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B’nai Brith Sunday Brunch Series Growing in Popularity in Montreal

May 24, 2018 QUEBEC CONFIDENTIAL | By Mike Cohen B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL — There are no shortage of events and activities organized by the Jewish community in Montreal. However, the B’nai Brith Community Volunteer Services (CVS) Committee has clearly come up with a winning formula with its Music Brunches for Seniors. I had heard wonderful things about […]

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Candidates in Riding of Lawrence-Eglinton Debate Jewish Issues

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May 24, 2018 By Violet Levin Government Relations Associate B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – Political candidates from all four leading parties arrived at Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue in Toronto Tuesday for an Ontario election debate organized by B’nai Brith Canada. Lawrence-Eglinton riding candidates Mike Colle (Liberal), Reuben DeBoer (Green), Robin Martin (PC), and Robyn Vilde (NDP) engaged

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B’nai Brith Welcomes Canada’s New Ambassador to IHRA

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May 22, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is welcoming the appointment of a new Canadian Ambassador to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Last week, Global Affairs Canada announced that career foreign service officer Matthew Levin, Canada’s Ambassador to Spain, will succeed Artur Wilczsynski at the end of his assignment this summer. “Educating Canadians and the world about

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New Exhibit Celebrates the History of Montreal’s Jewish Community

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May 10, 2018 By Sara Gruszczynski Communications Associate B’nai Brith Canada After more than two years of planning, the McCord Museum in Montreal launched its Shalom Montreal exhibit last week, an effort to explore centuries of Jewish history in Canada and just in time to mark the start of the country’s inaugural Jewish Heritage Month. The exhibit, which

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Canada to Apologize for the MS St. Louis

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May 9, 2018 By Noa Levin Communications and Social Media Associate B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that he will make a formal apology for Canada’s 1939 decision to turn away the MS St. Louis, an ocean liner carrying over 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution. The MS St. Louis set sail from Hamburg, Germany

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Hundreds Attend Protest Against neo-Nazism in Montreal

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May 8, 2018 By Sara Gruszczynski Communications Associate B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – Around 200 people marched through the Montreal neighbourhood of Parc-Extension Saturday to demonstrate against neo-Nazism in the city, chanting slogans such as “make racists afraid again” and “no fascists in our neighbourhood!” The protest, which took place days after a man was caught

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Quebec’s Lone Jewish MNA David Birnbaum Nominated to Seek Another Mandate

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The opinions, facts and any media content presented do not necessarily reflect the position of B’nai Brith Canada. April 18, 2018 MONTREAL – David Birnbaum was 58 years old in the Spring of 2014 when Philippe Couillard asked him to be the Liberal candidate for the National Assembly in the riding of D’Arcy McGee, which includes the

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Montreal Continues Powerful Yom HaShoah Ceremony Inspired by B’nai Brith

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The opinions, facts and any media content presented do not necessarily reflect the position of B’nai Brith Canada. April 13, 2018 MONTREAL – It was at least two decades ago that the B’nai Brith office in Quebec initiated an annual event on the steps of Montreal City Hall to commemorate Yom HaShoah. It was well-organized and appreciated,

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On Yom HaShoah, Join B’nai Brith Canada in Honouring Those Who Perished

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April 11, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Unto every person, there is a name. During the dark era in human history known as the Holocaust, however, the evil Nazi regime attempted to strip this human right from over six million Jews and countless others, including the Romani, disabled, and members of

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An Invitation to B’nai Brith’s Inaugural Montreal Basketball Tournament

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April 10, 2018 Dear Friends, B’nai Brith Canada is pleased to invite you to our inaugural four-on-four basketball tournament in Montreal on Sunday, May 13, 2018, at the Côte Saint-Luc Gymnasium. The B’nai Brith B-Ball Tourney – Édition Montréal will provide an opportunity for basketball players to take part in a fun and fast-paced, round-robin tournament where teams play a

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