Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada To borrow a term from baseball, B’nai Brith Day at the Winnipeg Goldeyes’ game this past Sunday was a big hit. Nearly 1,700 people showed up at Shaw Park for the eighth time that B’nai Brith has hosted its “Afternoon with the Goldeyes” event. The event is a community service […]
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Israeli forces have demolished the family home of the Palestinian assailant who murdered a 13-year-old Israeli girl in June. A large military force, including the Combat Engineering Corps, razed the family home of Muhammad Nasser-Tarayrah early Monday morning. Last week, Israel’s Supreme Court approved the demolition of the terrorist’s family’s home.
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On Sunday, Canadian and world Jewry will observe the fast of Tisha B’Av, which commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. Throughout the centuries, Tisha B’Av has also become a day for commemorating the Crusader massacres, the expulsion from Spain, and the countless other waves of antisemitic persecution that have affected
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Chabad Lubavitch leaders have signed a new deal with the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), which exempts 15% of yeshiva students from military service. The new agreement states that 15% of Chabad yeshiva students will receive a complete exemption from service in order to focus on being emissaries of Chabad.
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada For the fourth time in nine days, vandals have scrawled ‘Jew’ on an image of a rat in Chinatown, Washington D.C., as reported by the DCist. DowtownDC, a private non-profit, encourages businesses in the city centre to create works of outdoor art. Chinatown, located in the northwestern quadrant of the
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada It may have taken a few Olympiads, but Israel is finally back on the podium. Israel’s Yarden Gerbi won bronze in the Rio Olympics women’s under 63 kg Judo competition after she beat Japan’s Miku Tashiro on Tuesday, August 9. It’s Israel’s first Olympic medal since 2008 when it
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada The Israel Air Force (IAF) will be joining the United States’, United Arab Emirates’, and Pakistani air forces for the prestigious Red Flag exercises in Nevada starting Aug. 15 ending Aug. 26. The Red Flag exercise is a “premier air-to-air combat training exercise” run by the US Air Force. The program is
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada The Public Security Ministry of the Knesset has launched a task force that’s aiming to deport advocates for the boycott and sanctions movement against Israel, as reported by Jerusalem Post. “Boycotting Israel must have a price,” said Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan a press conference announcing the task force. Public Security,
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada It’s that time every two years where the entire world comes in harmony to participate in good-natured athletic competition. It’s the Olympics – where nations put aside petty conflicts with one another and “celebrate humanity.” And then of course, there’s Israel. The exception. That exception was on
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