Supporters of the Stop the JNF Campaign protest the 2016 national conference of the Jewish National Fund in New York City. Photo by Joe Catron. We are beginning to hear more about the varieties of racism that plague our country. However, there is a near virtual absence of any recognition
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Canadian Dimension: The Canadian Jewish Establishment Favours Anything But Debate
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Being brought up in the mainstream Jewish community, I went through nine years of Jewish day school, five years of Jewish sleep-away camp and countless hours of Israel advocacy training….
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Kathleen Wynne: Please refuse ‘honour’ from Israel lobby group
Photo by Alex Guibord On May 4, individuals representing Independent Jewish Voices – Canada, Women in Solidarity with Palestine, Dykes and Trans People for Palestine, and Palestine House sent a very similar letter to this one to Premier Kathleen Wynne. In that letter, we requested a meeting with Premier Wynne
Continue readingCanadian Dimension | Articles: NDP’s anti-Palestine sentiment is part of a much wider problem
This piece originally appeared in Independent Jewish Voices. Paul Manly aimed to run as a federal NDP candidate for the new riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith, British Columbia. His key focus areas range from environmental and energy issues to health care, but he has been denied candidacy for this riding by the
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