Sept. 15, 2021 TORONTO – A 26-year-old man is facing seven charges stemming from a vicious attack on an elderly Jewish employee inside a Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) store in Toronto’s west end. On a summer’s evening, the accused allegedly entered the liquor store and attempted to purchase beer. When asked by the cashier […]
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Sept. 14, 2021 Our CEO, Michael Mostyn, was quoted in the Algemeiner about the arrest of a Toronto man involved in multiple antisemitic incidents. CLICK HERE to read the full article.
Sept. 14, 2021 The Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) wrote about our response to a recent graffiti incident. CLICK HERE to read the full article.
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Sept. 13, 2021 TORONTO – A 32-year-old man is facing new assault charges after allegedly attacking people he perceived as Jewish for at least the third time in the past few months. Michael Park was arrested Sunday after assaulting a woman at Toronto’s Lawrence subway station on Friday. According to the victim, Park asked her
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Sept. 3, 2021 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada and Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) are partnering with the Afghan Women’s Organization Refugee & Immigrant Service and The Neighbourhood Organization to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghan refugees. Thousands of Afghan refugees are being resettled in Canada because of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Many are
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Ahead of the federal election on Sept. 20, B’nai Brith Canada is proud to officially launch its 2021 Elections Guide! As in the past, the Guide will serve as the go-to resource for the Jewish community to get clear and detailed information about all sorts of election-related matters — including material about the major parties, details on how
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Sept. 1, 2021 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada stands in solidarity with Canada’s Iranian community in commemorating the mass murder of thousands of political prisoners in the summer of 1988 at the hands of the Iranian regime. In 2013, the House of Commons unanimously passed a motion declaring the premediated killings a crime against humanity. We commend
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August 24, 2021 VICTORIA – B’nai Brith Canada is calling for public action to ensure that an upcoming course on antisemitism at the University of Victoria (UVic) does not become a forum for antisemitic views. CLICK HERE to contact UVic directly on this critical issue For the upcoming fall semester, UVic was originally slated to offer a course
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August 20, 2021 TORONTO – In a rare and welcome step, one of Ontario’s most prominent unions has endorsed a resolution to combat the rising tide of Jew-hatred in Canada. At its annual general meeting earlier this week, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) resolved to “establish a task force to combat Antisemitism in Ontario,”
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August 19, 2021 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is alarmed by a noticeable increase in antisemitic vandalism across the country, seemingly coinciding with the start of the federal election campaign. In the latest outrage, on Thursday morning, a swastika and other graffiti was discovered on the entrance of the Beth Sholom Synagogue in midtown Toronto. That
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