Feb. 8, 2018 Attention drivers in the Greater Toronto Area: B’nai Brith Canada needs YOUR help! Every year before Purim, B’nai Brith volunteers deliver holiday food baskets to seniors, people with disabilities, and our community’s most vulnerable, so they can continue to uphold this historic and valuable tradition. If you’re available to help deliver Purim […]
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Feb. 8, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA– B’nai Brith Canada representatives Michael Mostyn (Chief Executive Officer) and David Matas (Senior Legal Counsel) testified before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security Thursday regarding Bill C-59, an act that would alter Canada’s approach to combating terrorism. Mostyn and Matas expressed concern about the proposed removal of Section 83.221(1) the Criminal Code, which currently prohibits advocating
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Feb. 7, 2018 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO — B’nai Brith Canada celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Seniors’ Outreach Program with a massive party at its national headquarters in Toronto. Wow! What an amazing time that was had by all at our 10th Anniversary Party of @bnaibrithcanada Seniors' Outreach Program! Check out the
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The opinions, facts and any media content presented do not necessarily reflect the position of B’nai Brith Canada. Feb. 7, 2018 WINNIPEG – In honour of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, 2018, B’nai Brith Canada came together in Winnipeg with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and several community organizations to put on a
Feb. 1, 2018 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is concerned that the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has advised the Government of Canada to “actively condemn” Islamophobia without defining what the controversial term actually means. Other aspects of the Committee’s report, however, should be commended. In October, Michael Mostyn and David Matas – B’nai Brith Canada’s
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Dear Friends, Each year before Purim and Chanukah, volunteers help B’nai Brith Canada package and deliver holiday-themed food bags to the most vulnerable members of our community, including seniors and individuals with disabilities. This year, our goal is to reach over 1,000 people across the Greater Toronto Area for each holiday. We can’t do this
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Jan. 15, 2018 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – It’s a simple message: No matter how bleak or even inhumane your surroundings are, one must have faith in the existence and presence of good people and love will overcome. This was the message of Holocaust survivor Faigie Schmidt Libman, who spoke to a Grade
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Jan. 12, 2018 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Building on its history as a Holocaust education leader, B’nai Brith Canada has launched a free Holocaust education program, connecting survivors with high-school students across Canada. Recently, survivor Irene Kurtz spoke to more than 300 students and faculty members at Middlefield Collegiate Institute in Markham, Ont. The
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Jan. 10, 2018 Are you a human-rights advocate who is passionate about fighting racism, antisemitism and hatred in all its forms? Are you up-to-date with social, political and economic issues facing Canadians across the country? Do you support the indigenous Jewish people’s right to self-determination on their ancestral lands? Do you have the right professional
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1. Supported Jewish students on campus. B’nai Brith Canada was active in helping Canadian students fight antisemitism on campus this year. In Montreal, after students were unfairly targeted for supporting pro-Israel causes, our petition to McGill Principal Suzanne Fortier prompted her to investigate and condemn the incident. In a separate incident at McGill, B’nai Brith exposed a student
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