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MNA Louise Beaudoin - Montreal August 30, 2010

QJC recently hosted PQ Opposition MNA for Rosemont Louise Beaudoin to discuss key issues including Laicite/Le 30 août, le CJQ a reçu la députée de Rosemont et porte-parole de l’opposition officielle (PQ), Louise Beaudoin pour une rencontre de travail sur les différents sujets de préoccupations de la communauté y compris la question de la laïcité.

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Pride Parade - Montreal, August 15, 2010

Quebec Jewish Congress at Montreal Gay Pride

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CJC Attends Security Infrastructure Pilot Program (SIP) Announcement, Toronto, Aug 9, 2010

Press conference regarding grants to Jewish communal institutions under the Security Infrastructure Pilot Program

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Klezmer in Ste-Agathe - August 5, 2010

Klezmer concert organized by QJC and the city of Ste-Agathe-des-Monts. About 200 people attended to the concert BONJOUR, SHALOM SAINTE-AGATHE. For the second year, the event offers spectators a wonderful blend of traditional Klezmer and Quebecois melodies of the band Salonika

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QJC hosts Muslim Girls Visit - Montreal, August 4, 2010

On August 4th QJC hosted a delegation of Muslim students, teachers and adults from the Fondation pour l'Éducation des Enfants et Jeunes Adultes Défavorisés (FEEJAD) for a visit to the Jewish Community Cummings Center. The afternoon included a screening of FAST: Choose Your Voice, a visit to the Holocaust Museum and the Segal Center for the Performing Arts as well as a round-table discussion on the commonalities (and differences) between Islam and Judaism.The students left overjoyed and anxious to continue future cultural exchanges and to work to promote understanding between their community and the Jewish community of montreal.

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Reverend Brent Hawkes 60th Birthday

Bernie Farber CJC CEO and others pay tribute to gay activist Rev. Brent Hawkes Senior Pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church and Minister to the LGBTQ community. Rev. Hawkes has been a strong supporter of Toronto Jewish community causes.

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Press Conference re Charges Against Salman Hossain for Advocating Genocide – July 8, 2010, Toronto

Joint Ontario Provincial Police/Canadian Jewish Congress press conference regarding groundbreaking charges of Advocating Genocide against Salman Hossain – July 8, 2010, Toronto

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Pride Parade - Toronto, July 4, 2010

Showing our support and pride with Kulanu, Toronto's only Jewish LGBTQ social group.

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2010 G8 World Religions Summit, Winnipeg, June 21-23

The 2010 G8 World Religions Summit in Winnipeg

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Ottawa Visit - May 31, June 1 2010

On Tuesday June 1st the Canadian Parliament under the auspices of MPs Alexandra Mendes and Mario Silva honoured Aristides de Sousa Mendes...a Portuguese diplomat who, despite great personal and professional sacrifice, saved more than 12,000 Jews during the Holocaust by providing safe passage visas.

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Darfur Day, Parliament Hill, May 27, 2010

Canadian Jewish Congress led a delegation of Jewish, Christian and Muslim volunteers for a remarkable day of Darfur advocacy on Parliament Hill. Over the course of the day, our Darfur Action Committee and partner organizations advanced the cause of Darfur in meetings with over a dozen Members of Parliament, Senators, political staffers and senior public servants. Our volunteers left energized and encouraged, noting that “today, we made a difference.”

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 Roundtable with Minister Jason Kenney - Vancouver, May 16, 2010

The Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney held a roundtable discussion with Jewish community representatives on Sunday, May 16, 2010

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QUAM, Montreal May 2010

In cooperation with UQUAM, QJC organized a conference on Quebec’s Jewish community for a group of 80 students. QJC Board Members Robert Presser, Rivka Augenfeld, Ariel Ifergan and Maurice Chalom as well as Daniel Amar and Jérémie Tapiero Sonia Sarah Lipsyc a présenté la place de la femme dans le judaïsme, QJC Executive Director Daniel Amar and Public Affairs Director Jérémie Tapiero presented different aspects and perspectives on the Jewish community. This event will likely be repeated in the fall.

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Ruth's Daughter - Toronto, May 6, 2010

NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo launched Ruth's Daughters of Canada, "women of faith, faithfully serving women", an initiative arimed to mobilize women of faith to work to prevent violence against women.

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CJC Annual General Meeting - Toronto, April 25, 2010

Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) held it’s Annual General Meeting and Interfaith Panel on Sunday April 25. Included on the panel were Dr. Victor Goldbloom, CJC’s Senior Interfaith Representative; Mubarak Nazir, Missionary In-Charge, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Canada and Nora Sanders, General Secretary, United Church of Canada.

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Yom Haatzmaut - April 20th, 2010

The Israeli flag was raised at Queen's Park on April 20, 2010 in honour of Israel's 62nd year of independence. Happy birthday Israel! Yom Haatzmaut Sameach! Location: Queen's Park, Toronto

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Regard français sur la laïcité - Montreal - April 14, 2010

Quebec Jewish Congress hosted a power breakfast with 40 leaders from within the Jewish and the greater Quebec Society featuring Mr. Pierre Moscovici, a member of the Commissions des Affaires étrangères of the French Parliament who addressed the issue of secularism in France. Mr. Moscovici is a member of the French Socialist Party (PS); part of the Party of European Socialists. He has been National Secretary of his party since 1995. He served formerly as Minister for European Affairs in the government of Lionel Jospin and was re-elected as one of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament. FEDERATION CJA Past President Marc Gold and QJC Board Members Arand Kessous, Joseph Gabay, Victor Goldbloom, Rivka Augenfeld and Maurice Chalom were in attendance.

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Breakfast with Pierre Moscovic, Montreal, April 14

QJC hosted Pierre Moscovici, former French Minister of European Affairs and current Member of the « Commission des Affaires étrangères de l’Assemblée nationale » of France for leadership conference on Secularism in France.

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Yom Hashoah 2010 - April 12, 2010

Pictures from various Yom Hashoah Programs across Canada

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Interfaith Celebration - March 20, 2010

On Saturday, March 20th, Quebec Jewish Congress joined CRARR, the Institute for Research and Education on Race Relations (IRERR) and institutional and community partners such as Royal Bank, the Alliance of South Asian Communities, the Japanese Canadian Cultural Center of Montreal, the Concordia Student Union and youths from many schools in Montreal, in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre, a deadly state-sponsored crackdown on anti-apartheid demonstrators in 1960 that took place in South Africa and that eventually led the United Nations to proclaim March 21st the International Day against racism.

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Interfaith Symposium - Brantford - March 18, 2010

Representatives of the three Abrahamic religions gathered last week in Bradford, Ont., for an evening of interfaith dialogue on the subject of reconciling faith and loyalty to one’s country. CJC President, Mark Freiman, told the 200 assembled that the Torah calls for respect for minorities and Judaism has a long tradition of respecting civil authority, which stops short when it demands that Jews stop being Jewish. Nazir called suicide bombers who commit atrocities in the name of their religion a “blot” on Islam.

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Nahum Goldmann Fellowship - Croatia March 9-16, 2010

The Nahum Goldmann Fellowship is a special institute aimed at nurturing a new generation of Jewish communal leadership across the world. The program provides an intensive experience of Jewish learning, living and leadership for young men and women from around the world between the ages of 25-40 who show serious interest in Jewish culture and demonstrate a potential for individual growth and communal leadership. The Fellowship is sponsored by The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture Location: Pag, Croatia

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Jews and Haitians, an untold story - Montreal: March 10, 2010

Under the auspices of Haiti's Consul general to Montreal Pierre-Richard Casimir, the Montreal Jewish community paid tribute to the timeless courage of the Haitian people in its struggle for freedom and human dignity. Quebec Jewish Congress (QJC) and the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre (MHMC), together with their partners, launched a special exhibit unveiling the untold story of this small Caribbean Island who opened its doors and sheltered several hundred Jews fleeing Europe in the 1930's.

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Ottawa Media Training - February 24, 2010

Jordan Kerbel providing media training to Ottawa Hillel students and Canada-Israel Committee Parliamentary interns.

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Chinese New Year Gala - Montreal - Feb. 27, 2010

Quebec Jewish Congress was represented at the Chinese New Year Gala event in Montreal

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Combating Hate- Feb 4 2010

Denis MacShane, British MP, was in Toronto as part of the University of Toronto's Combating Hate conference held February 4, 2010. The evening before he took part in a discussion about anti-semitism with Irwin Cotler at Shaar Shalom Synagogue.

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STAND -Darfur Film Event - February 1, 2010

On Monday, February 1, 2010, in front of a packed theatre, STAND hosted the Canadian premiere of “Darfur” in Toronto. After the movie, Canadian Jewish Congress National Executive Director Benjamin Shinewald joined Ismail Adam of the Darfur Association of Canada; Olivia Chow, MP for Trinity Spadina and Anne Wagner, Principal Director of STAND, for a Question and Answer session moderated by STAND’s Marlie Waks. The film will be shown in nine more cities across Canada and CJC will be on Q&A panels at almost all the screenings.

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Jewish Painters of Montreal: Witnesses of Their Time, 1930-1948, Montreal Jan 26, 2010

Invaluable witnesses to their era, painters in Montreal's Jewish community offer unique insight into the atmosphere that reigned in the city between 1930 and 1948, evoking both the history of the working class and the misery of the Great Depression. The exhibition reflects the rich and distinctive artistic contribution of these individuals through a selection of 80 works organized around four themes:

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Hanukka on Ice

Sunday, December 13, 2009, elected officials from the provincial government joined the Quebec Jewish community and Quebec Jewish Congress to celebrate Hanukka, the Festival of Lights, by lighting a giant hand-sculpted hanukkia made of ice.

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Starry Nights & Mia Farrow - November 8, 2009

Mia Farrow helps launch Darfur: A Jewish Response - November 2009

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QJC - Morocco Event - October 25, 2009

Maroc ou Souvenir Maroc de L'avenir

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Miscellaneous

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CJC Presidents

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