Abbreviation | CIJA |
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Formation |
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Type | Advocacy group |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Chair | Gail Adelson-Marcovitz[1] |
Chief executive officer | Shimon Fogel |
Budget (2012) | Approx. $11 million[2] |
Website | cija |
Formerly called | Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy |
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA; French: Centre consultatif des relations juives et israéliennes) is a Zionist and Jewish advocacy organization and an agency of the Jewish Federations of Canada. It was founded in 2004 as the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy (CCIJA) and headquartered in the district of North York within Toronto, Ontario.