Recent Conflict Calls for Redoubled Advocacy

by: Shimon Koffler Fogel, CEO of CIJA

My first real memories of Israel date to the Six Day War and the shockwaves that an imminent threat to Israel’s existence sent throughout the Canadian Jewish community. As I reflect on those tenuous days in 1967, I cannot help but be saddened by the fact that our children have just borne witness to their own generational war in Gaza.

For countless young Jewish Canadians, the connection to Operation Protective Edge is both instant and palpable. Email, Skype, Facebook, and Twitter provide real-time updates and images from friends and family in Israel. That I was able to Tweet a photo of my nephew, Yaron – a Paratrooper in Gaza, just goes to show how the pen-pal era has been replaced with complex, far-reaching, and fast-moving social media communications. Implications for pro-Israel advocates are significant…Read More