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A New Normal? Antisemitism in Canada Sets Record for Third Consecutive Year

April 29, 2019 OTTAWA – For the third consecutive year, records were set in 2018 for antisemitism in Canada. The 2018 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, produced by B’nai Brith Canada’s advocacy arm, the League for Human Rights, recorded 2,041 incidents of antisemitism, a 16.5 per cent increase over the previous year. Incidents of antisemitism included: A …

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Attack on Jewish Cafe in Winnipeg was ‘Staged,’ Police Say

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April 24, 2019 Dear Friends, On behalf of B’nai Brith Canada, I would like to convey how shocked and disturbed we were to learn that police concluded Wednesday the recent attack at BerMax Caffé in Winnipeg, initially described as antisemitic, was staged. If the allegations of Winnipeg police are true, we condemn this fabrication of a hate crime …

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Canada Must Immediately List IRGC as Terror Group

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April 8, 2019 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – On the heels of the historic U.S. decision to label the entirety of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group, B’nai Brith Canada is urging the Government of Canada to follow suit. “Canada must swiftly list …

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WATCH: B’nai Brith Canada Continues Push Against al-Quds Day, Hateful Rallies

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March 26, 2019 TORONTO – A City of Toronto report on preventing hate rallies has been sent back to the drawing board. On March 21, 2019, B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn gave his deputation to a Toronto Executive Committee on why the Administrative Inquiry on Hate Sponsored Rallies report does not address issues we have previously raised regarding …

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Tell Event Organizers Linda Sarsour Not Welcome in Winnipeg

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March 21, 2019 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG – Linda Sarsour is not welcome in Winnipeg. Yet, the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg (SPCW) and the Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute (CMWI), both organizers of an event that is scheduled to feature the anti-Israel activist on April 26, are providing …

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Taxi Company Apologizes After Driver Goes on Antisemitic, Anti-Indigenous Rant

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March 6, 2019 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG – A local taxi company has apologized after one of its drivers made antisemitic and anti-Indigenous comments to a Jewish passenger. Weeks ago, while employing the services of Unicity Taxi Ltd., Winnipeg resident Ron East was subjected to “racist and …

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Join Us in Calling on the Government to Deport Helmut Oberlander

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March 5, 2019 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada WATERLOO, Ont. – Why is Helmut Oberlander still in Canada? Last November, after the former Nazi lost his fourth appeal against the government’s decision to strip him of his Canadian citizenship, B’nai Brith Canada launched a petition urging Minister of Public …

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Offensive TV Program Removed from Airwaves After B’nai Brith Petition

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Dear Friends, I am pleased to announce that Muslim Perspectives, a television show run by the Islamic Society of York Region (ISYR) that promotes hateful and antisemitic content, has been officially removed from the airwaves! Thanks to you, alongside hundreds of like-minded Canadians who signed our petition demanding that the program be cancelled, Muslim Perspectives, starring radical imam Zafar Bangash, …

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Your Ward News Resurfaces in Toronto

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March 1, 2019 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – Immediately after being found guilty of wilfully promoting hatred against women and Jews, an indignant James Sears told a media scrum outside a Toronto courtroom, “We’re going to keep publishing. The Crown is asking us to take down the issues in …

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Islamic Charity TV Show Promotes Hateful, Antisemitic Content

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Feb. 27, 2019 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada This is part two of a B’nai Brith Canada investigation into Imam Zafar Bangash. To read part one, click here. RICHMOND HILL, Ont. – A recent B’nai Brith Canada investigation revealed that the Islamic Society of York Region (ISYR), a Canadian …

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