January 24, 2010
Dear Embassy Editor :
RE: Jewish group brings strife to the community
Michael Fegelman’s letter repeats the National Post’s defamatory allegations against Independent Jewish Voices. The reality is that IJV represents Canadian Jews who share a commitment to social justice and universal human rights. We believe that both Palestinians and [...]

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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September 18, 2009
Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) wholeheartedly supports and endorses the Toronto Declaration.
We applaud the organizers and signatories of the declaration for the courageous, principled and successful effort to shine a spotlight on Israel ’s attempt to use the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to whitewash its war crimes through the so-called City to [...]

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 [...]

Letter in the National Post (August 18, 2009 )
Re: Boycott to some, shunning to others (August 13)
This story mentions a document that was on the Independent Jewish Voices table at the United Church of Canada meeting in Kelowna, B.C. It was written by former Reagan administration official and Wall Street Journal editor Paul Craig Roberts. While [...]

Entertaining Apartheid Israel Deserves No Amnesty!

Open Letter to Amnesty International

July 30, 2009

In May, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) called on singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen to heed the Palestinian call for a cultural boycott of Israel and avoid complicity [...]

Media Release
June 16, 2009
Jewish Conference Votes to Support Boycott of Israel
Ottawa -
Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) voted to join the growing international campaign in support of the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, at its first Annual General Meeting this past weekend. This  decision makes IJV the first national Jewish organization in [...]

IJV-VJI Press Release – April 20, 2009
Canadian Jews denounce attempts to derail Durban Review
As Canadian Jews, we are attending the Durban Review of the [...]