"The Jewish Community in Canada is feeling frightened in a way I've never seen."

Just now, the House of Commons Justice Committee passed @AHousefather's motion for a comprehensive study on antisemitism. 👇 (Thread🧵) This study will include a look at the rampant antisemitism on Canadian university campuses, and will be an opportunity to hear from Jewish students about their experiences.

1/6 CIJA has been in direct contact with Canadian officials & media about the rocket misfired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad that fell onto a hospital in #Gaza.

We have made it clear that the responsibility for striking the hospital lies with the terror groups that use their own civilians as human shields & put innocent Palestinians in harms way.
 
We mourn this senseless loss of Palestinian life.
 
The immediate reaction by Canadian officials & media to promote the #Hamas narrative, blaming #Israel without any evidence, contributed to rallies across the country, including at our own #Antisemitism conference last night, where demonstrators attacked Jewish - not Israeli - symbols.
 
Spreading unverified information has real life consequences. It puts lives in danger.
2/6 More video footage & analysis showing the misfired rocket that struck the hospital in #Gaza.

The #Ontario municipal elections are October 24.

Here are 5 things municipal leaders can do to fight #Antisemitism .

Share and tag your local candidates and urge them to pledge to take the 5 steps, if elected.

1/6 1. Stand up and speak out when #Antisemitism is present in your community.

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1/5 “24 hours after International Holocaust Remembrance Day and on The National Day of... Action against Islamophobia, there are #Nazi flags being flown in public, in Canada, on #Parliament Hill. This should be horrifying to #Canadians."
Full statement: cija.ca/nazi-flags-at-… 2/5 “With few exceptions, these troubling occurrences have escaped the attention of mainstream media.” theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…

1/4 Le drapeau #nazi est un emblème du Mal. Il n'a pas sa place dans une manifestation publique, ni au #Canada, ni ailleurs. Ceux qui le brandissent , de même que la petite minorité qui marche sous celui-ci et le tolère en leur présence, s'identifient avec le pire de l'humanité. #cdnpoli

2/4 Protester. Criez. Désapprouvez. Mais laissez ce symbole du meurtre de 6 millions de #Juifs et d'innombrables autres dans la poubelle de l'histoire, là où il doit être. #polcan

Tonight, @CanadaPlace #SailsofLight in Vancouver, BC is illuminated yellow to remember the murder of 6 million Jews during the #Holocaust. Across #Canada, public venues are illuminated to declare #WeRemember, #NeverAgain, #NeverForget. #IHRD @WorldJewishCong @CIJAinfo 6 million Jewish children, women, and men were murdered in the #Holocaust. We must never forget. Today is #IHRD, and @VanConventions Olympic Cauldron in Vancouver is illuminated in yellow as part of the @WorldJewishCong #WeRemember campaign. Tonight, we say #NeverAgain

Tonight in #Toronto, @TourCNTower will be illuminated for International #Holocaust Remembrance Day #IHRD. #WeRemember @WorldJewishCong Tonight in #Niagara , @NiagaraFalls will be illuminated for International #Holocaust Remembrance Day. #IHRD. #WeRemember @WorldJewishCong

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, #WeRemember the 6 million Jewish children, women and men murdered by the Nazis. @WorldJewishCong #IHRD #NeverAgain #NeverForget @WorldJewishCong #IHRD #NeverAgain #NeverForget #WeRemember

1/4 CIJA and @CanadianFSWC are working together to fight #antisemitism, and through CIJA have engaged @PrivyCouncilCA after @Israellycoolweek reported that a senior analyst at PCO appears to have published extreme and egregious #antisemitic posts on social media. #cdnpoli 2/4 A Facebook page purporting to belong to a member of the public service employed @PrivyCouncilCA includes dozens of hateful messages, including accusations of Jews collaborating with Hitler and being “Khazar converts” with a “false history.”

📢BREAKING: Jewish Community Applauds Ontario’s Adoption of IHRA Definition of Antisemitism.

cija.ca/press-release-…

#onpoli #ontario @TheIHRA #cdnpoli @CdnPressOntario Today, the Government of Ontario became the first province in Canada to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (@TheIHRA ) working definition of antisemitism, as endorsed by consensus at the 2016 IHRA plenary.