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The Jewish world stands united and in solidarity with Israel. Terror will not prevail.

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[CIJA @CIJAinfo]

Just two days ago, the Prime Minister acknowledged that Canada's civic compact is failing Jewish Canadians.

Today, Toronto Police announced additional arrests of hateful extremists who deliberately targeted visibly identifiable Jews in a series of attacks.

When Jewish Canadians cannot safely walk the streets of one of the country's most diverse cities, it is a warning sign for all Canadians. 

We commend the Toronto Police Service, including the Counter-Terrorism Unit and the Hate Crime Unit, for their diligence in bringing those responsible to justice. But arrests alone will not solve this crisis.

The involvement of youth in many of these attacks should serve as a wake-up call. We are witnessing the consequences of radicalization and the normalization of hate. Governments, institutions, and authorities at every level must confront the forces driving this hatred and violence before more Canadians are put at risk.

[World Jewish Congress @WorldJewishCong]

Using mob-like tactics to silence Israeli voices is not diplomacy. It is intimidation and has no place in any legitimate international forum.
The @ILO must hold those responsible accountable. The @UN must condemn it clearly.

[Israel in UN/Geneva🇮🇱🇺🇳 @IsraelinGeneva]

The @ILO not only failed to defend its own rules against political pressure, but also sought to influence the vote on suspending them.

A troubling precedent for any institution that claims to uphold the rule of law.

[World Jewish Congress @WorldJewishCong]

WJC President @lauder_ronald delivered a stark warning at the @Jerusalem_Post Conference in New York on Monday.

Israel may excel on the battlefield, but it is failing in the global court of opinion. Ambassador Lauder called for a dedicated government communications agency to counter the daily barrage of disinformation targeting the Jewish state, and urged Diaspora Jews to join the fight as active partners.

[CIJA @CIJAinfo]

CIJA Responds to Prime Minister’s Address on Antisemitism:

The Jewish community is angry, frustrated and deeply concerned for its future in Canada. For nearly three years, Jewish Canadians have watched antisemitism surge across our country while too many institutions, leaders, and authorities failed to respond with the urgency the situation demands. The hate and hostility targeting Canada’s Jewish community is an urgent national crisis.

In a public address to the nation, the Prime Minister acknowledged that antisemitism is a threat to all Canadians. He recognized that the crisis of antisemitism in Canada today is specific, severe, and demands a targeted response. He laid out specific measures the government has introduced, sharing his concern that Canada’s civic compact is failing the Jewish community.

The Prime Minister’s address marks an important moment in an urgently needed, national conversation. What matters most are the actions that will follow.

Urgent focus is now needed to ensure consistent enforcement of the law, as well as serious measures to disrupt radicalization and terrorist activity in Canada. To address the campaign of harassment targeting the Jewish community, authorities must also end the weaponization of public institutions like the Canada Revenue Agency. And in confronting the sources of radicalization, it is essential to recognize antizionist extremism as a driver of hostility toward Canadian Jews since the Hamas-led October 7 terrorist attacks—a point that the Prime Minister did not explicitly make and that Canadians needed to hear.

While the Prime Minister correctly stated that a whole of government approach is required to fight antisemitism, the formation and composition of the new Ministerial Advisory Council raise serious concerns. The challenge facing our country has been studied extensively. Immediate action, rather than further deliberation, is what’s needed now. This new body must not delay or obstruct the urgent measures needed to protect Canadians from the extremists threatening our national security, community safety, and the Canadian way of life.

We urge our Prime Minister and leaders across Canada to act now, in light of these growing threats. Our community will continue to advocate for measures to protect Canadians, confront extremism, and restore confidence that Canada remains a country where Jewish life can thrive safely and openly.

[CIJA @CIJAinfo]

CIJA CEO Noah Shack's Statement Ahead of the Prime Minister's Address on Antisemitism:

Since the Hamas-led October 7 terrorist attacks, extremists at home and foreign actors abroad have weaponized events in the Middle East to fuel hatred and violence against Jewish Canadians.

This has caused an unprecedented crisis: violent assaults and terrorist plots, synagogues and schools shot at and firebombed, businesses and community centres threatened and vandalized. This is happening amidst a broader campaign to drive Jews from public life and out of Canada entirely.

Canada's national security and our Canadian way of life are both under threat.

The federal government has taken important steps to strengthen community security and advance new laws to combat hate. But more is required to advance both protection and prevention.

Canada’s laws must be enforced and those who break them held meaningfully accountable. Government and law enforcement must address the drivers of this crisis, including radicalization, promotion of terrorism, and terrorist entities operating here in Canada.

We have called for vocal and unequivocal leadership from all levels of government. The Prime Minister has an opportunity to set the tone from the highest office to make clear that nothing can justify the hatred, intimidation, and violence Jewish Canadians are experiencing and that every tool at the government’s disposal will be used to confront it.

Monday’s address should serve as a call-to-action for governments, law enforcement, public institutions, and Canadians from all walks of life.
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[World Jewish Congress @WorldJewishCong]

These roundups of antisemitic incidents every week show a clear pattern: That there are plenty of people within our societies who seek to exclude Jews from public life - and are willing to do so violently.

➡️ A man targeted Jewish people on the Deauville seaside promenade in France with antisemitic insults and death threats. According to witnesses, he was calling out “Dirty Jews” to passersby, also saying: “I’m going to beat them,” and “I’m going to kill them.” @Yonathan_Arfi, the president of our affiliate in France, @Le_CRIF, called it an “unabashed manhunt.”

➡️ Two Jewish American women living in Spain were banned from entering an LGBTQ+ friendly sauna in Barcelona, when they were confronted by staff for wearing a Star of David necklace. In a video on social media, which the Jewish women recorded, they were asked “are you a Zionist person?” And were told that “the question is not Jewish, it’s Zionist.” Another woman told the couple: “Free Palestine, please leave.”

➡️ Three Israeli tourists were assaulted in the city center of Nicosia, Cyprus, including with the use of a sharp object which left one person injured. The police arrested two suspects shortly afterward who are believed to be of Syrian origin. An investigation is still ongoing into the official motive of the attack. However the Israeli ambassador to Cyprus said the victims "were targeted because of their Jewish appearance" and that it was a clear antisemitic attack.

➡️ Also in France, protestors demonstrated outside a theater in Marseille, crying “Zionists out of our city.” They were protesting for the boycott of French Jewish artist Joann Sfar, who was attending a literary festival in the city.

That's why it is a collective, social duty to pay attention, and to protect minorities and all citizens who are being threatened.

[World Jewish Congress @WorldJewishCong]

Chief Rabbi Péter Kardos, a Hungarian rabbi and Holocaust survivor, has passed away just several weeks after marking his 90th birthday. For the Hungarian Jewish community, his passing is the end of an era. Rabbi Kardos was a teacher, a role model, and a spiritual leader who always had a joke to cheer everyone up. May his memory be a blessing.

Péter Kardos was born as Péter Kostenbaum in Budapest in May 1936. His childhood was overshadowed by the most tragic period of Hungarian Jewry – the Holocaust. Living in Budapest, his father was called up for forced labor, and, at eight-years-old, Kardos never saw him again.

After the war after graduating from the Jewish high school, Péter Kardos became a student at the National Rabbinical Training Institute, while also completing cantor training. He was ordained a rabbi in 1971, and a year later, he became the rabbi of the Zugló district. The Thököly Street synagogue remained the place of his service and his second home for more than half a century. He was there for generations of families at the most important moments in the Jewish life cycle: Bar and bat mitzvahs, weddings, funerals.

He was also the editor-in-chief of Új Élet, the newspaper of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary.

In addition to all his service, Rabbi Péter Kardos was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. There have been few rabbis in the recent history of Hungarian Jewry who were known and loved by so many people as he was.

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[Comunitat Jueva/Judía/Jewish de Barcelona @BarcelonaJudia]

Avui denunciem uns fets que haurien d’avergonyir la nostra societat. Una dona jueva nord-americana i la seva esposa van ser rebutjades ahir a la nit a l’entrada d’un balneari termal pel simple fet de ser jueves.

Exigim la intervenció immediata dels serveis especialitzats en discriminació i delictes d’odi de l’@bcn_ajuntament i de la @gencat @evamenorc.

Cap ciutadà a Barcelona o Catalunya no hauria de ser exclòs per la seva religió, origen o identitat.

No podem normalitzar ni tolerar aquesta realitat. És inadmissible.

@USembassyMadrid @USConsulateBCN @AIPAC @Daroff @StateSEAS @WorldJewishCong

[World Jewish Congress @WorldJewishCong]

We hope you have a peaceful and restful Shabbat.

Shabbat Shalom!

[World Jewish Congress @WorldJewishCong]

This exactly what’s needed during times like these.

Amid surging antisemitism, it is wonderful to see football clubs using their platforms to bring people together and elevate voices.

Kol HaKavod to @SpursOfficial, @LordJohnMann, @maccabigb, @AndrewGilbert1, and all those who took part in the tournament ⚽️

[World Jewish Congress @WorldJewishCong]

There was a time when @antonioguterres spoke with genuine moral clarity about the Jewish people — even acknowledging that Spain and Portugal suffered profoundly after the destruction of Jewish life during the Inquisition. He understood that when societies turn against Jews, they ultimately turn against themselves.

That is why it has been so deeply troubling to witness the shift in tone and moral equivalence emerging from parts of today’s United Nations leadership.

The @UN was created in the shadow of the Holocaust to ensure that the horrors inflicted upon the Jewish people would never happen again. But when the world’s only Jewish state, @Israel, is constantly treated as uniquely illegitimate — or worse, rhetorically compared to the terrorists of Hamas — something has gone terribly wrong.

Criticism of governments is legitimate. The normalization of narratives and conspiracies that demonize the Jewish state is not.

Institutional change is in order. The credibility of international organizations depends on their ability to consistently reject antisemitic double standards, and remember why they were created in the first place.

[Israel Foreign Ministry @IsraelMFA]

The shameful and absurd UN decision to include Israeli entities in the annex to the CRSV report is further proof of the UN’s true nature: a politicized and corrupt organization that has abandoned its founding principles and systematically targets Israel as its primary mission. This decision is yet another example of the UN’s long-standing, institutionalized hostility toward Israel.

Today’s decision must be understood in its true context: an attempt to create a fake symmetry between Israel and the real sexual atrocities committed by Hamas. This is its sole motivation.

The person behind this farce is @AntonioGuterres. This is the same Guterres who sought to "contextualize" the October 7 massacre, who covered up the involvement of UN employees in those atrocities, and who has dragged the UN to its lowest point. Guterres is now exploiting his final months as Secretary-General to fabricate baseless accusations against Israel, completely devoid of any factual merit.

Israel has comprehensively, thoroughly, and unequivocally refuted these allegations.

Given that António Guterres has chosen to violate every standard of honesty, integrity, and professionalism, Israel has decided to sever all ties with the Secretary-General’s Office and will wait until a new UN Secretary-General is appointed.

[World Jewish Congress @WorldJewishCong]

❗Switzerland this morning: A man stabbed and wounded three people at a train station in Winterthur. According to a video circulating online, the attacker was shouting "Allahu Akbar."

The suspect, a 31 y.o. Swiss citizen, was arrested.

We pray for the speedy recovery of the injured.

[Board of Deputies of British Jews @BoardofDeputies]

It is highly regrettable that individuals have sought to deliberately disrupt a Jewish Culture Month event celebrating Jewish cultural heritage at the British Museum. Jewish Culture Month has seen many of Britain's great cultural institutions partner with us in celebration of British Jewish culture, community and creativity, and we will not allow the actions of extremists to prevent the British public from enjoying these events.

We will be working with our partners at the British Museum to reschedule this event as soon as possible.

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[World Jewish Congress @WorldJewishCong]

"The 7th of October has massively shaken the sense of belonging of young Jews to Europe.”

@EUJS President Hanna Veiler spoke at the WJC Governing Board in Geneva, Switzerland this month, ensuring that young Jewish voices are part of shaping the present and future of Jewish life.

[CIJA @CIJAinfo]

For nearly 80 years, the Canada–Israel relationship has benefited citizens of both countries and served as a force for good in the global fight against antisemitism.

That’s why we are deeply concerned by the current state of bilateral ties, underscored by the disconnect between the statements by Prime Minister Carney and President Herzog.

At a time when Israel is under attack and Jewish communities in Canada face escalating threats — including the hanging of effigies of Jews on the streets of Montreal and a major conference in Toronto referencing a “Jew free” society — the tone and substance of our leaders’ words matter.

Double standards and inflammatory rhetoric not only undermine efforts to stabilize bilateral relations — they also contribute to an increasingly hostile environment for Jewish Canadians, and do nothing to reassure our community that our government understands either Israel's reality or ours.

It is incumbent on all sides to act in good faith and work to reset the relationship for the benefit of both Canadians and Israelis.

[World Jewish Congress @WorldJewishCong]

NOA (Networks Overcoming Antisemitism) is a unique project which monitors what countries in Europe are doing to counter antisemitism and foster ✡️ Jewish life through their government institutions.

This week in Brussels, the final NOA European conference is gathering Jewish organizations, communities, and researchers in order to share the work and results we’ve achieved.

Through the NOA project, we are confident that we laid the groundwork to help EU Members States create proper strategies for combatting antisemitism in their countries - so that Jewish life in Europe can thrive.

Find the National Report Cards, assessing how different EU member states address and combat antisemitism, at 🔗 https://t.co/20ZuIrGQHi

The NOA project, a partnership with @jewisheritage, @cejioffice, and @EUJS, is co-funded by the @EU_Commission.

[World Jewish Congress @WorldJewishCong]

Anti-Israel protestors in Montreal, Canada paraded through the streets with effigies of hanged Jews wearing kippas, as well as hanged Israeli politicians.

We echo the statement made by our affiliate in Canada, @CIJAinfo and @CIJAQC: This does not fall under ‘peaceful activism.' It constitutes a form of intimidation and an implicit call to violence that contributes to the radicalization of the social climate.

[CIJA @CIJAinfo]

Let us be clear: this is not a debate about the Middle East. Hanging effigies of Jews in the streets of Montreal evokes some of the darkest antisemitic imagery in history and is completely unacceptable.

This is not “peaceful activism.” It is the promotion of hatred and the incitement of violence that fuels the radicalization of our social climate.

What will it take for authorities to treat these acts as the serious threat they are?

[CIJA @CIJAinfo]

Let us be clear: this is not a debate about the Middle East. Hanging effigies of Jews in the streets of Montreal evokes some of the darkest antisemitic imagery in history and is completely unacceptable.

This is not “peaceful activism.” It is the promotion of hatred and the incitement of violence that fuels the radicalization of our social climate.

What will it take for authorities to treat these acts as the serious threat they are?