the Sociology and Equity Studies in Education department at the [...]  By LARRY HAIVEN The Halifax Chronicle-Herald When even mainstream North American Jewish organizations condemn Israeli policy, you know things are bad in that country. Imagine that the U.S. had made it illegal in the 1960s for citizens to urge a boycott of California grapes, and that [...] The CPCCA is fluent in doublespeak ——National Post—– July 21, 2011 By Sue Ferguson, Mary-Jo Nadeau, Eric Shragge, Abby Lippman, Gary Kinsman and Reuben Roth This month, a serious attack was made against free speech in Canada. A pseudo-parliamentary committee calling itself the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism (CPCCA) issued a report [...] GLORIA GALLOWAY OTTAWA— From Friday’s Globe and Mail, Jul. 08, 2011 A multi-party coalition of current and former parliamentarians has concluded that anti-Semitic incidents are on the increase across Canada and have been fostered by a climate that is receptive to attacks on Israel, particularly on university campuses. But critics say the work of the [...] July 6, 2011 Jack Chivo’s letter to the editor could have been written by Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak or Israel Defence Forces chief Benny Gantz ["B.C. residents on Gaza flotilla raises questions of priorities"]. The Israeli security establishment and their supporters like Mr. Chivo try to confuse people about the economic situation prevailing in [...] By SAMIRA TAHA, LINDA SCHERZINGER and LARRY HAIVEN Thu, Jun 2, 2011 The Chronicle Herald Imagine a country, let’s call it Country X, that frequently abuses the human rights of people under its rule, denying many of them citizenship and freedom to move, taking their land, practising arbitrary search and seizure, and placing [...] Presentation by Howard Davidson at Israel Apartheid Week, University of Winnipeg on Israel as an ethnocracy and provides evidence from Israeli sources that debunks propaganda claiming that talking about Israel and apartheid is the work of anti-Semites. [...] For immediate release Hamilton — The Hamilton chapter of Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) has praised the YWCA for not bowing to pressure to charge extra “security” fees for the use of space in its downtown building. The Never Again Group (NAG), which purports to fight “demonization” [...] by Corey Levine As a Jewish feminist who has spent significant amounts of time living and working in Muslim countries, including almost 3 years in Afghanistan, I was offended by, as well as, disappointed in Ms. Chessler’s comments, particularly since I have long admired her work as a feminist. When [...] November/December 2010 Volume 23, Number 3 TEACHER News Magazine of the BC Teachers’ Federation By Bob Rosen The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has [...] |
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