Adriana Glikman, B’nai Brith’s National Program Coordinator for the Diverse Minds Creative Writing Competition, speaks to 680 CJOB about the competition, which teaches valuable lessons of diversity and inclusion to high school students and empowers our youth to become role models for one another.
April 11, 2022 To the editor of CBC Opinion In this morning’s article on the war in Ukraine, Idris Elbakri expresses gratitude that the Canadian people are capable of taking decisive positions and actions in the face of occupation. But then, alas, according to Elbakri, we are applying a double standard to other conflicts …
B’nai Brith is delighted to share Canada Post’s 2021 Chanukah stamp design with our supporters across the country. The design had input from B’nai Brith Canada and other organizations. It captures the festive holiday with a charming image of a menorah. As Chanukah approaches, from Nov. 28 to Dec. 6, we urge those sending out …
For the first time in 40 years, Marvin Rotrand’s name was not on the ballot paper for Montreal’s municipal elections. The longest-serving councillor, who represented the Snowdon district for 39 years under eight different mayors, has left city politics for a new position. As National Director of B’nai Brith’s League of Human Rights, he is …
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B’nai Brith Canada has introduced a new feature that is being posted regularly at www.bnaibrith.ca/volunteer-with-us. This feature allows us to pay tribute and express gratitude to exceptional volunteers who have given their time and energy to further the missions of our grassroots, human-rights organization. We are grateful and proud of — Tiphaera Ziner Cohen realized …
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B’nai Brith wants to make sure that everyone can celebrate the holidays in dignity enjoying a festive meal. Together with JCFS, B’nai Brith delivered 100 food bags throughout our community. Our volunteers were instrumental in making this happen! Too many people in our community experience food insecurity. B’nai Brith wants everyone to celebrate the holidays …
Diandra and Jordana Etkin, two sisters from Winnipeg, Manitoba, have been volunteering for B’nai Brith in Winnipeg for over a decade. Giving their time as volunteers was a lesson that Diandra and Jordana learned early on from their family. In Jordana’s words: “volunteering is part of my identity.” The Etkin sisters’ first program as volunteers …
Providing a hot lunch and gifts throughout the community For the second year in a row, one of B’nai Brith’s signature programs, an Afternoon with the Goldeyes, is being conducted in a special format due to Covid restrictions. At the initiative of Earl Barish and with the help of dedicated volunteers, Liz and Pat Panchuk …
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Anna Botkin and Bria MacBeath win the contest with their book, More than Me and You. This year’s Diverse Minds writing contest received many excellent children’s books on diversity and inclusion. The judges faced the difficult task of choosing 10 finalists from the many original, attractive, and educational submissions. On Sept. 14, the finalists were …
B’nai Brith Canada is seeking hate-crimes charges and a political response to a video showing protesters in Winnipeg playing an antisemitic song composed by a band linked to the Hamas terrorist group. On May 15, hundreds of people joined an anti-Israel protest outside the Manitoba Legislative Building in central Winnipeg. In one video, the crowd …
