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  1. The anti-Zionist Bund led the Jewish Resistance in Poland whilst the Zionist Movement abandoned the Jews
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2017
    Zionism and Israel's racist rulers have created a series of myths about how the only Jewish Resistance in Nazi-occupied Poland was from the Zionists. The role of the anti-Zionist Bund has been erased. In fact the Zionist movement in Palestine and the West abandoned the resistance including the Zionist component of that resistance.
  2. Arrests underway in Toronto Israeli Consulate Sit-in
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Police have moved in to arrest a group of Jewish Canadian women who are currently occupying the Israeli consulate at 180 Bloor Street West in Toronto. The women took their action in protest against the on-going Israeli assault on the people of Gaza.
  3. The Bund (General Jewish Labour Bund)
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    Resource Type: Article
    A secular Jewish socialist party in Central and Eastern Europe operating predominantly between the 1890s and the 1930s.
  4. Canadian Jews condemn suppression of criticism of Israel
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2009
    Over 150 Jewish Canadians signed a statement expressing their concerns about the campaign to suppress criticism of Israel that is being carried on within Canada.
  5. Government Stonewalling and Possibly Spying to Shield Controversial Charity
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Access to Information documents reveal that Harper's government has been pressuring the Canada Revenue Agency to protect the controversial charity Jewish National Fund (JNF) from public scrutiny. It has even promoted "monitoring" an anti-JNF event.
  6. IJV Canada endorses the Global March to Jerusalem
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    IJV is joining with an array of international organizations and individuals to show our solidarity with the Palestinians, who are under increasing pressure from the Netanyahu government, which is actively working to Judaize Jerusalem.
  7. IJV endorses United Church Working Group call to boycott settlement products
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    The United Church of Canada's Working Group on Israel/Palestine Policy's report has been attacked by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. IJV is supporting the right of the Church to make its own policy, free from intimidation.
  8. IJV supports United Church members' right to make their own decision on boycott, free from threats
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Jewish group stakes out position supporting United Church committee's call for action against illegal Israeli settlements in the form of boycott campaign, rejects pressure on Church from senators, pro-Israel lobbyists.
  9. Independent Jewish Voices
    Media Profile in Sources

    Resource Type: Organization
    Jews in Canada who share a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights and who promote the expression of alternative Jewish voices, particularly in respect of the grave situation in the Middle East, which threatens the future of both Israelis and Palestinians as well as the stability of the whole region.
  10. Independent Jewish Voices Canada establishes new chapter in Victoria
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Announcement of new Independent Jewish Voices chapter in Victoria, British Columbia.
  11. Independent Jewish Voices letter refutes Ambassador's claim Israel supports Christian Palestinians
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Jewish organization counters Israeli ambassador's Islamophobia. IJV states Israeli occupation, not Muslims, is cause of Christian Palestinian problems.
  12. Independent Jewish Voices Toronto protests Jewish National Fund's role in Bedouin home demolitions
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    The Toronto chapter of Independent Jewish Voices is calling for an end to the Jewish National Fund’s role in evicting Bedouin citizens of Israel from their homes in order to expand Jewish settlement.
  13. Israel's attack on Gaza is a 'Pillar of War Crimes', says Jewish human rights group
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Jewish human rights group criticizes Israel's latest attack.
  14. Jewish-Canadians Decry Canada's Open Door to Israeli PM Netanyahu
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Independent Jewish Voices finds it abhorrent that the Canadian Government is extending a warm welcome to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to Canada on May 30/31. An honest and responsible government would instead indict Mr. Netanyahu for war crimes.
  15. Jewish Combat Organization
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    Resource Type: Article
    A World War II resistance movement which was instrumental in engineering the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
  16. Jewish group criticizes Minister's decision cancelling invitation to prominent Imam
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    IJV is critical of Peter McKay's decision to cancel speaking invitation to Imam Zijad Delic
  17. Jewish Group Strongly Opposes Censorship at York University
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) Canada protests the York University administration's decision to revoke the student club status of Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) at York University until January 2014.
  18. Jewish human rights group condemns Harper government's position on UN Palestine vote
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Some Canadian Jews are adamantly opposed to the Harper government's unquestioning support for what Israel is doing.
  19. Jewish human rights group supports Israeli Apartheid Week
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    IJV responds to critics' criticism of Israel Apartheid Week, insisting that Israel be held to the same standard as every other country when it comes to international law and human rights.
  20. Jewish human rights group to hold annual conference in Toronto this week
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Independent Jewish Voices' annual general meeting takes place this week in Toronto. It will feature a number of prominent guest speakers and address a range of issues related to the organization's mandate.
  21. Jewish human rights group welcomes democratic upsurge in Egypt
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2011
    Independent Jewish Voices Canada views the ongoing uprising of the Egyptian people against the dictatorial regime of President Hosni Mubarak as a positive development for Egypt and the rest of the Middle East.
  22. Jewish resistance under Nazi rule
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    Resource Type: Article
    The resistance of the Jewish people against Nazi Germany leading up to and through World War II, including against the Holocaust.
  23. Jewish Voice for Peace conference - what solidarity looks like
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2015
    When a Palestinian woman went to this Jewish group's annual conference, she found a growing movement of Jews and other allies.
  24. Jewish Voices for Peace and Justice
    Press Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2003
    Canadian Jews who oppose the continued occupation of the West Bank and Gaza by Israel will gather for a one-day conference on June 8, 2003 in Toronto.
  25. A Life on the Jewish Left
    An Immigrant's Experience

    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2000
    Biderman was a leader of the Labour League and the United Jewish Peoples Order, Communist-led organizations whose members were unted by progressive ideals and a love of Yiddish culture.
  26. Miko Peled to speak in Vancouver on ending the crisis in Israel-Palestine
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Peled provides a clear, optimistic perspective on the crisis and how to end it.
  27. The new Jewish left
    In Canada, young Jews are fighting antisemitism while opposing the Israeli occupation

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2019
    Young Jewish people in North America are fighting antisemitism while opposing Israel's occupation of Palestine.
  28. Shaw Bans Video of Peace Activist Author's Book Reading
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    Shaw Cable has banned the broadcast of a reading by Canadian author Michael Riordon from his book "Our Way to Fight: Peace-work Under Siege in Israel-Palestine." The reading was sponsored by the Victoria Chapter of Independent Jewish Voices Canada.
  29. Sources welcomes Independent Jewish Voices
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2010
    Sources welcomes a new member: Independent Jewish Voices. ndependent Jewish Voices represents Jews in Canada from diverse backgrounds, occupations and affiliations who have in common a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights.
  30. The State of the Spirit
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2002
    The text of Michael Lerner's "State of the Spirit" address given at the founding conference of The TIKKUN Community.
  31. Who speaks for Jews when it comes to civil liberties and human rights?
    Sources News Release

    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2013
    Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) Canada strongly condemns the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) for sponsoring a Daniel Pipes lecture May 13.

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