Archive for the ‘Community’ Category
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Canadian Hockey legends Darryl Sittler and Paul Henderson have been touring Israel for the last week, part of a CIC-coordinated visit that included activities at the Canada Hockey Center in Metullah. As part of its day-long Hockey Day in Canada programming, the CBC included a story on hockey in Israel ...
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
The Canada-Israel Committee Pacific Region (CICPR) would like to issue a clarification for those concerned by recent media reports about the removal of Israeli flag decals from an Olympic "flag walk" display in Vancouver. The flag walk display, to welcome the 2010 Winter Olympics to Vancouver, consists of flag decals ...
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Thursday, December 24th, 2009
The CIC released the following statement today:
Canada-Israel Committee extends good wishes to all who celebrate Christmas
Ottawa, Ontario
December 24, 2009
In holiday greetings to our Christian friends, Moshe Ronen, chair of the Canada-Israel Committee, said:
"At this holy time on the Christian calendar, we extend our good wishes to all who celebrate the ...
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Thursday, December 24th, 2009
This year-end op-ed by Ramesh Chotai, chair of the Canada India Foundation. and Alan Winer, chair of UJA Federation of Greater Toronto appears in today's edition of the National Post. Preventing another decade of extremism National Post Dec 24 2009 As we prepare to celebrate the landmark of the end of a decade, ...
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
Here’s a video taken of the Nov. 29 BUYcott event supporting MEC in Vancouver:
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
We want to advise all of our CIC Scene readers that Independent Jewish Voices is announcing the cancellation of an SPHR (Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights) fundraiser for Gaza that was scheduled for this evening in Toronto. While they cite “unforeseen circumstances”, we suspect that the level of interest in ...
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Here is a High Holiday message from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
Dear Friends,
As Jewish communities around the world celebrate Rosh Hashana 5770, I want to wish you all a Shana Tova from Jerusalem, the eternal undivided capital of the State of Israel and the Jewish people.
Rosh Hashana offers all of ...
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
Our warmest wishes for a happy and healthy New Year filled with peace and joy for all.
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Leading members of the film industry are speaking out against the group that opposes the Toronto International Film Festival’s spotlight on Tel Aviv. Judging films, they say, by their country of origin rather than the quality of the artistic product, is censorship.
“I am against censorship in ...
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
The Kavanah Garden is the new organic, educational, community garden located at the Lebovic Jewish Community Campus in Vaughan (north of Toronto). Kavanah Garden’s mission is to actively engage community members in Tikkun Olam, repairing the world, by offering programs and activities rooted in Jewish ecological and ...
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