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An Invitation to the Canadian Premiere of ‘Wish You Weren’t Here’

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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Vancouver Providing Space for Antisemitism Despite Internal Recommendation

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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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Questionable Decision: Government to Provide up to $25-million to UNRWA

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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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Niki Ashton Responds to B’nai Brith Advocacy, Cuts Off Endorsement by Holocaust Denier

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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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NDP Leadership Candidate Endorsed by Holocaust-Denying Community Leader and Newspaper

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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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Winnipeg Graffiti Promotes Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory

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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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AEPi Names B’nai Brith Canada as its First Canadian Philanthropic Partner

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August 11, 2017 By Daniel Koren and Tevy Pilc Media Coordinator | Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO/INDIANAPOLIS – For the first time in its 104-year history, international Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) has chosen a Canadian charity – B’nai Brith Canada – as one of its philanthropic partners. AEPi has pledged to raise $25,000 for B’nai Brith Canada’s ongoing human rights …

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How to Combat Calgary’s Kosher Food Shortage

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August 8, 2017 By Samantha Hamilton Indigenous Rights Researcher B’nai Brith Canada CALGARY – In cities such as Toronto and Montreal, home to the largest Jewish communities in Canada, locating kosher food is more or less a simple task. In Western Canadian cities such as Calgary, however, where Jews have also experienced a long and storied history, the …

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B’nai Brith Canada Urges Russia to Comply with Request from Wallenberg Family

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By Tevy Pilc Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada July 26, 2017 B’nai Brith Canada is urging the Russian government to comply with legal action taken by the family of World War II hero Raoul Wallenberg to provide information and documentation surrounding his mysterious disappearance and death in a Soviet prison in 1947. On Wednesday, legal representatives for the …

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Victory! Publisher Issues Replacement Page of Textbook Accusing Israel of Using Child Soldiers

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Dear Friends, We wanted you to be the first to hear about B’nai Brith Canada’s latest victory in the fight against anti-Israel propaganda. You’ve probably heard about B’nai Brith’s investigation into the case of a Grade 6 Social Studies textbook called Canada and the Global Community that falsely accuses Israel of using “child soldiers.” While about 800 elementary schools in …

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