The Canadian Jewish Congress was, for more than ninety years, the main advocacy body for Canada's Jewish community. The 2005 opening explained that the Congress's 1934 revival came "when a rising tide of anti-Semitism internationally provoked Jewish leaders to call the Congress' second plenum." Today's opening describes decades of human rights and civil rights advocacy without mentioning the 1934 antisemitism that prompted the revival, though the word survives six times in the article. A reader today learns that the Congress advocated for human rights and not why it reconvened in 1934, that a rising tide of antisemitism forced Jewish leaders to act.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Canadian Jewish Congress is an umbrella group of Jewish organizations in Canada and constitutes the main lobby group for the Jewish community in the country though it often competes with B'nai Brith Canada in that regard. The CJC was founded at a convention held in Montreal in March 1919 . The main decision at that meeting was the founding of the "Jewish Immigrant Aid Society" to assist Jewish settlers and refugees in Canada. Despite this auspicious start, the CJC fell into abeyance and was inactive until 1934 when a rising tide of anti-Semitism internationally provoked Jewish leaders to call the Congress' second plenum which was held in Toronto in January . The CJC was active before and during World War II in lobbying the government (with limited success) to open the borders to Jewish refugees fleeing Europe. After the war the CJC oragnized relief aid for Holocaust survivors who were being detained in Displaced Persons camps. The Congress' dominant figure from 1939 to 1962 was its president, Samuel Bronfman . In recent decades the CJC launched campaigns to pressure the Soviet Union to allow Jewish emigration, to pressure the Canadian government to prosecute Nazi war criminals who had settled in Canada, and to enact and use hate crimes legislation against anti-Semites and Holocaust deniers such as Ernst Zündel . The CJC also works to promote tolerance and understanding between religious and ethnic groups, promotes anti-racist work and other campaigns. The CJC is the Canadian affiliate of the World Jewish Congress . In recent years the CJC has occasionally clashed with and been seen as a rival to B'nai Brith Canada . The CJC is officially non-partisan in both Canadian and Israeli politics and is considered centrist while B'nai Brith Canada is generally viewed as a more conservative organization with a more right-wing approach to Zionism . The two groups have rival newspapers, the CJC's Canadian Jewish News and the BBC's Jewish Tribune and increasingly compete to be seen as the "official" voice of Canada's Jewish community.1
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The opening as it stood in 2010 12 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
The Canadian Jewish Congress is one of the main lobby groups for the Jewish community in the country, although it often competes with the more conservative B'nai Brith Canada in that regard.At present, the presidents of the CJC is Mark Freiman .Its past co-presidents are Sylvain Abitbol and Rabbi Dr.Reuven Bulka and its chief executive officer is Bernie Farber .As a result of a reorganization in 2007, the CJC is composed of individual members rather than affiliate organizations.
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The Canadian Jewish Congress ( CJC ) was, for more than 90 years, one of the main lobby groups for the Jewish community in Canada.At its dissolution, the president of the CJC was Mark Freiman .Its past co-presidents were Sylvain Abitbol and Rabbi Dr.Reuven Bulka and its chief executive officer was Bernie Farber .The CJC was composed of affiliated organizations until 2007 when, as a result of a reorganization through which it became a subsidiary of the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy (CIJA), it became an organization of individual members.The CJC disbanded effective July 1, 2011 following a reorganization of the CIJA in which the CJC's former responsibilities were assumed by its parent organization.The Canadian Council subsequently adopted the name Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs ."Canadian Jewish Congress is discontinuing its activities" , Announcement on the Canadian Jewish Congress website, June 30, 2011.Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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The Canadian Jewish Congress ( , , ) was, for more than ninety years, the main advocacy group for the Jewish community in Canada .Regarded by many as the "Parliament of Canadian Jewry," the Congress was at the forefront of the struggle for human rights , equality , immigration reform and civil rights in Canada.The organization disbanded in July 2011 following a reorganization of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs , of which the CJA became a subsidiary in 2007.Jewish Political Studies Review . 11 ( 3– 4).Directory of Federal Heritage Designations .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
The Canadian Jewish Congress ( , , ) was, for more than ninety years, the main advocacy group for the Jewish community in Canada . Regarded by many as the "Parliament of Canadian Jewry," the Congress was at the forefront of the struggle for human rights , equality , immigration reform and civil rights in Canada. The organization disbanded in July 2011 following a reorganization of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs , of which the CJA became a subsidiary in 2007. Jewish Political Studies Review . 11 ( 3– 4). The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network . Directory of Federal Heritage Designations .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
The Canadian Jewish Congress ( CJC ; French : Congrès juif canadien ; Yiddish : קאַנאַדער ײִדישער קאָנגרעס ; Hebrew : הקונגרס היהודי הקנדי ) was, for more than ninety years, the main advocacy group for the Jewish community in Canada . Regarded by many as the "Parliament of Canadian Jewry," the Congress was at the forefront of the struggle for human rights , equality , immigration reform and civil rights in Canada. The organization disbanded in July 2011 following a reorganization of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs , of which the CJA became a subsidiary in 2007. Jewish Political Studies Review . 11 ( 3– 4). The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network . Directory of Federal Heritage Designations .
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“antisemitism” appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 6. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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umbrella group of jewish organizations in canada and constitutes the main lobby group for the jewish community
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one of the main lobby groups for the jewish community in the country
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