Press release                August 12, 2010

“This is the latest in an ongoing series of Israeli outrages against the people of Gaza,” said Sid Shniad, spokesperson [...]

June 24, 2010
The New Democratic Party should reject the invitation of the Canada-Israel Committee to host or facilitate a trip by Jack Layton and his caucus members to Israel, says Independent Jewish Voices – Canada. The Canada-Israel Committee made the offer in the wake of the manufactured uproar about remarks by [...]

16 June, 2010
Independent Jewish Voices – Canada condemns what it calls a “feeding frenzy” around NDP Member of Parliament Libby Davies.
“What’s next?”asked IJV-C spokesperson Larry Haiven. “Will Canadian politicians have to take a loyalty oath to the State of Israel in order to hold office?  The feeding frenzy is outrageous. Libby Davies is one the [...]

Media release 13 June 2010
Independent Jewish Voices (Canada) condemns Manitoba Education Minister Nancy Allan for caving in to a demand to censor a question on the province’s Grade 12 final Language Arts examination.  IJV-C also condemns B’nai Brith Canada for suggesting the censorship.  Allen reviewed one question on the test and not only echoed B’nai [...]

“Such an independent inquiry is especially necessary,” said IJV-C spokesperson  Larry Haiven, ”since the Israeli forces held the flotilla passengers hostage for several days and confiscated all of their documentary evidence from the takeover of the ships.”
IJV-C applauds those few Canadian Members of Parliament who speak out against Israel’s ongoing oppression of [...]

Progressive Jews Welcome Defeat of Motion Condemning Israeli Apartheid Week

OTTAWA, March 12 /CNW Telbec/ – Independent Jewish Voices (IJV), a national network of Jewish human-rights activists, welcomes yesterday’s defeat of MP Tim Uppal’s House of Commons motion condemning Israeli Apartheid Week.
“This shows courage to stand up to the Orwellian attempts by Israel’s supporters to bully [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Voix juives indépendantes – Independent Jewish Voices (Canada)

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE 7 janvier 2009

Une organisation juive pour les droits humains félicite
les femmes ayant occupé des locaux du Consulat israélien à Toronto

Ottawa – “Notre organisation soutient sans réserve les huit femmes ayant occupé des locaux du consulat d’Israel à Toronto aujourd’hui, a déclaré [...]