B'nai Brith Canada Community Events

AMIA Commemoration Ceremonies

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MONTREAL - Thursday, July 15 • 7:00 p.m.
Shaare Zedek Congregation
5305 Rosedale Ave.

TORONTO - Friday, July 16 • 12:30 pm
B’nai Brith Canada National Office
15 Hove Street

WINNIPEG - Friday, July 16 • 12:00 pm
Florence Kanee Foyer
Asper Jewish Community Campus
123 Doncaster Street

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Law Society and League for Human Rights joint Yom Ha-Shoah event - April
12th 4pm - Toronto

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Yom Hashoah Memorial Ceremonies – April 12, 14, 18 – Manitoba

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Friday, April 9 – Noon at the North York Civic Centre   

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Friday, April 9 – Noon at the Markham Civic Centre

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ORGANIZED RACISM AND ANTISEMITISM IN WINNIPEG: A HISTORY BY PROF. HELMUT - HARRY LOEWEN

THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 7:00PM

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We Need Your Help - Purim Basket Delivery Program: February 28, 2010

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Commemoration of the Liberation of Auschwitz (Edmonton, AB)

Date: January 27, 2010
Time: 7:00pm

This event, sponsored by B'nai Brith Canada (Western Region), will feature a screening of the film Beyond the Fence, as well as Rabbi Waisman, an Auschwitz survivor.

For more information, please be in touch with the B'nai Brith Canada Western Region office at (780) 483-6939.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 7pm
Edmonton Jewish Community Center
7200-156 Street

Candle Lighting Memorial (Winnipeg, MB)

Date: January 27, 2010
Time: 12:00pm

Candle Lighting Memorial to commemorate UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 65th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet Troops on January 27, 1945.

Holocaust Education Center at the Asper Jewish Community Campus

January 27, 2010, 12:00 Noon

The program will include:
Candle Lighting
Kaddish: Vivian Finkelstein
El Malei Rachamin: Gustavo Levy

Commemoration of the 65th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz (Toronto, ON)

Date: January 27, 2010
Time: 12:30pm

Candle Lighting Memorial to commemorate UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 65th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops on January 27, 1945.

Join the Glassman Seniors' Centre for this commemoration ceremony.

Located at the B'nai Brith building at 15 Hove Street.

We Need Your Help - Chanukah Basket Delivery Program: December 6, 2009

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Award of Merit Dinner - November 26, 2009 - Marriott Château Champlain, Montreal

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A Memorial Tribute: Remembering Mumbai, endorsed by B’nai Brith Canada

Sunday, November 22 – Soloway JCC, Ottawa.

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Award of Merit Dinner - November 10, 2009 - The Fairmont Winnipeg, Winnipeg

Award of Merit Dinner - November 2, 2009 – Sheraton Centre, Toronto

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Press Coverage

B’nai Brith Canada will be sponsoring a presentation by Fred Kaufman entitled ‘Searching for Justice’ - Wednesday, October 28th 8:00 p.m

In Searching for Justice, Fred Kaufman writes of being born into a middle-class Jewish family in 1920s Vienna, interned as an ‘enemy alien,’ and sent to Canada where he obtained his law degree.  Early in his career, he secured the release of a young Pierre Elliott Trudeau from prison, and in 1973, Trudeau returned the favour by personally informing Kaufman of his appointment to the Quebec Court of Appeal, where he served for 18 years.  In retirement, Kaufman has led numerous commissions and inquiries.

Part of the 33rd Annual Jewish Book Fair to be held at the Lipa Green Centre, 4600 Bathurst St.

For more information please call 416-633-6224.

The St. Louis Era: A Canadian Perspective 70 Years Later - November 4, 2009 7:30pm

The MS St. Louis refugees were barred from entry into Canada.

To understand how perceptions of this event are shaped, look with us through the eyes of…

A Survivor

Lisa Avedon, MS. St. Louis survivor

Contemporary media coverage

Professor Amanda Grzyb, Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario

An educator in Canada today

John Myers, Pre-service Instructor, OISE/UT

Location:

B’nai Brith Canada
15 Hove St.
Toronto, ON  M3H 4Y8

For more information please call 416-633-6224 ext. 112 or click here.

AWARD OF MERIT DINNER IN 2008 - TORONTO

B'nai Brith Canada recently honoured Robert Lantos, award-winning producer, Serendipity Point Films, with its 2008 Award of Merit, the Jewish community’s highest recognition.

Coverage of 2008 Award of Merit Dinner

CTV clip
The Jewish Tribune
Post City Magazine

Robert Lantos acceptance speech
Biography of Robert Lantos
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AMIA commemorations
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League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada and the Law Society of Upper Canada annual Holocaust commemoration program
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Community Alliance Forum: Building partnerships to counter hate
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Face-Off with Canadian Idol Judge Farley Flex - free and open to the public
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Candidates Debates across Canada
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All-candidates debate, Don Valley West
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AMIA Commemorations
B’nai Brith Canada Quebec Region, JALOM (Argentinean Jews in Montreal) and Congregation Dorshei Emet invite you to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA).
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B’nai Brith Canada Mid-West Region and the Institute for International Affairs invite you to attend a special community commemoration ceremony.
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Remember Israel's MIAs
Sunday, November 21^st, 2007, 7:00pm
Shaarei Shomayim Congregation, 470 Glencairn Ave, Toronto (just east of Bathurst)

Don Mills Lodge 50th Anniversary gala dinner
Sunday, November 7^th, 2007 for information call Michael Brodsky, 905-889-8092

Toronto Freedom Lodge 40th Anniversary gala dinner
Saturday, October 13^th, 2007 - for information call Jerome Zwicker, 905-940-2611

Ontario Candidates Debate for the St. Paul Riding
Monday, October 1^st, 2007 - for information click here

Ontario Candidates Debate for the Thornhill Riding
Sunday, September 23^rd, 2007 - for information click here

Ontario Candidates Debate for the Thornhill Riding
Sunday, September 23^rd, 2007 - for information click here

The publication is the first in the League for Human Rights’ Holocaust and Hope Testimonial Series. The authors of this book, Susy Goldstein, Gina Hamilton and Wendy Share, tell the story of their father’s escape to freedom, a child of the Kindertransport. In January 1939, Benno’s parents sent him and his brother, then just 9 and 13 years old, on a train departing Germany. Four months later they arrived in England as part of the Kindertransport. Like the majority of the 10,000 children saved by this rescue effort, they never saw their parents again. Meet Benno along with the authors of this important historical record.