Andria Spindel, at The Blogs

Andria Spindel

Feb 7, 2023, 1:03 AM

Violence explodes in Israel; PA to blame along with the Western powers

As Israelis and Jews world over mourn the dead and wounded from one of the most horrific terror attacks in years, Palestinian Arabs and even some Israeli Arabs celebrated with street parties, fireworks, children brandishing guns, and sweets handed...

Feb 4, 2023, 11:06 AM

Is This a New Anti-Zionism?

A new Anti-Zionism has taken root. This is more insidious and harder to combat; it has names like JSpace, New Israel Fund and Canadian Friends of Peace Now, despite such organizations branding themselves as “Progressive Zionists.” Let there be no...

Jan 3, 2023, 11:01 AM

JSpace Does Not Speak for Canadian Jews, nor Defend Zionism

In their Blog on December 28th, 2022, Canadians Joe Roberts and Michael Morgenthau condemned the new, democratically elected Israeli government and claimed to have done so on behalf of Canadian Jews. Clearly Roberts and Morgenthau don’t speak for the...

About Me

Andria held the position of President and CEO of March of Dimes Canada, one of Canada's largest charitable organizations for over 38 years. She retired at the end of 2018 and in 2019 became Executive Director of CAEF, a volunteer position. In the former role, she was instrumental in advancing human rights and accessibility legislation and programs for people with disabilities. CAEF, a charitable NGO, was incorporated in 2004 and has been alerting the Jewish community to rising antisemitism over these many years. CAEF offers information about all aspects of antisemitism, especially that masquerading as antiZionism. CAEF works on and building alliances with Jewish and non Jewish organizations, expanding internationally through webinars, newsletters and special projects, as well as powering End Jew Hatred Canada, the Jewish civil rights movement.