18 juillet 2019 B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada demande au premier ministre Justin Trudeau de s’opposer au projet de loi sur les symboles religieux du Québec, après que des efforts juridiques visant à le bloquer temporairement aient échoué aujourd’hui. Dans un bref jugement rendu aujourd’hui, le juge Michel Yergeau a statué que […]
July 15, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – With the United States hosting this week a major Ministerial on International Religious Freedom, 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 is also encouraging other countries to take specific actions to
July 15, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada has filed a complaint with Toronto Police after a man was filmed harassing a member of the Jewish community in a North York park on Sunday. In the uploaded confrontation at G. Ross Lord Park, Firas al-Najim berates a man in an electronic wheelchair for supporting Israel,
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July 10, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – The League for Human Rights of B’nai Brith Canada has been granted intervener status in an upcoming legal battle over the date of Canada’s October federal election. The intersection of the Jewish calendar and the federal election schedule pose significant obstacles for observant Jews in 2019. Election Day
July 5, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on Canadians to condemn a downtown Toronto church for facilitating an event glorifying a Palestinian terrorist. On July 13, Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church is set to provide space for the “Ghassan Kanafani Resistance Arts Scholarship Launch,” organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM).
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June 25, 2019 By Jakob Glogauer and Toviel Kosmin-Rose B’nai Brith Canada Twenty-five years have elapsed since the horrific bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish community centre on July 18, 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The attack left 85 people dead, hundreds injured and destroyed the AMIA building as well as adjacent buildings
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June 25, 2019 By Josh Aziza B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada welcomes the Canadian Government’s acceptance of the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) working definition of antisemitism, announced today by Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism. We will be looking for concrete actions, however, to give its implementation substance and meaning. B’nai Brith will
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B’nai Brith Canada June 24, 2019 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is reiterating its long-held position for the Government of Canada and for the governments of Canada’s provinces, territories and municipalities, to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. Canada, while an important member of IHRA, has not formally adopted the working definition for domestic purposes,
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June 7, 2019 CALGARY – Slogans praising the Hamas terrorist group were heard at the al-Quds Day hatefest outside Calgary City Hall last Friday afternoon. “Long live Palestine! Long live Hamas! Long live the Resistance!,” was shouted by one of about 30 attendees during a lull between speeches. Rather than condemning or distancing the rally organizers
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June 4, 2019 TORONTO – The imam of a Richmond Hill, Ont., mosque has alleged there is a “Zionist connection” to the devastating terrorist attack against two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, describing it as the work of “right-wing crazies following a script written in Israel.” Zafar Bangash is the founder and leader of the Islamic Society
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