May 14, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – A flag of the Hezbollah terrorist group was spotted alongside Palestinian flags and makeshift signs falsely accusing Israel of apartheid at an anti-Israel rally in Toronto Saturday, just weeks after a similar incident in Montreal involving a PFLP flag. Both Hezbollah and the …
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May 11, 2018 By Noa Levin Communications and Social Media Associate B’nai Brith Canada After receiving several calls from employees of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), B’nai Brith Canada is expressing serious concern that the TTC is using gelatin, a non-kosher animal byproduct, in its random drug-testing kits. B’nai Brith is cooperating with the Amalgamated …
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May 8, 2018 By Reut Cohen Communications Associate B’nai Brith Canada Alfred Schaefer, a German-Canadian Holocaust denier, has been convicted of incitement to hatred in Germany, the German newspaper Sächsische Zeitung reported on May 5. Schaefer was charged in connection to a speech that he delivered at a February, 2017 rally in the German city of Dresden. In …
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May 7, 2018 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is proud to announce it is hosting local debates at three Toronto-area synagogues in the run-up to Ontario’s June 7 provincial election. Debates will take place at the Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue in Eglinton-Lawrence on May 22, Chabad Flamingo in Thornhill on May 23, and the Beth Tikvah Synagogue in Willowdale …
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May 14, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – A labour arbitrator has upheld (page doesn`t exist anymore )York University’s decision to dismiss a staff member in September of 2016 after he shared dozens of virulently antisemitic posts on social media. Nikolaos Balaskas, a long-time technician in the …
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April 24, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada The year 2017 set records for antisemitism in Canada. B’nai Brith Canada’s Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents reports that 2017 was the second consecutive year in which record numbers were reached. The authoritative study on antisemitism in Canada, the Audit recorded 1,752 incidents, a 1.4 per cent overall …
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April 16, 2018 By Brian Herman Director of Government Relations B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the federal government to lead the fight against antisemitism at the G7 Summit this June in the Quebec region of Charlevoix. With antisemitism increasing in Canada and abroad, B’nai Brith has issued a series of concrete …
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April 13, 2018 By Aidan Fishman National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is standing in solidarity with a Jewish member of the Quebec National Assembly after his use of a religious head-covering in the legislative chamber was criticized by the Leader of the Opposition. On Wednesday, …
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April 9, 2018 By Aidan Fishman National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada NIAGARA, Ont. – A conference organized by several Muslim organizations in Ontario’s Niagara region has removed an Egyptian imam from its list of speakers after B’nai Brith Canada drew attention to his history of antisemitic statements. Omar Abdelkafy, an …
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March 25, 2018 By Aidan Fishman National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is applauding students at the University of Ottawa for defending human rights and defeating a third anti-Israel motion within the span of five months. On Sunday, the Board of Administration of the Student Federation …
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