2000 Press Release Index

• December 15, 2000 - B'NAI BRITH CANADA CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO RAISE HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS DURING PRESIDENT PUTIN'S VISIT
  Gusinsky's arrest in Spain is one more symptom of the tenuous position of minorities in Russia

  
  

• December 15, 2000 - B’NAI BRITH CANADA DEPLORES POPE'S RECEPTION OF HAIDER
  Meeting could be construed as endorsement of extremist politician

  
  

• December 14, 2000 - Human Rights Activist Dr. Dan Hill Honoured By B’nai Brith Canada's League for Human Rights - International Human Rights Day Celebrated

  
  

• Le 12 décembre 2000 - Yves Michaud, mauvais choix à la succession de Gérald Godin
  B'nai Brith condamne les commentaires d'intolérance d'un dinosaure du P.Q.

  
  

• December 8, 2000 - Antisemitism in Canada Doubles as Tension Mounts in the Middle East

  
  

• December 8, 2000 - Nazi Germany Comment Inappropriate

  
  

• December 5, 2000 - CANADA DISAPPOINTS, ONCE AGAIN, IN POST ELECTION UN VOTES

  
  

• November 28, 2000 - B’NAI BRITH CANADA CONGRATULATES THE LIBERAL PARTY ON ITS ELECTORAL SUCCESS

  
  

• November 24, 2000 - Chapters donates $50,000 to B’nai Brith Canada

  
  

• November 20, 2000 - PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP BEARS RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOMBING OF SCHOOL BUS
  B’nai Brith Canada calls on Arafat to keep to his commitments

  
  

• November 16, 2000 - B’NAI BRITH CALLS FOR ALLEGATIONS TO BE SUBSTANTIATED
  and for ALL parties to take action to uphold a human rights culture

  
  

• November 15, 2000 - B’nai Brith Canada Welcomes General Motors’ Decision To Stand Firm In The Face Of Arab Pressure

  
  

• November 14, 2000 - Concordia Student Union risks tarnishing University's fine reputation

  
  

• November 6, 2000 - B’NAI BRITH CANADA LAUNCHES ELECTION TASK FORCE CHARACTERIZED BY NON-PARTISAN POLITICS

  
  

• October 27, 2000 - Tension in the Middle East Accounts for Dramatic Increase in Antisemitic Incidents

  
  

• October 18, 2000 - PRESS ETHICS AT STAKE AS ITALIAN TV STATION SUBMITS TO PALESTINIAN ATTEMPTS TO SUPPRESS IMPARTIAL REPORTING

  
  

• October 13, 2000 - B’NAI BRITH CANADA - QUEBEC REGION CALLS PALESTINIAN ORGANISATION'S INVITITATION OF WELL KNOWN ANTI-ZIONIST ILL-TIMED

  
  

• October 13, 2000 - B'NAI BRITH CANADA SENDS MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL “WE SUPPORT YOU”

  
  

• October 12, 2000 - AS PALESTINIAN MOB BRUTALITY ERUPTS IN RAMALLAH CANADIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY SUPPORTS BARAK'S CALL FOR NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT

  
  

• October 11, 2000 - SOLIDARITY FOR ISRAEL IN TORONTO
  Thousands come out for Israel

  
  

• October 11, 2000 - TORONTO JEWS RALLY IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL
  B'nai Brith Canada Calls for a Return to the Negotiating Table

  
  

• October 10, 2000 - B’nai Brith Canada Denounces Hate Speech and Vandalism on the Streets of Toronto

  
  

• October 6, 2000 - ON THE EVE OF YOM KIPPUR
  A STATEMENT BY B’NAI BRITH CANADA

  
  

• September 28, 2000 - B'NAI BRITH CANADA ISSUES PRE-ELECTION APPEAL FOR A HOLOCAUST MUSEUM IN OTTAWA
  Survivors, Ministers and M.P.s witness urgent call for a National Holocaust Memorial

  
  

• September 21, 2000 - REDUCTION OF SENTENCES IN IRAN STILL BRANDS CONTACTS WITH ISRAEL AS ILLEGAL

  
  

• September 12, 2000 - B'NAI BRITH CANADA STILL UNEASY ON AUSTRIA
  European Union formally lifts diplomatic sanctions

  
  

• September 8, 2000 - B’NAI BRITH CALLS FOR CANADIAN ACTION TO REMEDY EXCLUSION OF ISRAEL’S MAGEN DAVID ADOM SOCIETY FROM RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP

  
  

• September 8, 2000 - B’NAI BRITH URGES DE LA RUA TO CORRECT YEARS OF INACTION
  Mystery of ’94 Jewish Community Centre bombing still unsolved

  
  

• August 8, 2000 - B’NAI BRITH CANADA CALLS RABBI OVADIA YOSEF’S HOLOCAUST COMMENTS PAINFUL AND INAPPROPRIATE

  
  

• August 2, 2000 - B’NAI BRITH CANADA CENSURES CNN ON JERUSALEM
  Changes to Interactive Weather Map Reflect Network’s Political Bias

  
  

• July 31, 2000 - B'NAI BRITH CANADA CONGRATULATES ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT-ELECT
  The Jewish Community welcomes Moshe Katsav's commitment to peace & unity

  
  

• July 25, 2000 - JEWISH COMMUNITY REACTS TO COLLAPSE OF MIDEAST PEACE TALKS
  B’nai Brith Canada calls for consultations with world Jewish leaders

  
  

• July 18, 2000 - B’NAI BRITH CANADA URGES ARGENTINA TO TAKE ACTION
  Still no progress six years after bombing of Jewish Community Centre

  
  

• July 13, 2000 - HARRIS’ ORGAN DONATION PLANS NEED CAREFUL REVEIW
  B’nai Brith Canada Urges Caution

  
  

• July 10, 2000 - B'NAI BRITH CANADA LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN FOR IRAN 10
  BBC Leaders Refused Entry Visas to Iran to Monitor Appeals Process

  
  

• July 7, 2000 - OTTAWA'S JEWISH COMMUNITY APPEALS FOR JUSTICE IN IRAN
  Call goes out to exonerate and release the 10 unjustly convicted Jews

  
  

• July 6, 2000 - GERMANY ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY IN SLAVE LABOUR SETTLEMENT
  B’nai Brith Canada Welcomes Bundestag Statement

  
  

• July 1, 2000 - IRANIAN AUTHORITIES SEND WARNING TO ORTHODOX JEWS IN IRAN
  Unjust and excessive sentences shock Jewish community

  
  

• June 30, 2000 - SENTENCING OF IRANIAN JEWS TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH JEWISH SABBATH
  A Blatant Attempt to Mute Jewish Community's Response

  
  

• June 7, 2000 - B'NAI BRITH SENDS A STRONG MESSAGE ON HOLOCAUST EXHIBIT
  Canadian Heritage Committee learns of innovative model for genocide museum

  
  

• June 2, 2000 - B'NAI BRITH RENEWS CALL TO DEPORT OBERLANDER
  The Federal Court ruled he lied; there is no reason to delay deportation

  
  

• May 23, 2000 - NEW B’NAI BRITH INITIATIVE ANNOUNCED AS ONE OF CANADA’S MILLENNIUM PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS
  Institute for International Affairs to publish Canadian Jewish Yearbook

  
  

• May 18, 2000 - Warning to The Jewish Community

  
  

• May 16, 2000 - CHANGES URGED TO WAR CRIMES BILL
  B'nai Brith Canada asks Foreign Affairs Committee to close gaps in Bill C-19

  
  

• May 15, 2000 - URGENT CALL FOR CHANGES TO CITIZENSHIP BILL
  B'nai Brith Canada favours move to modernize citizenship revocation process

  
  

• May 3, 2000 - Unchain Our People

  
  

• May 3, 2000 - YOM HA-SHOAH - HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY -
  OFFICIAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN FIVE PROVINCES
  Teacher's Guide Prepared to Assist Educators

  
  

• April 24, 2000 - Prayer Vigil for Missing Israeli Soldiers

  
  

• April 11, 2000 - DAVID IRVING LOSES HOLOCAUST LIBEL SUIT
  B’nai Brith Canada applauds Judge’s definitive ruling

  
  

• April 5, 2000 - PRIME MINISTER CHRETIEN’S HISTORIC VISIT TO ISRAEL
  B’nai Brith Canada leaders invited to attend

  
  

• April 4, 2000 - NEW DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT RELATIONS ASSUMES DUTIES AT B'NAI BRITH CANADA

  
  

• April 3, 2000 - ONLINE BOOKSELLERS PROFIT FROM ANTISEMITIC FORGERY
  B’nai Brith Canada asks company to rethink its code of conduct

  
  

• March 31, 2000 - LEGAL RIGHTS OF IRANIAN JEWS COMPROMISED
  B’nai Brith Canada asks for observer status at April 13^th trial

  
  

• March 23, 2000 - CANADIAN JEWS REACT WITH MIXED EMOTIONS TO POPE'S YAD VASHEM COMMENTS

  
  

• March 20, 2000 - B'NAI BRITH CANADA CALLS FOR DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH 13 IRANIAN JEWISH CAPTIVES

  
  

• March 2, 2000 - B'NAI BRITH CANADA TO AID VICTIMS OF MOZAMBIQUE
  Relief Fund set up

  
  

• March 1, 2000 - TRIAL DATE SET FOR 13 IRANIAN JEWS
  B'nai Brith Canada reiterates its call for their immediate release

  
  

• February 28, 2000 - HAIDER RESIGNS FROM FREEDOM PARTY
  What Does This Mean?

  
  

• February 16, 2000 - SCHOOL CHILDREN TO JOIN PROTEST AT AUSTRIAN EMBASSY
  B’nai Brith Canada protests Haider and his party

  
  

• February 9, 2000 - B’NAI BRITH STUDENTS TAKE INITIATIVE IN ANTI-HAIDER RALLY
  Appeal to the younger generation in Austria from the youth of Canada

  
  

• February 8, 2000 - RECALL OUR AMBASSADOR
  B'nai Brith Canada urges unequivocal government action

  
  

• February 8, 2000 - ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS RISE 11% IN CANADA IN 1999
  harassment becomes more violent as vandalism increases 47.6%

  
  

• February 4, 2000 - AUSTRIAN FREEDOM PARTY INCLUDED IN GOVERNMENT COALITION
  HAS AUSTRIA LEGITIMIZED RACISM?

  
  

• January 28, 2000 - CANADIAN DELEGATION ENDORSES HOLOCAUST FORUM DECLARATION
  Falls Short of Confronting Canada's Own Past

  
  

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