Advocacy @ HBT: What you can do

The week of October 30, 2024

Antizionist Conference at U of T / Pushing Back the Boycott at the University of Windsor / Special Envoy Deborah Lyons coming to HBT / UN Rapporteur Reprimand.  

• Hillel Ontario needs our help, send the message “UofT is not the place for your hate and propaganda!”     
• Alliance of Canadians Combatting Antisemitism pushes back on the University of Windsor academic boycott of Israelis and Israeli Universities. 
• Special Envoy Deborah Lyons will be at Holy Blossom Temple on November 13th! 
• CIJA condemns UN Special Rapporteur for antisemitism and bias. 

On November 8th, the University of Toronto will, regrettably, host a conference titled “The Anti-Zionist Idea: History, Theory and Politics.” This conference amplifies “notorious terror apologists and disguises antisemitic ideas as academic discourse.” Legitimizing these voices can only continue to foster hatred and hostility, endangering our students. Hillel Ontario asks that you add your voice to theirs and share your concerns with the leadership of University of Toronto. 

The Alliance of Canadians Combatting Antisemitism (ALCCA) has launched a petition urging the University of Windsor to pause the shortsighted and dangerous agreement that it made with students and occupiers earlier this year. The ALCCA asks that you support their efforts to overturn this academic boycott of Israel that the University of Windsor has begun to implement. 

Please join us at Holy Blossom Temple for an important conversation with Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, Deborah Lyons on Wednesday, November 13th  at 7:00 pm. Special Envoy Lyons will inform us about her ongoing efforts to combat antisemitism, discuss the challenges faced by Jewish Canadians as they grapple with a historic rise in antisemitism, and engage in a moderated conversation with members of the Holy Blossom Temple Advocacy Committee. 

CIJA calls upon Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly and the Government of Canada to condemn Francesca Albanese on her visit to Canada. Ms. Albanese is the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 and has a history of public statements and actions that are incendiary, aligned with terrorist entities like Hezbollah, and deeply antisemitic.  

Learn more about the Advocacy Committee