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Arbitrator Upholds Dismissal of York Employee Over Antisemitic Social Media Posts

May 14, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – A labour arbitrator has upheld (page doesn`t exist anymore )York University’s decision to dismiss a staff member in September of 2016 after he shared dozens of virulently antisemitic posts on social media. Nikolaos Balaskas, a long-time technician in the […]

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Another Record-Setting Year for Antisemitism in Canada, B’nai Brith Audit Finds

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April 24, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada The year 2017 set records for antisemitism in Canada. B’nai Brith Canada’s Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents reports that 2017 was the second consecutive year in which record numbers were reached. The authoritative study on antisemitism in Canada, the Audit recorded 1,752 incidents, a 1.4 per cent overall

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B’nai Brith Calls on Canada to Lead G7 in Combatting Antisemitism

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April 16, 2018 By Brian Herman Director of Government Relations B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the federal government to lead the fight against antisemitism at the G7 Summit this June in the Quebec region of Charlevoix. With antisemitism increasing in Canada and abroad, B’nai Brith has issued a series of concrete

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B’nai Brith Canada Supports Right to Wear Kippah in National Assembly

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April 13, 2018 By Aidan Fishman National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is standing in solidarity with a Jewish member of the Quebec National Assembly after his use of a religious head-covering in the legislative chamber was criticized by the Leader of the Opposition. On Wednesday,

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On Yom HaShoah, Join B’nai Brith Canada in Honouring Those Who Perished

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April 11, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Unto every person, there is a name. During the dark era in human history known as the Holocaust, however, the evil Nazi regime attempted to strip this human right from over six million Jews and countless others, including the Romani, disabled, and members of

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Niagara Muslim Conference Removes Speaker After B’nai Brith Canada Outreach

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April 9, 2018 By Aidan Fishman National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada NIAGARA, Ont. – A conference organized by several Muslim organizations in Ontario’s Niagara region has removed an Egyptian imam from its list of speakers after B’nai Brith Canada drew attention to his history of antisemitic statements. Omar Abdelkafy, an

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BDS Fails at University of Ottawa for Third Time in a Row

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March 25, 2018 By Aidan Fishman National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is applauding students at the University of Ottawa for defending human rights and defeating a third anti-Israel motion within the span of five months. On Sunday, the Board of Administration of the Student Federation

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Antisemitic Vandalism Rocks Chabad Synagogue in Thornhill, Ont.

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March 21, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada THORNHILL, Ont. – B’nai Brith Canada is appalled after learning Wednesday morning that a synagogue in Thornhill, Ont. has been targeted by antisemitic vandalism. On Wednesday at about 9:40 a.m., a vandal smashed the glass doors of Chabad at Flamingo with a rock, according to Chabad

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B’nai Brith Canada Questions UNRWA Spending

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March 15, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – The Canadian government announced Thursday that it will transfer an extra $10-million to Palestinian refugees via the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). While acknowledging the important humanitarian nature of Canada’s contribution, B’nai Brith Canada continues to question UNRWA’s activities in the important field of education

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Canadian Women’s March Condemns Farrakhan

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March 13, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – The Canadian branch of the Women’s March movement has strongly denounced Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, in stark contrast to its American counterpart. In a statement (page doesn’t exist) issued Monday, Women’s March Canada said it “deeply

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