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This Pesach, Help Protect Our Freedom

  • Writer: ALCCA Staff
    ALCCA Staff
  • 4 minutes ago
  • 2 min read
Happy Passover

Dear Friends and Supporters,


As we approach Pesach, we reflect on one of the most enduring themes in Jewish history – the journey from slavery to freedom. Pesach reminds us that freedom is fragile. It does not involve merely the absence of enslavement. It involves the freedom to participate fully in society, and to openly practice and celebrate one’s faith and core identity, without fear or intimidation.


Today, here in Canada, the Jewish community is facing an alarming level of antisemitism – on campuses, in our streets, and in spaces where safety and dignity should be a given and free from bias, prejudice or hate. At the Alliance of Canadians Combatting Antisemitism (ALCCA), we are working every day to ensure that our community’s freedom is not undermined. We are entitled to no less.


Our work spans:

 

  • Criminal law advocacy, including working with police and prosecutors across the country to address terrorism, extremism and hate-motivated crimes, through escalating cases of concern, advocating for robust and consistent enforcement of the law, and presenting community impact statements in court

  • Engagement with governments, institutions, and law enforcement to strengthen protections for community members at risk, and promoting accountability

  • Training across the country of police and prosecutors on the legal measures available to combat hate, and how contemporary antisemitism is manifested, and creating teaching modules to facilitate this training

  • Support for victims of hate crimes

  • Public education to inform the community and decision-makers about antisemitism and the available measures to combat it, through webinars, legal analysis, information pieces, and published editorials

  • Coalition-building across more than 70 organizations, Jewish and non-Jewish, to foster and amplify collective impact


This work is grounded in a simple but urgent truth: freedom is not a given – it must be fought for. By supporting ALCCA, you are helping to safeguard the safety and security of Jewish life in Canada.


Thank you for your support, and we wish you a meaningful and peaceful Pesach.


Chag Pesach Sameach,


Randi Woloz

Executive Director

ALCCA


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