August 2, 2018 By Aidan Fishman National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – A professor at the University of Lethbridge in southern Alberta has been removed from the classroom yet again, amid an ongoing internal investigation into his antisemitic activities. Anthony Hall was initially suspended by the University in October […]
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July 23, 2018 By Violet Levin Government Relations Associate B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – With the U.S. State Department serving as host of the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom this week, B’nai Brith Canada has penned an open letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland asking Canada to restate its opposition to antisemitism and racism. B’nai Brith
July 19, 2018 By Violet Levin Government Relations Associate B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – Following a study linking Poland’s controversial Holocaust legislation to a surge in Polish antisemitism and after taking careful note of its latest amendments, B’nai Brith Canada is questioning the law’s necessity as the changes do not address widespread concerns over its impact. On
Dear Friends, Earlier this month, B’nai Brith Canada achieved a key legal victory by knocking out a libel suit by former Green Party justice critic and anti-Israel activist Dimitri Lascaris. Had the lawsuit succeeded, B’nai Brith and other pro-Israel groups could have been effectively barred from criticizing adversaries of the Jewish State, even as they promote
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July 12, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – The Iroquois National Lacrosse Team has touched down in Israel for the World Men’s Lacrosse Championships, defying the protests of anti-Israel campaigners. The Iroquois Team, composed of players from the indigenous Haudenosaunee Confederacy, founded centuries before the European
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July 4, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada The trial of two German-Canadian siblings for inciting hatred against Jews got under way in Munich on Monday, a week after one of the accused gave a Nazi salute during a speech at a public rally. Monika and Alfred Schaefer are facing charges stemming from a
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July 4, 2018 The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada House of Commons Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, B’nai Brith Canada has always been a strong supporter of Canada’s membership in the North Atlantic Alliance. We favour a robust Canadian contribution to security of the Euro-Atlantic region, including
June 28, 2018 By Reut Cohen Communications/League for Human Rights Associate B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is commending the Ottawa Jazz Festival for standing up to the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, which wrongfully singles out the Jewish state. The festival, which runs this year from June 21 to July 1,
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June 26, 2018 By Reut Cohen Communications/League for Human Rights Associate B’nai Brith Canada THORNHILL, Ont. – The perpetrator behind an attack of antisemitic vandalism at the Chabad Flamingo synagogue in Thornhill, Ont., has still not been identified, three months after the incident occurred. Detective Mark Topping of the York Regional Police told B’nai Brith Canada Tuesday that extensive work has been done in
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June 22, 2018 By Violet Levin Government Relations Associate B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is supporting a new initiative to combat antisemitism from UNESCO and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. At the same time, B’nai Brith strongly urges UNESCO to reconsider politicized
