Sept. 24, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada B’nai Brith Canada is recognizing that the Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) has defied the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. This year’s edition of TPFF, which took place on Sept. 20-24, featured no fewer than five Israeli films, […]
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September 20, 2017 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Following letters of concern from B’nai Brith Canada, apologies have been issued by both the Invictus Games and Wilfrid Laurier University for scheduling major events on Yom Kippur.In an email to B’nai Brith, James Eaton, Chairman of the Invictus Games, acknowledged that scheduling the
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Sept. 14, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – B’nai Brith Canada has submitted a formal complaint to both the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) and a local school board after a Mississauga school teacher once again (page doesn’t exist) praised Palestinian terrorists, this time in
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Sept. 13, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada EDMONTON – B’nai Brith Canada is calling for action in response to an Edmonton event that used taxpayer dollars to spread false claims about the State of Israel and antisemitism. On Aug. 22, as part of the Ignite Change
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By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Sept. 7, 2017 With Roger Waters’ Canadian tour quickly approaching, and in a bid to refute his misguided and inflammatory views on the State of Israel, B’nai Brith Canada is proud to team up with #1 New York Times bestselling author and award-winning filmmaker Ian Halperin (Who Killed Kurt Cobain?, Unmasked: The
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By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of The League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada August 31, 2017 VANCOUVER – The City of Vancouver is providing space to British author and conspiracy theorist David Icke, who has a long history of promoting antisemitic tropes, despite recommendations to cancel the performance from the city’s own Civic Theatres Board
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August 24, 2017 By Marty York Chief Media Officer B’nai Brith Canada The Canadian Government announced Thursday that it will continue to supply support of up to $25-million to Palestinian refugees via the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). B’nai Brith Canada continues to have serious concerns about UNRWA. “Helping impoverished Palestinians in various Arab countries
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August 22, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – Earlier today, B’nai Brith Canada issued a press release calling on NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton to reject the endorsements of Nazih Khatatba, who has a history of promoting Holocaust denial. In response to our advocacy on behalf of
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August 22, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton has been endorsed by a controversial Canadian-Palestinian figure with a history of Holocaust denial. In a public August 15 Facebook post, Nazih Khatatba wrote that it was a “duty and responsibility” to register as an
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August 16, 2017 WINNIPEG – Graffiti promoting an antisemitic conspiracy theory has been found in a broad area of southern Winnipeg. Writing scrawled on roads, sidewalks and even private property along Wellington Crescent warns ominously of “white genocide,” linking the concept to Jewish-American philanthropist George Soros. The white genocide conspiracy theory, which falsely accuses Jews of plotting
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