2022 Federal Budget is historic for Canada’s Jewish Community
By CIJA (Ottawa, ON) – On April 7, 2022, Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, released Budget 2022: A…
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U of T to withhold fees from Student Union over BDS support
TORONTO — In a precedent-setting development, the University of Toronto has announced that it will begin withholding fees from the Graduate Students’ Union (GSU) over…
Team Canada: All eyes are on Paralympian Mollie Jepsen tonight at 7 pm
by Deborah Shatz (AJNews) – There were four Jewish athletes on Team Canada to cheer for in Beijing this winter. Three members of the Men’s…
Conservative MP Kevin Waugh introduces legislation to prohibit Holocaust denial
(Ottawa) – On Feb. 9, Kevin Waugh, Conservative Member of Parliament for Saskatoon-Grasswood, introduced his Private Members’ Bill, An Act to amend the Criminal Code…
B’nai Brith Canada expands Diverse Minds Writing Competition
by Maxine Fischbein (AJNews) – Well known for its long history of community service as well as monitoring and responding to antisemitic and racist attacks…