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Rise in Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes Confirmed by Statistics Canada

Nov. 28, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – A report released by Statistics Canada Tuesday reveals a significant increase in hate crimes targeting Canada’s Jewish population in 2016. According to Tuesday’s report, antisemitic hate crimes rose from 178 incidents in 2015 to 221 incidents in 2016 – an […]

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Group that Hosted Neo-Nazi Launches Campaign to Preserve Hate Rallies in Toronto

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By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada Nov. 27, 2017 TORONTO – A Toronto group that played host to a neo-Nazi speaker in April of 2016 is leading the charge against an effort by City Councillor James Pasternak to prohibit “hate-sponsored rallies” on public property. Beit Zatoun, which calls itself “a

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Premier, University of Lethbridge Respond to Anthony Hall Saga

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By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada Nov. 24, 2017 LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – More developments have come to light after Thursday’s shocking revelation that disgraced University of Lethbridge Professor Anthony Hall would be returning to work. B’nai Brith Canada has now received assurances from high-ranking university officials that Hall

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Winnipeg Radio Station Takes Action Against Antisemitism

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Nov. 24, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG – A prominent Winnipeg radio station has suspended one of its programs after B’nai Brith Canada highlighted its promotion of antisemitic conspiracy theories. CKUW 95.9 FM, the official campus radio station of the University of Winnipeg, removed

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Say NO to “Swastika Trail” in Ontario

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Nov. 23, 2017 PUSLINCH, Ont. – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on Canadians of good conscience from across the country to help remove the name “Swastika Trail” from an Ontario town by signing a petition that will be presented to the town’s council. To sign the petition, click here. On Dec. 20, 2017, the Township Council

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Ontario Arabic-Language Newspaper Blames Jews for the Holocaust

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Nov. 14, 2017 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – An article appearing in a bi-weekly Arabic-language newspaper distributed across Southern Ontario blames Jews for the Holocaust and promotes antisemitic conspiracy theories, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. The article in question, entitled “Hidden Khazaria,” appears without attribution on page 17 of the Nov. 10 issue of al-Meshwar (page doesn’t exist) which is

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Holocaust-denying Professor Back in Classroom Thanks to Government of Alberta

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Nov. 23, 2017 LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – B’nai Brith Canada is outraged that Professor Anthony Hall has returned to work at the University of Lethbridge, after he was suspended for promoting antisemitism in October of 2016. Hall’s return was facilitated by Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP Government, which passed two bills in mid-2017 that strengthened the position of Hall’s faculty association. In

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An Open Letter to Mayor Crombie and Mississauga City Councillors

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Dear Mayor Crombie and Mississauga City Councillors, Mississauga is known as one of the most diverse and multicultural cities in Canada – but its reputation is under threat. On July 22 and again on Nov. 4 of this year, protesters affiliated with the Palestine House organization have commandeered Celebration Square, your city’s most iconic public

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Say NO to Antisemitism and Incitement on Mississauga City Property

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Nov 13, 2017 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the City of Mississauga to enforce its bylaws against protestors who have threatened violence against Jews and encouraged children to engage in terrorism. In July, B’nai Brith exposed a rally in Mississauga’s Celebration Square, in which hundreds of people chanted in Arabic, “Remember Khaybar, oh you Jews, the

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B’nai Brith Canada Condemns Neo-Nazi Posters at UBC

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By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada Nov. 12, 2017 B’nai Brith Canada utterly condemns a series of antisemitic incidents at the University of British Columbia last week, including neo-Nazi posters found at the site of the campus Remembrance Day ceremony. On Nov. 11, The Ubyssey, UBC’s student newspaper, reported that entrances to the War Memorial Gym were plastered

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