Leadership, teamwork, and diplomacy: Lessons at sea with the Royal Canadian Navy
By Nico Slobinsky, CIJA (AJNews) – It isn’t every day that civilians are afforded the opportunity to see inside a Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) ship,…
Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs
op/ed: Pushing back against antisemitism
by Judy Zelikovitz (AJNews) – The last three weeks or so have been a trying time for the Jewish community both in and out of…
CIJA and Canadian Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants launch membership drive
(April 2021) – This month, the Canadian Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Descendants (CJHSD), in partnership with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), began…
CIJA: Online Hate Has Gone Viral During COVID
By Judy Zelikovitz (AJNews) – Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have been confronted by two viruses: COVID-19 and, in its wake, the rampant…
Longtime human rights activist Irwin Cotler named as Canada’s first envoy in anti-Semitism fight
By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Irwin Cotler, a former Canadian justice minister and a human rights activist, is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s choice as his…