Dear Principal and Vice-Chancellor Suzanne Fortier, In October, thousands of Canadians from coast to coast called on you to take action against antisemitism at McGill University, after Jewish student Noah Lew and two of his peers were unjustly removed from student government. This was only the latest in a string of horrifying incidents targeting Jewish students at McGill during the […]
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted in favour of a draft decision on ‘”Occupied Palestine,” which ignores the Jewish connection to Jerusalem and Jewish holy sites, referred to throughout the resolution only by their Islamic names. By weighing in on security concerns that have nothing to do with cultural or educational
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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Ayman Elkasrawy, a teaching assistant at Ryerson University who called to “purify the al-Aqsa Mosque from the filth of the Jews” during a sermon, has been dismissed by the university. In a letter to B’nai Brith Canada, Ryerson President Mohamed Lachemi noted that Elkasrawy was “no
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Feb. 28, 2017 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada The Calgary Jewish Community Centre was evacuated Monday evening after an unidentified person phoned in a bomb threat at approximately 5:45 p.m. JCC staff members quickly followed emergency protocol and closed the building to ensure the safety of tenants and visitors to the
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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Feb. 24, 2017 Igor Sadikov, the McGill student politician whose tweet calling to “punch a Zionist today” was first exposed by B’nai Brith Canada, has resigned from his post as a director of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU). Sadikov remains a member of the SSMU’s
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B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn has issued the following statement regarding the discovery of antisemitic vandalism in Hamilton on Feb. 22, 2017: “We unequivocally condemn these horrific acts of antisemitism. Along with Holocaust denial posters at the University of Calgary, calls to ‘punch a Zionist’ at McGill and attempts to obstruct Holocaust education at Ryerson, these
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Finally, some positive changes for Israel at the United Nations. For the first time in at least a decade, it appears that the UN is finally being led by a Secretary-General who is unafraid to publicly support Israel. In a recent interview with Israel Public Radio, Antonio Guterres said of the Temple Mount, currently home to
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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Feb. 22, 2017 Students at the University of Calgary arrived on campus last week to find posters promoting Holocaust denial taped to windows and doors. The posters, dispersed at U of C last Monday, highlighted a recent scholarly debate over the number of non-Jewish victims of Nazi atrocities,
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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Arthur Topham, who was convicted of promoting hatred against Jewish people in November, 2015. Through his website, RadicalPress.com, Topham has called for Jews to be forcibly sterilized, claimed that Canada is “controlled by the Zionist Jew lobby,” and described Jewish
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German-Canadian Holocaust denier Alfred Schaefer has been charged with criminal incitement in Germany, after B’nai Brith Canada reported his activities to German officials. Schaefer is the brother of disgraced former Green Party of Canada candidate Monika Schaefer, who was denounced by the party after B’nai Brith exposed her Holocaust denial video in June, 2016. Alfred Schaefer is himself
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