Eli BBC, Author at B'nai Brith Canada

B’nai Brith Helps Bring Consequences for Racist Propaganda

Jan. 8, 2021 Burlington, Ont. – Following advocacy and testimony by B’nai Brith Canada, Rabbi Stephen Wise, and Dennis Scott of the Halton Black History Awareness Society, two Ontario men have been sentenced to conditional sentences of imprisonment for six months, followed by probation for two years, for wilful promotion of hatred against an identifiable group. On June […]

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One Year Later, Iran Still Needs to Be Held to Account

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Jan. 8, 2021 TORONTO/OTTAWA – On the one year anniversary of the shooting down of Flight PS752 by an Iranian surface to air missile, Canada’s grassroots Jewish and Iranian communities are jointly calling on the federal government to take concrete action against the Iranian regime. On Jan. 8, 2020, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down a

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B’nai Brith Canada Deeply Concerned by Statements from NDP MPs

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Jan. 5, 2021 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada wrote to federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh on Monday, refuting the comments of NDP Members of Parliament, who posted inflammatory social media statements that treat Israel in a totally unfair manner and that add fuel to the fire of antisemitic conspiracy theories. Charlie Angus, the MP for Timmins—James

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B’nai Brith Canada’s Year in Review 2020

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The year 2020 has been highly challenging and we will not miss it. COVID-19 has affected us all in a wide variety of ways. As the Jewish people have always done during dark periods of crisis, however, we relied on our constant hopes for a brighter future and our willingness to help one another when

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B’nai Brith CEO Addresses Palestinian Pay-for-Slay in Sun Newspapers

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December 29, 2020 TORONTO – Earlier this month, as first reported by B’nai Brith Canada, the Federal Court rightly rejected a refugee application due to the applicant’s involvement in a PLO scheme that rewards terrorists and their families. Today, B’nai Brith’s message was broadcast across Canada in the Sun newspapers via an important op-ed by

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UNRWA Reform: Another Missed Opportunity for Canada

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December 21, 2020 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is extremely disappointed that the Government of Canada has announced a renewed financial contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine ‘Refugees’ in the Near East, while falling far short on pressing for major institutional reforms. Today’s announcement fails to address the systemic problems underlying

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian Central Council in Ramallah, Jan. 14, 2018 (Reuters / Mohamad Torokman)

Court Slams Palestinian “Pay for Slay” Program in Landmark Ruling

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December 17, 2020 TORONTO – Canada’s Federal Court has issued a scathing indictment of a Palestinian scheme to incentivize terrorism in a recent immigration case. In a judgment released last week, the Court upheld a decision by the Refugee Appeal Division to deny refugee status to a Palestinian woman over her work for the Palestinian Martyrs’ Families Foundation

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Thomas Cromwell and Valentina Azarova - PATRICK DOYLE / TORONTO STAR, TWITTER

B’nai Brith Provides Submission to U of T Inquiry

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December 16, 2020 TORONTO — Thomas Cromwell, former Supreme Court of Canada Justice, has been appointed by the University of Toronto to inquire into the controversial events surrounding the decision not to hire Valentina Azarova as the head of the Faculty of Law’s International Human Rights Program (IHRP). Over the past few months, B’nai Brith Canada

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Father Tadeusz Rydzyk, chairman of Radio Maryja (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Station Severs Ties with Radio Maryja Canada Following B’nai Brith Advocacy

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December 14, 2020 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is extremely pleased with the decision of CJMR 1320, a radio station broadcasting to the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), to terminate its business relationship with Radio Maryja Canada. Referring to a letter from B’nai Brith to CJMR 1320 detailing examples of Radio Maryja’s antisemitic statements broadcast around

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Mostyn: Canada Must Adhere to Its Principles at the UN

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Dec. 4, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO — The Chief Executive Officer of B’nai Brith Canada has publicly drawn attention to the country’s failure to adhere consistently to its principles on its United Nations votes involving Israel. Michael Mostyn, in a hard-hitting column in the Canadian Jewish Record, takes issue with objections in the CJR last week

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