March 11, 2022
Dear Friends,
We have been watching the Russian invasion of Ukraine with horror and grave concern. To demonstrate our support for our Ukrainian-Canadian neighbours and the people of Ukraine, B’nai Brith Canada, The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), and Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC) in addition to signatories from the Jewish community nation wide came together to issue the following statement:
The Jewish community of Canada stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and our friends and neighbours in the Ukrainian Canadian community during these horrifying times. Canadians have been appalled by the ongoing aggression against Ukraine and the devastation that has resulted, and we encourage our fellow citizens to remain steadfast in their support for Ukraine’s fight for freedom.
We call on the Government of Canada to do everything in its power to push back against Putin’s belligerence, protect the Ukrainian people, and, in the name of democracy, do what is required to defend the sovereignty of an independent and democratic Ukraine.
Signatories:
Adas Yeshurun Herzlia Synagogue, Winnipeg
Adath Congregation, Hampstead
Adath Israel Congregation, Toronto
Adath Shalom Congregation, Ottawa
Aish Toronto, Toronto
Aish Thornhill Community Shul, Thornhill
Aleph Canada, Montreal
Ameinu Canada, Canada
Atlantic Jewish Council, Halifax
Beit Rayim Synagogue and School, Vaughan
Beit Tzion, Toronto
Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation, Thornhill
Beth David B’nai Israel Beth Am, Toronto
Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue, Toronto
Beth Hamidrash Sephardic Synagogue, Vancouver
Beth Israel Beth Aaron Congregation, Cote St. Luc
Beth Israel Congregation, Kingston
Beth Jacob Synagogue, Hamilton
Beth Jacob Synagogue, Regina
Beth Rivkah, Montreal
Beth Radom Congregation, Toronto
Beth Sholom Synagogue, Toronto
Beth Tikvah Congregation and Centre, Richmond
Beth Torah Congregation, Toronto
Beth Tzedec Congregation, Toronto
Bialik Hebrew Day School, Toronto
B’nai Brith Canada, Toronto
B’nai Brith Lodge 739, Saskatoon
Bnei Akiva Schools of Toronto, Toronto
Borochov Cultural Centre and Kol Yisroel Congregation, Toronto
Calgary Jewish Federation, Calgary
Camp Agudah of Toronto, Toronto
Camp Moshava Ennismore, Toronto
Camp Ramah in Canada, Toronto
Camp Solelim,Toronto
Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation Foundation, Toronto
Canadian Friends of Bar-Ilan University, Canada
Canadian Friends of Ezrath Nashim Herzog Hospital, Toronto
Canadian Friends of Hebrew University, Canada
Canadian Hadassah-WIZO, Toronto
Canadian Rabbinic Caucus, Canada
Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, Ottawa
Centre for Judaism/Chabad Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Fraser Valley
Chabad Lubavitch of Southern Ontario, GTA
CJPAC, Toronto
Congregation Adath Shalom, Ottawa
Congregation Beit Tikvah of Ottawa, Ottawa
Congregation Beth Hamidrash, Vancouver
Congregation Beth Ora, Montreal
Congregation Beth Tikvah, Dollard des Ormeaux
Congregation Beth Tikvah Ahavat Shalom Nusach Hoari, Dollard Des Ormeaux
Congregation B’nai Israel of St. Catharines, St. Catharines
Congregation Darchei Noam, Toronto
Congregation Dorshei Emet, Montreal
Congregation Etz Chayim, Toronto
Congregation Habonim, Toronto
Congregation Har El, Vancouver
Congregation Etz Chayim, Winnipeg
Congregation House of Jacob Mikveh Israel, Calgary
Congregation Machzikei Hadas, Ottawa
Congregation Or Shalom, London
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Westmount
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Winnipeg
Congregation Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem, Cote Saint-Luc
Federation CJA, Montreal
First Narayever Congregation, Toronto
Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, North York
Gray Academy of Jewish Education, Winnipeg
Hamilton Jewish Family Services, Hamilton
Hamilton Jewish Federation, Hamilton
Hasbara Fellowships Canada, Toronto
Hebrew Congregation of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s
Hillel BC Society, Vancouver
Hillel Calgary, Calgary
Hillel Ontario,Toronto
Hillel Winnipeg, Winnipeg
Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto
HonestReporting Canada, Toronto
JACS Vancouver, Vancouver
Jerusalem Foundation of Canada, Canada
Jewish Child and Family Service,
Winnipeg Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver,
Vancouver Jewish Community Havura,
St. John’s Jewish Federation of Edmonton,
Edmonton Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver,
Vancouver Jewish Federation of Ottawa,
Ottawa Jewish Federation of Victoria and Vancouver Island,
Victoria Jewish Federation of Winnipeg,
Winnipeg Jewish Federations of Canada-UIA, Toronto Jewish Museum and Archives of B.C.Vancouver
Jewish National Fund of Canada, Canada
Jewish National Fund Pacific Region,
Vancouver Jewish Senior Alliance of Vancouver,
Vancouver Jewish Youth Library of Ottawa,
Ottawa JewJu Box, Toronto Kehila Society of Richmond,
Richmond Kehilat Shalom Calgary,
Kehillat Beth Israel Congregation, Ottawa
Kehillat Shaarei Torah of Toronto,
Toronto King David High School, Toronto
Vancouver Lodzer Centre Congregation, Toronto
Lodzer Centre Congregation, Toronto
London Jewish Federation, London
March of the Living, Toronto
Mishkan Avraham Congregation, Toronto
Na’amat Canada, Toronto
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, Canada
National Council of Jewish Women, Vancouver Section, Vancouver
Or Haneshamah: Ottawa’s Reconstructionist Community, Ottawa
Oraynu Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Toronto
Ottawa Jewish Community School, Ottawa
Phaze 3 Associates, Toronto
Pride of Israel, Toronto
Regional Jewish Communities of Ontario, Toronto
Richmond Jewish Day School, Richmond
Sar-El Canada Volunteers for Israel, Toronto
Schara Tzedeck Synagogue, Vancouver
Sephardi Association of Ottawa, Ottawa
Sephardic Kehila Centre, Thornhill
Sgoolai Israel Synagogue, Fredericton
Sgoolai Israel Synagogue Antisemitism Committee, Fredericton
Shaar Shalom Congregation, Halifax
Shaarei Shomayim Congregation, Toronto
Shaarei-Beth El Congregation, Oakville
Shalhevet Girls High School, Vancouver
Shir Harmony Choir, Toronto
Solel Synagogue, Mississauga
Sons of Jacob Synagogue, North Bay
St. John’s and Area Council of Churches, St. John’s
Temple Anshe Sholom Hamilton, Hamilton
Temple Har Zion, Thornhill
Temple Israel, Ottawa
Temple Sholom, Vancouver
The Bayit, Richmond
The Jack and Pat Kay Centre Camp, Toronto
The Kiever Synagogue, Toronto
The Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, Toronto
The Vancouver Jewish Film Centre Society, Vancouver
The Village Shul & Aish HaTorah Learning Centre, Toronto
Tikva Housing Society, Vancouver
Toronto Board of Rabbis, Toronto
UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, Toronto
Vancouver Hebrew Academy, Vancouver
Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, Vancouver
Vancouver Jewish Film Centre, Vancouver
Vancouver Talmud Torah, Vancouver
Windsor Jewish Federation & Community Centre, Windsor
Young Israel of Montreal, Montreal
