Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy
Abbreviation	CIJA
Type	Organizations based in Canada
Legal status	active
Purpose/focus	co-ordination and oversight, advocacy
Region served	Canada
Official languages	English, French
Chief Executive Officer	Hershell Ezrin
Website	www.cija.ca

The Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy (CIJA) was founded in 2004 as the principal advocacy, oversight and co-ordinating body for a number of Jewish Canadian organizations including the Canada-Israel Committee (and the Quebec-Israel Committee), the Canadian Jewish Congress/United Jewish Appeal and National Jewish Campus Life. It is the advocacy arm of the United Israel Appeal in Canada.^[1]

The CIJA's chief executive officer is Hershell Ezrin who has been in this position since the organization's inception.^[2]

CJIA's lobbying and outreach efforts have included meetings and functions that attract high-ranking members of the Canadian government, including the prime minister, and it has financed trips to Israel for Canadian officials and thought leaders.^[3][4] The CIJA's creation has been criticized as an attempt to "corporatize" the funding structure of Jewish community organizations and tie them to pro-Israel advocacy.^[5]

In April 2008, CIJA was at the center of a global controversy when Iran objected to its receiving non-governmental organization accreditation for a United Nations conference on racism; CJIA withdrew its accreditation request.^{[6] [7]}

[edit] See also

• Canadian Jewish Congress
• B'nai Brith Canada
• Independent Jewish Voices (Canada)
• Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy
• AIPAC North by Dan Freeman-Maloy

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