Crisis in Israel
How can you help?
First, rebuilding from the horrors of war will take funding. We have arranged to offer the following links which will send funds directly to Israel to hasten the rebuilding and recovery.
MERCAZ-Canada is collecting funds for Israeli affiliates. Unfortunately, Canada Revenue Agency has decided that our Masorti Israel partners are not eligible for charitable purposes and no tax receipt can be given. Please visit the Masosrti Canada page for details. https://www.masorti.ca
We have received a link for reconstruction projects here (https://www.fund-israel.com/).
B'nai Brith Canada also has a page for donations: https://www.bnaibrith.ca/support-israel/
We will be posting information on how you can participate in this important task but unitl then, we have been provided with this guide by Aurora Strategy Global, one of the top political strategy groups in Canada. Download the Basics of Lobbying here.
With the advent of e-mail, writing a letter to a politician has become incredibly easy to do. No longer do you need to write it out, put it in an envelope and walk to the post office, all you need to do is fire up your e-mail programme and write!
Letters that politicians and others receive make an incredible difference. While they may not ready your letter personally, their staff will read each and every one, record the topic and keep track of the numbers on each side of an issue.
A small number of e-mails can make a difference, and a large number received on a topic can the public narrative on an issue.
Sample letter, please feel free to copy and edit:
I am dismayed that Canada's Prime Minster, who took over 24 hours to make a statement on the Hamas terrorist massacre of October 7, 2023, took less than an hour to comment on the failed Islamic Jihad rocket failure that resulted in the deaths yesterday at the hospital in Gaza City. For Mr Trudeau to immediately seize the news coming from the terrorists themselves as being the full and final proof of the guilt of the Israeli Defense Forces, without waiting for any confirmation of the exact details was not the actions of a world leader of a democratic state. Mr Trudeau did get one thing right; the act was a war crime, since Islamic Jihad was firing un-guided rockets at the civilian population of Israel while embedded in the civilian population of Gaza. I hope that the Prime Minister can find a way to rethink his statement and lay the blame on those who use civilians as shields and cause havoc and death to their own people. I would strongly suggest that next time, please take a day to comment, as in, when the full facts are available. I do believe that a retraction and apology is warranted.
E-mail addresses:
Prime Minister Carney: mark.carney@parl.gc.ca
Toronto Star lettertoed@thestar.ca
Toronto Sun https://torontosun.com/send-letter/
Globe and Mail letters@globeandmail.com
National Post https://nationalpost.com/contact-the-newsroom
Montreal Gazette editorial@thegazette.com
Winnipeg Free Press opinion@winnipegfreepress.com
Edmonton Journal letters@edmontonjournal.com
Calgary Herald letters@calgaryherald.com
Vancouver Sun sunletters@vancouversun.com
B’nai Brith has created an easy-to-use template to enable concerned citizens to send emails to academic institutions from coast to coast.
