The Canadian Christian Declaration on Antisemitism is now live. It has been sent out to an initial list of 675 Christian leaders (clerical and lay) many of whom have already circulated it to their own networks. The Canadian Rabbinic Caucus is also aware and have received it favourably, based on their responses to-date. While not publicly identified on the website, CIJA and Cardus as well as the Macdonald-Laurier Institute are supportive.
The goal is to have 500 leaders sign on and then to host a summit later this year to bring together the 50 leading Christian signatories with 50 Jewish leaders to reaffirm the declaration and to plan for various concrete actions at the local level between their respective congregations. |