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 [...]

This statement was rejected by both the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail (as an op-ed). Please help this important statement get into broad circulation – pass it on to your networks (faculty, community, MPs, university presidents, unions etc.). You may also wish to write to the Star and Globe and express your [...]

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 [...]

For Immediate Release: November 24, 2008
Ottawa – Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) will protest the Jewish National Fund (JNF) of Canada, which is holding its annual Negev Dinner at Canada’s Museum of Civilization today. IJV is demanding that the Museum’s CEO, Dr. Victor Rabinovitch, honour the Museum’s Guiding Principles and the apology made to our aboriginal [...]

For Immediate Release: 12:01am, October 22, 2008
Ottawa – “Israel’s decision to close off Gaza to international visitors is an outrage,” fumed Diana Ralph, Coordinator of Independent Jewish Voices (Canada). She was referring to the announcement by Israeli authorities that foreign participants scheduled to take part in the conference Siege and Mental Health… Walls vs. Bridges, [...]

Geneva (October 15, 2008) – Appearing before the Preparatory Committee for the Durban Review Conference (Durban II), Independent Jewish Voices’ Coordinator Diana Ralph expressed her group’s strong support for the Durban process.
“Our organization, which represents 18 Jewish groups across Canada, unconditionally endorses the World Conference Against Racism Review and urges the government of [...]

THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION (EAFORD)
5 route des Morillons, CP 2100. 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
Telephone: (022) 788.62.33 Fax: (022) 788.62.45
STATEMENT BY
The International Organization for the Elimination of
All Forms of Racial Discrimination (EAFORD)
To Durban Review Conference Preparatory Committee
Second Substantive Session
15 October 2008
UN Webcast of Statement
http://www.un.org/webcast/unhrc/archive.asp?go=081015
Name of Speaker: Dr. [...]

Here are a series of model questions that we encourage for use at all-candidate meetings, one-on-one meetings with candidates or other opportunities that may present themselves (including e-mailing the candidate). Please feel free to share responses you receive with us and others:

Questions for candidates in the current federal election

1. If nuclear non-proliferation [...]