Toronto, ON – On learning of the passing of Nelson Mandela, David Koschitzky, Chair of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), issued the following statement:
“Nelson Mandela was the father of modern South Africa. After 27 years of imprisonment on Robbin Island, he emerged to lead his country into a new era and represented a way forward based not on revenge but on reconciliation, which has become the definitive model for national tikkun olam the world over. We offer our condolences to all those who loved the man and honoured the values he came to represent. May his memory be for a blessing.”