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Independent Jewish Voices
@IndJewishVoices
A grassroots organization in Canada grounded in Jewish tradition that opposes all forms of racism & advocates for justice and peace for all in Palestine-Israel.
Feb 25 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
BREAKING: The Mizrachi Organization of Canada is using an Israeli funeral society to fund Palestinian death.

Canada must act to stop this abuse of tax breaks and sacred Jewish tradition. Image IJV has joined @AdvocatesJust and academic @MilesHowe in raising the alarm about Mizrachi Canada over the past year.

This is just the latest in a slew of shocking revelations about Mizrachi's donation recipients.

For background: mondoweiss.net/2024/12/genoci…Image
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Feb 14 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Anti-Zionist Jews and allies showed up with unprecedented clarity and strength at the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) community delegations this week. And WE WERE HEARD.

TL;DR: These meetings were a huge victory for our movement. And they should remind us —when we show up, we win. 🧵

@JewsSayNo Our movement is stronger and more united than ever. We were heard in our clear vision for an antisemitism strategy that really fights antisemitism, and not just Palestine solidarity. And the pro-Israel lobby is flailing.
Dec 2, 2024 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: @CAUT_ACPPU Council has passed an historic motion in defence of the right to criticize Israel and take action in support of Palestine.
 
CAUT Council is composed of reps from faculty associations at 125 universities and colleges across Canada.

#NoIHRA
🧵1/6 Image The nearly-unanimous motion reiterates the Council’s 2021 rejection of the harmful and anti-Palestinian IHRA definition of antisemitism. IHRA is among the core tools used by Israel and pro-Israel groups to silence criticism of Israel and Zionism.



2/6ijvcanada.org/canadian-assoc…
Nov 5, 2024 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
30 Jewish organizations issue statement in support of UN Human Rights Rapporteur Albanese, who has been under relentless attack from politically motivated organizations waging toxic campaigns to silence her and undermine her human rights mandate. 🧵1/10
@FranceskAlbs @mehdirhasan Image
Image Regrettably, some Western governments have been giving a tailwind to these smear campaigns, by accusing Ms. Albanese of antisemitism. We reject such allegations, which are unfounded and recklessly incite against Ms. Albanese, at the risk of endangering her personal safety. /2
Oct 31, 2024 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Joint statement by IJV, @WinchevskyCtr, @FacultyJewish

The IHRA handbook poses a danger to Palestinians, Jews and all Canadians who advocate for Palestinian human rights. We call for the handbook’s immediate retraction and urge all Canadians to reject it.
ijvcanada.org/canadas-ihra-h… While the handbook includes several genuine examples of antisemitism, it also includes examples that plainly constitute political speech.

In doing so, it promotes the anti-Palestinian racist idea that virtually all Palestinians and their supporters are inherently antisemitic. Image
Oct 29, 2024 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Three days ago un officials warned the entire population of North Gaza was at risk of dying, yet Canada has done nothing to prevent these atrocities The situation unfolding in northern Gaza is beyond horrific. Just this morning an Israeli strike killed 109 Palestinians. Within the past week alone at least 700 Palestinians have been killed by Israel's genocidal violence.
Sep 30, 2024 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING! The @CanRevAgency has suspended Canadian charity The Emunim Fund, which actively supports the Israeli military, incl 'Lone soldiers' projects.
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Image After having its charitable status stripped for financing settler and Israeli army projects in August, the Ne'eman Foundation announced that its donors and programs would be taken over by The Emunim Fund, established just a few months earlier. 2/5

mondoweiss.net/2024/08/inside…
May 3, 2024 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
The student uprising needs our support.
Students across Canada are calling for their universities to disclose their investments and divest from Israeli genocide. It’s our duty to uplift their struggle and to keep our eyes on Palestine.
1/6 Image KNOW THAT THE STUDENTS ARE WAITING TO LEAVE
These encampments were never intended to be permanent. The students are occupying their universities only until their demands are met. It is on the universities to meet these demands in order for the encampments to be removed. 2/6
Apr 2, 2024 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
THREAD: Hillel & Campus Repression -- What does the on-campus Israel lobby look like? Image Who is Hillel and what do they do? Hillel operates on 550 college and university campuses, largely in North America, as one of the primary sites of Jewish community-building for students. The organization is an enthusiastic defender of Israel. Hillel operates on 550 college and university campuses, largely in North America, as one of the primary sites of Jewish community-building for students. The organization is an enthusiastic defender of Israel, refusing to affiliate with anyone who supports boycotts, divestment, sanctions or critical speech against Israel. Hillel Ontario, which claims to be the largest Hillel in the world, says: “Our robust advocacy agenda seeks to reduce antisemitism and anti-Zionism on campus by combating BDS, hosting intensive fact-finding missions to Israel, building coalitions across ethnic, politic...
Jan 26, 2024 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
IJV Canada welcomes with optimism and hope the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) historic decision this morning, which detailed that provisional measures are required of Israel. 1/6 Israel must take “all actions within its power” to avoid actions detailed in the Genocide Convention, and ensure that its officials refrain from incitement to genocide.

The full verdict on whether Israel has actually committed a genocide may not come for years. 2/6
Aug 4, 2022 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
This week @StatCan_eng released their hate crime statistics for 2021, prompting various pro-Israel groups to claim that Jewish Canadians are the most targeted religious minority in Canada, a claim resting on major methodological weaknesses and assumptions.

A 🧵 All hate crimes must be taken seriously and those targeting Jews are no exception. When hate crime stats are reported in ways that are misleading, however, their usefulness is undercut, and harmful narratives are spread. @CRRF

#cdnpoli
Jan 16, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
1/ IJV is extremely thankful and relieved that everyone made it out of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, TX alive & unharmed after yesterday's hostage situation. There are many important takeaways that we should all learn from this event. Here are a few of them (thread): 2/ ➡️ Antisemitism continues to be a violent and threatening force across the world, and we must continue to fight it with all our strength. We must work to make fighting antisemitism part of all of our movements against oppression, discrimination and violence.
Jan 14, 2022 • 6 tweets • 7 min read
1/ Last year, IJV won a major victory against @JNFca. After years of pressure, the @CanRevAgency ordered JNF-CAN to stop funding projects in the occupied territories. JNF-CAN was also forced to rebrand & distance themselves from JNF-KKL in 🇮🇱. Read more: ijvcanada.org/jnf-canada-for… Image 2/ In the week leading up to Tu Bishvat, the Jewish new year of the trees (Jan 17), Israeli police were still violently attacking Palestinians in the Negev desert in order to make way for a JNF forestation project. haaretz.com/israel-news/.p… #StopTheJNF
Dec 9, 2021 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
Major win at @UofT! Yesterday #UofT accepted all the recommendations of an internal antisemitism report, one of which included rejecting the dangerous IHRA definition, and instead embracing academic freedom on Israel-Palestine. Read more here: utoronto.ca/news/u-t-accep… #NoIHRA This win would not have been possible without the work of IJV members, Palestinian students & faculty, @FacultyJewish and @CAUT_ACPPU who recently voted UNANIMOUSLY to reject the dangerously-flawed #IHRA definition. Read the university's final report here: people.utoronto.ca/inclusion/anti…