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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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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Please join us for a community consultation on Holocaust remembrance and education on February 16, 2017, at Beth Emeth Synagogue in Toronto. This is your opportunity to help B’nai Brith set its agenda on Holocaust education in Canada. We look forward to hearing the community’s input at this very important gathering. February 07, 2017 at 7pm
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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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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Even though several volunteers had spent many hours packaging and distributing gift bags to the less fortunate, there was still one more place to go to cap off our amazing annual Hanukkah food drive. It was the Bagel Club, which takes place at the Prosserman JCC in Toronto,
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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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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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Dear friends, On behalf of B’nai Brith Canada, I would like to express our gratitude for your ongoing support of our organization. It is only through your generosity that we are able to help improve the quality of life for so many in our community. As 2016 nears its end, it has become clear that
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Quebec Confidential For the past 40 years and counting, B’nai Brith Canada has organized Hanukkah Candle Lighting ceremonies at the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) in Montreal. This began with – and still remains – a proud community volunteer service project of B’nai Brith’s Maple Leaf Lodge. To this day, organizers of the event still invite
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By David Grossman Special to B’nai Brith It’s game day. Not your typical sports escapade when people flock to the television, while others grab the refreshments to check out scores, wins and what team grabs professional sports bragging rights. Instead, this game is for Jewish women of all ages, who gather at a North Toronto
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