Jewish Federations Act as Israel Lobbyists by Yves Engler / March 24th, 2018
Is it a charity or political fundraiser for a right-wing foreign government?
People need to take a look at Canada's Jewish Federations.
Together the United Jewish Appeal/Combined Jewish Appeal of Toronto, Montréal, Winnipeg, Windsor, Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, London, Ottawa, Vancouver and Atlantic Canada raise over $100 million annually. The largest in the network, UJA Toronto's endowment and planned giving arm has
$500 million in assets and planned gifts. CJA Montréal has over
$300 million on hand.
In a recent letter to the
Canadian Jewish News Morris Sosnovitch asked why UJA Toronto gives a quarter of its budget to a country with a $360 billion national budget. All Canadian taxpayers should ask why tax deductions are given for the $13.7 million UJA Toronto, $3.8 million CJA Montréal,
$1.2 million CJA Vancouver, etc. donated last year to Israel, among the
world's 25 wealthiest countries, run for the past decade by one of the most right wing, openly racist governments in the world. The Jewish Federations also oversee the United Israel Appeal Federations Canada. In 2016 that
registered charity raised $80 million.
Beyond annual allotments, the Federations have repeatedly topped up their annual donations to Israel. In a particularly disturbing comment on Israel's supporters, aggression has been good for fundraising. In support of the IDF killing
2,200 Palestinians in Gaza in the summer of 2014, UJA Toronto launched an emergency appeal.
Led by Fred Waks, the staunch advocate of late billionaires Bernie and Honey Sherman, the special appeal raised over
$5.6 million.
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