December 16, 2020 TORONTO — Thomas Cromwell, former Supreme Court of Canada Justice, has been appointed by the University of Toronto to inquire into the controversial events surrounding the decision not to hire Valentina Azarova as the head of the Faculty of Law’s International Human Rights Program (IHRP). Over the past few months, B’nai Brith Canada …
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December 14, 2020 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is extremely pleased with the decision of CJMR 1320, a radio station broadcasting to the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), to terminate its business relationship with Radio Maryja Canada. Referring to a letter from B’nai Brith to CJMR 1320 detailing examples of Radio Maryja’s antisemitic statements broadcast around …
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December 10, 2020 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the public to demand justice for the Uyghur people, including an end to the Chinese government’s persecution of the Uyghurs and other minorities. In a virtual event Thursday, Ran Ukashi, National Director of B’nai Brith’s League for Human Rights, moderated a panel discussing the …
Dec. 4, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO — The Chief Executive Officer of B’nai Brith Canada has publicly drawn attention to the country’s failure to adhere consistently to its principles on its United Nations votes involving Israel. Michael Mostyn, in a hard-hitting column in the Canadian Jewish Record, takes issue with objections in the CJR last week …
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Dec. 1, 2020 TORONTO — B’nai Brith Canada is calling on members of the public to contact their local Members of Parliament and demand that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) be immediately listed as a terrorist group in its entirety. B’nai Brith held a virtual event Monday night to commemorate a tragic but little-known chapter in …
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B’nai Brith Canada brings you a series of accounts from Jews from Arab Countries and Iran. Join us to watch and listen to the heartfelt details of their horrifying uprooting experiences. The event will appear on this page on Monday, November 30, 2020 at 7pm EST.
November 25, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is applauding the federal government’s announcement Thursday that it will establish a position to help combat antisemitism. After many years of B’nai Brith advocacy calling for such a position to be created, the government indicated that it will appoint human-rights expert and former Justice Minister Irwin Cotler as its …
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November 24, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada Victoria, B.C. – B’nai Brith Canada has reached out to police following the revelation of another act of incitement by a firebrand religious figure. In a Facebook post flagged Monday by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Younus Kathrada calls Jews “Brothers of monkeys and khanzeer” (pigs in Arabic), and calls on Allah to …
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November 22, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada QUESNEL, B.C. – Convicted B.C. hatemonger Arthur Topham has been sentenced to a 30-day conditional sentence plus three years probation, after failing to comply with the terms of his previous probation. Friday’s sentencing comes a month after Topham had been found guilty of breach of probation, following a prior conviction for wilfully …
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Pour le français, voir ci-dessous…. November 20, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is very disappointed in the Government of Quebec’s lack of consideration towards the Jewish community, as it relates to the newly released plan on December holiday gatherings. “Premier Legault has not addressed the concerns and needs of several minority groups in …
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