Canadian Jewish community

Shaked in Toronto: 'Judicial reform as initially presented is dead'

Ayelet Shaked participated in a panel with Fmr. Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler and visited the local Chabad community.

Canada honors ‘courage and resilience’ of Jewish community

Marking Jewish Heritage Month, Canadian government celebrates achievements and contributions of Jewish Canadians.

Canadian Jews welcome freezing of judicial reform in Israel

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs welcomes Netanyahu’s announcement that judicial reform legislation will be postponed.

Poll: Most Canadian Jews don’t support judicial reform

Survey on Canadian Jewish attitudes toward Israel finds majority agreeing with Israeli opposition's positions on major issues.

Canadian PM lights Hanukkah candles ahead of holiday

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gets an early start to Hanukkah, participates in candle lighting ceremony with Jewish leaders.

Canadian Holocaust survivor and educator Max Eisen dies at 93

Toronto author of award winning 2019 Holocaust memoir “By Chance Alone" passes away.

Unique Canadian Jewish institution is back in force as hundreds gather at Niagara Falls

Hundreds attend Limmud FSU Canada's first in-person conference since before the pandemic.

Canadian Jewish leaders demand gov stop funding antisemitic NGOs

Petition from Jewish community and supporters asks government to end funding to domestic and foreign NGOs that support antisemitism.

Oldest Canadian and Jew passes away at 114 years old

Cecile Klein, who was the world's oldest Jew and Canadian, passed away on January 13.

Eighteen Canadian Jews appointed to the Order of Canada for 2021

Eighteen leading members of Canada's Jewish community to receive the country’s second highest civilian honor of merit.

Report: Canadian police investigated less than 1% of hate crimes in 2019

New data suggests the vast majority of hate crimes in Canada experienced by the Jewish community and other groups are never investigated.

New Jewish advocacy org launches initiative to combat campus anti-Semitism

The Abraham Global Peace Initiative has launched “Campus Declaration Against Antisemitism” to empower students to speak up for their rights.

Canadian Jewish News restarts, again, eyeing a younger audience

Reports of the demise of the Canadian Jewish News have been, not for the first time, greatly exaggerated.

Canadian Senator Linda Frum resigns to focus on anti-Semitism

Frum will turn her full attention to community activism to fight the "one hatred that remains socially acceptable still."

Canadian postal union defamation suit against B'nai Brith to go ahead

Ontario Court of Appeal rules that Canadian postal union can sue B'nai Brith for claims about its relationship with Palestinian union.

Jewish man's car targeted with swastika in British Columbia

Incident occurred on day Canadian government was hosting a national summit on anti-Semitism.

Canadian province rolls out extra money for community security

Alberta to provide emergency grants to communities vulnerable to vandalism and violence.

Canadian TV station cuts ties with controversial Arabic show after B'nai Brith complaint

Show had promoted false information that suspect in anti-Muslim attack in London, Ont. was Jewish and made offensive comments about Israel.

Popular Canadian podcast guest accuses Jews of "buying off the media"

“This is why Jewish Canadian organizations...exist. If we don't advocate for ourselves, no one will," says CIJA's Adir Krafman in response.

Canadian Jewish groups denounce rocket attacks against Israel

Watch: Outdoor prayer groups - in the Canadian snow

David Zolty of Toronto films outdoor Jewish prayer groups which continue to meet outside - despite heavy snowfall.

Canadian Jewish newspaper succumbs to coronavirus pandemic

After 60 years, Canada’s leading Jewish newspaper to close amid coronavirus crisis.

Jewish groups: Canada must deport Nazi

CIJA calls on Canada to deport Nazi Helmut Oberlander who obtained his Canadian citizenship fraudulently.

Canadian Jewish philanthropists were murdered, police confirm

Police say Barry and Honey Sherman were victims of a double homicide. There are no suspects at this time.

Were Canadian Jewish philanthropists murdered in their home?

Private investigators say Barry and Honey Sherman, found dead in their Toronto home last month, were murdered - by more than one killer.

Private investigators to probe death of Canadian Jewish couple

Family of Barry and Honey Sherman hires former homicide detectives to investigate their deaths.

Canadian Jews mount effort to help fire evacuees

Jewish groups in Alberta join the efforts to support victims of the wildfires that forced the evacuation of an entire city.

Canada's Pro-Israel Lobby to Protest Iran Deal

Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs calls on Canadian Jewish community to join a protest in Washington against the Iran deal.

New Canadian DM is a Friend to Israel

Canada's new Minister of National Defense, Jason Kenney, is a fierce advocate of both Israel and Canada's Jewish community.