November 2016 Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) defines antisemitism as hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews because they are Jews.  We acknowledge the historic scourge of an [...]

Can an Observant Jew Also Be a Critic of Israel? Yakov Rabkin, an observant Jew, dispels the notion that every Jew is a Zionist and therefore a natural advocate for the State of Israel. In fact, there [...]

By: Tyer Levitan This is an interview I conducted with Professor Yakov M. Rabkin of the Université de Montréal, author of the recently published What Is Modern Israel. Professor Rabkin’s earlier [...]

By Tyler Levitan In recent months, the Israel lobby and its allies in Canada’s political establishment have waged a full-fledged assault on the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. [...]

By: Michelle Weinroth To the Right Honourable Justin Trudeau: “How is this night different from all other nights?” Such is the question we Jews ritually ask the youngest child at the Passo [...]