Welcoming Natasha Hausdorff to Queen’s Faculty of Law
11/02/2026 09:07:18 PM
Last week, Queen’s Faculty of Law welcomed distinguished international law expert Natasha Hausdorff for her lecture, Genocide Defined: Demystifying International Law. In her lecture, Natasha examined the legal meaning of genocide — a term coined by Raphael Lemkin in the aftermath of the Holocaust and later codified in the United Nations Genocide Convention — and explored its interpretation in contemporary...Read more...
ETFO & Antisemitism
11/02/2026 08:37:23 AM
Dear CIJA Board Members from Ontario and Ontario Federation Executives,
Further to Rachel’s email last week, (see below) we’re following up with further information. A few moments ago, CIJA, along with the CJLC, launched an action alert regarding ETFO’s decision to hire IJV to train its executive on antisemitism. Take...Read more...
Antisemitism and Antizionism
28/01/2026 12:55:41 PM
As many of you who are Facebook friends of mine are well aware, I have been very active defending the Jewish people and State of Israel to my 1,000 plus Facebook friends. New to the defense of Jews and Israel is the Movement against antizionism (Maaz) as conceived by Adam Louis-Klein.
Antisemitism vs antizionism are terms we are often confronted with, within our own Jewish communities and outside of those circles. We hear...Read more...
Rally for Iran
28/01/2026 12:54:38 PM
At Saturday's January 24th "Rally for Iran" in Springer Market Square in freezing temperatures more than 200 came to show support for the local 1,000 strong Iranian community here in Kingston. Many members of the Jewish community, including Beth Israel, RFTL's and KJC communities came out to register their solidarity with the Iranian people.
Many, many Iranian flags were present along with a smattering of Canadian and Israeli...Read more...
