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Anti-Israel Activists Dupe Medical Student Societies

June 7, 2021 OTTAWA – Anti-Israel activists in Canada brazenly falsified the endorsements of three leading medical student organizations last week, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. Early last week, medical student societies at Canadian universities, including McGill, Dalhousie and the University of Toronto, received an email from “National Advocacy for Palestine,” asking them to sign “a …

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OUR APPEAL TO CANADIANS:  Stand with the Jewish Community in the Face of Antisemitism

The past month has been extremely difficult for Canadian Jews. We have witnessed Jewish businesses boycotted, Jewish organizations targeted, Jewish students intimidated, and Jewish citizens assaulted, all ostensibly triggered by the recent conflict between Hamas, an organization long recognized by Canada as a terrorist entity, and Israel. What is most frightening is not the brazen …

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Foodbenders – Sensible Ways You Can Help

July 5, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on community members to take action against a Toronto establishment that has used antisemitic tropes and posted pro-terrorist content on social media. Foodbenders, located in the Bloordale neighbourhood of Toronto, has previously landed itself in hot water for proclaiming “F@ck the Police” on a …

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Chair of European Jewish Group Welcomes EU Fight Against Antisemitism, Urges Combating Anti-Zionism

Dec. 6, 2018 By Yossi Lempkowicz This article was originally published on JNS.org BRUSSELS – The Council of the European Union has unanimously approved a declaration of the 28 EU member states on the fight against antisemitism, which calls for the development of a common security approach to better protect Jewish communities and Jewish institutions …

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BlogTO’s Aish Tanoor Post Proves that Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism Are Exactly the Same

The opinions, facts and any media content presented do not necessarily reflect the position of B’nai Brith Canada. Oct. 20, 2017 “Cuisine of genocidal maniacs.” “Ashkenazis appropriating Arab culture/cuisine…tsk tsk.” “Do Israelis even have their own food? Cause all they do is steal and reclaim.” These are real comments you will find on BlogTO’s Facebook post …

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Profiling Zionist Heroes: Moshe Dayan

May 23, 2017 By Tony Stortz Equity & Diversity Researcher B’nai Brith Canada In honour of Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), B’nai Brith Canada is celebrating some of our favourite Zionist heroes, commemorating those who’ve made immense contributions to the State of Israel and whose legacies will never be forgotten. In a bid to celebrate fifty years since the reunification of Jerusalem, the …

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Profiling Zionist Heroes: David Ben-Gurion

May 19, 2017 By Tony Stortz Equity & Diversity Researcher B’nai Brith Canada In honour of Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) on Tuesday, B’nai Brith Canada is celebrating some of our favourite Zionist heroes, commemorating those who’ve made immense contributions to the State of Israel and whose legacies will never be forgotten. In a bid to celebrate fifty years since the reunification of …

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CONTEST: Celebrate Jerusalem Day with Your Favourite Zionist Heroes!

May 17, 2017 Fifty years ago, facing Arab armies mobilizing against it, the Israel Defence Forces staged a preemptive strike leading to the 1967 Six-Day War, which resulted in the reunification of Jerusalem and instituting the freedom of religion for all faiths to gain access to the Kotel (Western Wall). Most notably, the war marked …

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In These Times of Peril, B’nai Brith Canada Needs Your Support

  Dear Friends, We are only two months into the year 2017, and yet, we have already witnessed several offensive and blatantly antisemitic incidents across Canada. We’ve seen religious leaders call for the destruction of Judaism in Quebec, a bomb threat at a London, Ont. Jewish community centre, mezuzahs ripped apart and vandalized in Toronto, antisemitic …

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