News Releases
- March 10, 2010 - Senate - African Heritage Month
- March 10, 2010 - Action Week Against Racism kicks off with a tribute to the people of Haiti
Under the auspices of Haiti's Consul general to Montreal Pierre-Richard Casimir, the Montreal Jewish community will be paying 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, will be launching 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.
- March 08, 2010 -
As part of the 11th Annual Action Week Against Racism, Quebec Jewish Congress (QJC) and its partners will be releasing a compilation of 90 texts on the theme 'Unlearn Intolerance' from 6th and 7th grade Montreal area students of all faiths and backgrounds.
- March 03, 2010 - Canadian Jewish Congress encouraged by Throne Speech Commitments on War Crimes, Pier 21 and National Holocaust Memorial
Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) is encouraged by today's Speech from the Throne, particularly the section on Immigration.
- March 01, 2010 - Justin Trudeau and South African High Commissioner Abraham Sohkaya Nkomo to Speak at Commemoration of March 21st
- February 24, 2010 - Canadian Jewish Congress and Atlantic Jewish Council welcome hate crimes charges in Nova Scotia cross-burning
- February 23, 2010 - Canadian Jewish Congress, Atlantic Jewish Council deplore cross-burning, racial slurs in Nova Scotia
TORONTO - The cross-burning at the Nova Scotia home of an interracial couple, who were also the targets of racial slurs, is deeply troubling to Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) and the Atlantic Jewish Council (AJC).
- February 19, 2010 - Action needed on war crimes
Bernie Farber's piece about war criminals and the slow Canadian court system is, unhappily, accurate. The fact that we are finally acting on other, newer cases of war crimes in the world is...
- February 19, 2010 - Rabbi Bulka awarded key to city; Jewish leader 'hugely important' to Ottawans: mayor
During a candlelit reception at Jean Pigott Place inside City Hall Thursday night, Ottawans gathered to celebrate the decades-long commitment of Rabbi Reuven Bulka by awarding him a key to the city.
- February 18, 2010 - Le Congrès juif applaudit
Le Congrès juif québécois (CJQ) applaudit les modifications au calendrier scolaire que propose la ministre de l’Éducation, Michelle Courchesne, qui permettraient de régulariser la situation des écoles privées juives illégales.
- February 16, 2010 - Minister lauds 'historic' pact with Jewish private schools Forbidding teaching on Sundays offends secular principle, rabbi argues
The controversy sparked by proposed changes to Quebec's school calendar has put a handful of Jewish schools in probably the last place they'd like to be - at the centre of a political dust-up.
- February 16, 2010 - Minister lauds 'historic' pact with Jewish private schools; Forbidding teaching on Sundays offends secular principle, rabbi argues
The controversy sparked by proposed changes to Quebec's school calendar has put a handful of Jewish schools in probably the last place they'd like to be - at the centre of a political dust-up.
- February 14, 2010 - Debate over accommodation returns in Quebec; Minorities; Jewish schools allowed to open on Sundays
MONTREAL - An editorial cartoon yesterday in one of Montreal's main daily newspapers, La Presse, portrayed Quebec Education Minister Michelle Courchesne as a Hasidic man, with earlocks, a round fur hat and long black coat. The headline above a column in the tabloid Journal
- February 14, 2010 - Deux écoles juives refusent toujours le programme du ministère.
Deux écoles juives refusent toujours le programme du ministère : Québec s'en remet aux avocats.
- February 13, 2010 - Calendrier scolaire: la ministre Courchesne s'explique
La ministre de l'Éducation persiste et signe: les modifications au régime pédagogique ne cachent pas d'accommodement pour les écoles juives. Qu'on se le dise, il s'agit d'abord et avant tout d'un règlement visant la réussite et la persévérance scolaire.
- February 13, 2010 - Sunday school for Jews renews identity debate Uproar In Quebec Nationalists fight 'concessions' to minorities
An editorial cartoon yesterday in one of Montreal's main daily newspapers, La Presse, portrayed Quebec Education Minister Michelle Courchesne as a Hasidic man, with earlocks, a round fur hat and long black coat.
- February 12, 2010 - Nouveau calendrier scolaire - Les commissions scolaires en colère
Les commissions scolaires s'opposent au nouveau calendrier scolaire que veut imposer Michelle Courchesne afin d'accommoder les écoles juives orthodoxes et craignent aussi qu'il soit appliqué de façon générale à l'ensemble des écoles publiques du Québec.
- February 12, 2010 - Accommodements raisonnables La ministre critiquée
La ministre de l'Éducation Michelle Courchesne a dû affronter un feu nourri de protestation devant la possible normalisation d’écoles privées juives qu’entraînerait la modification des périodes de congé obligatoire
- February 12, 2010 - La grogne s'amplifie contre la ministre Courchesne
La ministre Michelle Courchesne relance tout le débat autour des accommodements raisonnables en légalisant les activités de six écoles privées juives orthodoxes.
- February 12, 2010 - Jewish Congress defends change to school calendar
A change in Quebec's school calendar which would permit three Orthodox Jewish schools a sixth day for classes, would allow those schools to teach the full Quebec curriculum, says Adam Atlas, president of the Quebec Jewish Congress.
- January 13, 2010 - Jewish community of Canada mobilizes Haiti earthquake relief effort
In response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Canadian Jewish Congress's National President Mark J. Freiman and CEO Bernie M. Farber communicated the following message in a letter to the Haitian chargé d'affaires in Ottawa:
À la suite du terrible tremblement de terre qui a frappé durement Haïti, le président du Congrès juif canadien (CJC), Mark J. Freiman, et son directeur général, Bernie M. Farber, ont adressé un message de solidarité à Madame Natalie Menos-Gissel, chargée d'affaires de la République d'Haïti.
- January 13, 2010 - LA COMMUNAUTÉ JUIVE DU CANADA SE MOBILISE POUR VENIR EN AIDE À LA POPULATION HAÏTIENNE
À la suite du terrible tremblement de terre qui a frappé durement Haïti, le président du Congrès juif canadien (CJC), Mark J. Freiman, et son directeur général, Bernie M. Farber, ont adressé un message de solidarité à Madame Natalie Menos-Gissel, chargée d'affaires de la République d'Haïti.
- January 13, 2010 - Jewish community of Canada mobilizes Haiti earthquake relief effort
In response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Canadian Jewish Congress's National President Mark J. Freiman and CEO Bernie M. Farber communicated the following message in a letter to the Haitian chargé d'affaires in Ottawa:
- January 06, 2010 - Canadian Jewish Congress urges full Vatican Archives disclosure to clarify
- December 03, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress Expresses Deep Concern over Swiss Minaret Ban
Canadian Jewish Congress President Mark J. Freiman issued the following statement in response to the results of a referendum supporting a ban on the construction of minarets in Switzerland:
- November 27, 2009 - Join fight against genocide
In its continuing effort to bring attention to – and action against – the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, Canadian Jewish Congress released the Canadian version of Darfur: A Jewish Response on Nov. 8.
- November 26, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress welcomes proposed amendments to State Immunity Act
- November 18, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress deplores Federal Court of Appeal ruling on Oberlander
Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) president Mark J. Freiman issued the following statement in response to yesterday's Federal Court of Appeal ruling that the Cabinet must reconsider its decision to revoke the citizenship of Helmut Oberlander to assess whether he was conscripted against his will.
- November 08, 2009 - Mia Farrow Launches CJC’s Darfur: A Jewish Response
Download your free copy of Darfur: A Jewish Response, launched by Mia Farrow
- October 26, 2009 - CJC’s presentation on section 13 of the Canadian Human Right Act
Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) President Mark J. Freiman and CEO Bernie M. Farber presented CJC's position on hate speech and section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
- October 08, 2009 - CJCONT calls Attorney General hate crime policy changes “a positive step”
Canadian Jewish Congress Ontario Region (CJCONT) is disappointed Ontario Attorney General Chris Bentley will not consent to laying charges against Salman Hossain for Wilful Promotion of Hatred (under section 319 of the Criminal Code), but is encouraged by policy changes that will be implemented to better manage hate crime determinations in Ontario.
- October 01, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress commends the Canadian Human Rights Commission's application for judicial review in the Lemire decision
Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) commends the Canadian Human Rights Commission for seeking judicial review of the decision in the case of Warman v. Lemire which involved a number of alleged antisemitic and homophobic postings on Lemire's web site.
- September 02, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress says Lemire case decision wrong in law
Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) said today it believes the decision in the case of Warman v. Lemire is wrong in law and should be appealed. CJC also noted it believes section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA) remains constitutional.
- September 01, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress pays tribute to Canada's war veterans on the 70th anniversary of the onset of World War II
- August 13, 2009 - CJC commends United Church for rejecting boycott of Israel
Kelowna, BC---Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) applauds the General Council of the United Church of Canada (UCC) for rejecting proposals that endorsed boycott of Israel.
- July 23, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress congratulates new National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations
Toronto-Canadian Jewish Congress extends congratulations to Shawn Atleo on his election as the next National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN).
- July 17, 2009 - Congress commemorates 15th anniversary of AMIA bombing
July 18, 1994 will long be remembered as the day Hezbollah terrorists carried out an Iranian-backed plan to bomb the Jewish community centre (AMIA) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The attack killed 85 people and wounded 300.
- July 07, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress-Pacific Region (CJC-PR) and S.U.C.C.E.S.S. (United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society) Express Solidarity with Victim of Courtney, B.C. Attack
Vancouver - Canadian Jewish Congress, Pacific Region and S.U.C.C.E.S.S. offer support and solidarity to Mr. Jay Phillips, who was the victim of a possibly racially motivated attack in Courtney, BC on July 3, 2009.
- July 02, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress, Jewish Holocaust Survivors of Canada commend Terezin Declaration on Holocaust-Era Assets and Survivor Welfare
- June 30, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress calls for further criminal investigation into Internet hate: Meeting requested with Attorney-General
- June 24, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress welcomes Canada's full membership on ITF
- June 09, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress mourns passing of Sheila Finestone z'l"
- June 09, 2009 - Le Congrès juif canadien déplore le décès de Sheila Finestone z'l
- June 09, 2009 - CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESS-PACIFIC REGION (CJC-PR) EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH VICTIMS OF LANGLEY INCIDENT
- June 03, 2009 - CJC Applauds Formation of All-Party Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism
- May 31, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress celebrates 90 years of advocacy at its Plenary Assembly
- May 22, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress Welcomes Historic Verdict in Rwanda War Crimes Trial
- May 15, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress - Pacific Region names David Schwartz as new Chair
- May 10, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress and UJA Federation of Greater Toronto welcome the extension of Security Infrastructure Program
- April 21, 2009 - Canadian Jewish Congress Commemorates Yom Hashoah
