The Quebec Region of B’nai Brith Canada is collecting nonperishable goods, outerwear, underwear, and hygiene products for adults, children and babies as an ongoing project. Drop off location is at the B’nai Brith Quebec office located in the Cote St Luc Shopping Centre at 7155 Chemin de la Côte-Saint-Luc. The first box has been filled […]
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By Tevy Pilc and Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Even with the Rio Summer Olympics coming closer to starting, it was basketball in Israel that was making the loudest noise in this week’s top hoops headlines. It began with NBA veteran Amare Stoudemire announcing he is leaving the NBA and joining Israeli team Hapoel Jerusalem. And
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Should he decide to use it, Pope Francis will surely have no problem getting a good gym locker as the newest member of Krakow’s Jewish Community Center. At the end of his four-day visit to Poland for the Roman Catholic Church’s World Youth Day, the pontiff visited Archbishop Stanisław
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Kevin Pillar will have some company at the Toronto Blue Jays’ shabbat dinner table in the clubhouse… Not that they had one in the first place, but now he’ll have a more legitimate cause to start one. The Blue Jays acquired relief pitcher Scott Feldman in a
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B’nai Brith is delighted to announce that Jay Harris is the organization’s new Chair of the Board. Jay is a founding partner of Harris & Partners Inc., Licensed Insolvency Trustee and Restructuring firm and has always been passionate about his community. “We look forward to Jay participating in our leadership,” said Michael Mostyn, Chief Executive
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Israel is en route to become “a leading country in cyber defence,” according to a report from the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee’s Subcommittee for Cyber Affairs. The committee has released a statement that describes the consolidation of several cyber defence programs and the establishment of a National
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada The former South African ambassador to Israel is trashing his former diplomatic outpost…. Again. Using the Pretoria News as his mouthpiece, Ismail Coovadia launched into a lengthy diatribe of bizarre accusations and calls to support the boycott and sanctions movement against Israel and even a not so
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada A report from the largest Jewish organization in Scotland says Jews have in the past few years become increasingly less comfortable and more fearful living in the country. The findings of the Scottish Council of Jewish communities (ScoJeC) report showed that close to one-third of the 300
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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Pope Francis will visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp on Friday during his five-day trip to Poland. Pope Francis’ visit follows the example of the two previous Popes. Pope John Paul II was the first to go in 1979 and Pope Benedict visited in 2006. John Paul II’s visit was
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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Yeshiva students in Israel have earned lower public transit rates from Israel’s Ministry of Transportation, BeHadrei Haredim is reporting. This week, students in yeshiva, as well as those who travel to Israel to study traditional Jewish texts, have been granted the same discounted rates on public transit as regular Israeli students.
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