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Hamilton Gets Ready for 66th Annual B’nai Brith Sports Celebrity Dinner

On Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, B’nai Brith Hamilton will host the 66th Annual B’nai Brith Hamilton Sports Celebrity Dinner, Hamilton’s most anticipated annual fundraising event, at the Hamilton Convention Centre. Reception starts at 5 p.m., while dinner begins at 6 p.m. For tickets, click here. (page does not exist) This year’s event will feature a star-studded […]

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League for Human Rights to Host Award-Winning Holocaust Author

B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights is proud to host award-winning author Dr. Steve (Gunnar S.) Paulsson for a lecture at Beth Emeth Synagogue in Toronto on Thursday, Jan. 26. Entitled “The Other Jews of Warsaw: An Underground Community and its Struggle to Survive,” the event will feature Dr. Paulsson discussing his decades-long Holocaust research, conclusions

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B’nai Brith Teams Up with Main Street Project in Winnipeg

By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada B’nai Brith Canada is proud to have partnered up with the Main Street Project organization to donate food to the needy in Winnipeg. Since 1972, the organization has served the city’s most vulnerable by offering a safe place of respite, shelter and support, with dignity and without judgment, to individuals

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2017 Softball Registration Now Open!

Registration for the 2017 B’nai Brith Softball league is NOW OPEN! With 70 men’s teams and 13 women’s teams participating in 2016, it was one of our best years yet! We are looking forward to another amazing summer in 2017! All registration details have been placed on the poster above. Please note: Early-bird registration is through cash or cheque ONLY. Please mail in your cheque to 15

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A B’nai Brith Hanukkah Mitzvah

By Harvey Levine Regional Director, Quebec B’nai Brith Canada As we have every year  for the past four decades, on each night of Hanukkah volunteers and staff members with B’nai Brith Canada arrived at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal to light the menorah alongside bed-ridden patients. This past Monday evening there was a bitter ice storm

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B’nai Brith Canada’s Annual Hanukkah Food Drive A Lifeline for Our Community

Dear Friends, As you all know, each year before Hanukkah B’nai Brith Canada distributes food packages to the needy. It’s certainly a fulfilling experience, not just for the recipients of these packages but for the staff members and countless volunteers who come out to support the cause. This year, I was able to see firsthand

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2016: B’nai Brith Canada’s Year in Review

  By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada The year 2016 was marked by social tension, international unrest and political uncertainty. In Canada, minorities were subjected to racism and xenophobia and in Toronto, for the 11th straight year, the annual Hate Crimes report from Toronto Police Services showed that the Jewish community is the city’s single

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