B’nai Brith Canada is demanding that the Canadian Government provide evidence that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) no longer engages in problematic and dangerous behaviour, and is operating at a standard in line with Canadian values and expectations as it relates to human rights. “To turn over $25 million in aid […]
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I’d like to take this opportunity to bring to light a particular Remembrance Day ceremony that is near and dear to my heart. Larry Rosenthal, a long-time B’nai Brith Canada activist in Quebec, must be commended for once again organizing a very special commemoration at the Baron De Hirsch cemetery Jewish War Veterans monument. Although
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B’nai Brith Canada is outraged that the Government of Canada has committed $25-million in funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) – an organization previously criticized for its ties to the Hamas terrorist organization – without addressing the agency’s long history of incitement. “UNRWA has a track record of problematic behaviour
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights hosted a conference call on Tuesday, Nov. 15 featuring renowned University of Toronto professor Aurel Braun, briefing League volunteers on what the U.S. election results mean for Canada and the world. The League volunteer-exclusive event allowed participants, which included academics, university students
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On Tuesday, Nov. 15, the General Council of the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (GSU) rejected a proposal to transform its “BDS Ad Hoc Committee” into a permanent fixture of the organization. The vote needed a ⅔ majority in order to pass, but was defeated by a decisive margin of 34-17, with 11 abstentions.
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Over the past few days, Jewish sites in both Montreal and Ottawa have been targeted with an unusually heavy barrage of antisemitic vandalism. On Monday morning, a swastika was discovered on the wall of Hof Kelsten, an iconic Jewish bakery on Boulevard Saint-Laurent, just a block away from the memorial site for the late Jewish-Canadian
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada B’nai Brith Canada is honoured to be the recipient of Circle of Care’s “People Helping People Award” in recognition of the nearly two-decade long partnership between the two organizations. The award was presented at Circle of Care’s Kosher Meals on Wheels 50th Anniversary and Annual Volunteer Recognition Event at
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Hate crime complaints have been made to multiple Ontario police departments against a Toronto teenager over anitsemitic and racist videos she posted on YouTube. Veronica Bouchard, 19, who goes by Veronica Evalion online, has built a large following as a result of her videos, which contain amtisemitic messages and racial slurs. Global News Toronto Senior Reporter Christina Stevens spoke
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B’nai Brith will be holding a Remembrance Day Service at the Baron de Hirsch Cemetery in Montreal. Details on the event can be viewed via the flier below.
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B’nai B’rith International decries the United Nations for moving to adopt yet another ten resolutions against Israel. Members of the UN General Assembly met yesterday at the committee level to vote on several partisan resolutions claiming that the State of Israel violates the human rights of Palestinians. One resolution mirrors two that UNESCO (the United
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