Congregation Adath Israel – based out of the Montreal island suburb of Hampstead – is standing by its spiritual leader, Rabbi Michael Whitman, after a barrage of social media attacks were directed against him by the synagogue’s former cantor, Shmuel Levin. On Jan. 1, 2017, Cantor Levin released a YouTube video in which he made […]
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CTV News Winnipeg’s Michelle Gerwing spoke to Amanda Hohmann, National Director of B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights, on Jan. 5, 2017, regarding an antisemitic incident involving rock containing a swastika and antisemitic messages that was left outside a Jewish family’s home in Winnipeg.
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Canadian Jews, as do all minority ethnic groups, possess the right to work together as an identifiable group to build and advance a community. In an advanced multicultural democracy like Canada, one would imagine that such a right would never come under attack. Yet, this is exactly the purpose of Montreal “activist” Yves Engler’s op-ed,
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By Marty York Chief Media Officer B’nai Brith Canada The Winnipeg Police Department and its Hate Crimes Coordinator are investigating an ugly antisemitic incident that occurred in a residential neighbourhood near downtown Winnipeg on New Year’s Eve after the victims, who have asked to remain anonymous, called B’nai Brith Canada’s 24-7 Anti-Hate Hotline. “This
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Registration for the 2017 B’nai Brith Softball league is NOW OPEN! With 70 men’s teams and 13 women’s teams participating in 2016, it was one of our best years yet! We are looking forward to another amazing summer in 2017! All registration details have been placed on the poster above. Please note: Early-bird registration is through cash or cheque ONLY. Please mail in your cheque to 15
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Two weeks ago, I wrote about now former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s 11th-hour admission that the UN has spent a decade passing “a disproportionate number of resolutions, reports, and committees against Israel.” Mere days later, the UN Security Council approved what has been described as the most severe resolution it has yet to pass against Israel.
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Please join us for a community consultation on Holocaust remembrance and education on February 16, 2017, at Beth Emeth Synagogue in Toronto. This is your opportunity to help B’nai Brith set its agenda on Holocaust education in Canada. We look forward to hearing the community’s input at this very important gathering. February 07, 2017 at 7pm
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By Harvey Levine Regional Director, Quebec B’nai Brith Canada As we have every year for the past four decades, on each night of Hanukkah volunteers and staff members with B’nai Brith Canada arrived at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal to light the menorah alongside bed-ridden patients. This past Monday evening there was a bitter ice storm
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It is truly astounding that the issue of “settlements” – a politically loaded term used for Israeli residential planning and development in ancestral Judea and Samaria – has dominated the discussion on Israel and the Palestinian Territories. With the recent United Nations condemnation of said settlements, and Obama’s refusal to veto such a childish resolution,
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Even though several volunteers had spent many hours packaging and distributing gift bags to the less fortunate, there was still one more place to go to cap off our amazing annual Hanukkah food drive. It was the Bagel Club, which takes place at the Prosserman JCC in Toronto,
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