March 21, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada THORNHILL, Ont. – B’nai Brith Canada is appalled after learning Wednesday morning that a synagogue in Thornhill, Ont. has been targeted by antisemitic vandalism. On Wednesday at about 9:40 a.m., a vandal smashed the glass doors of Chabad at Flamingo with a rock, according to Chabad …
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March 15, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – The Canadian government announced Thursday that it will transfer an extra $10-million to Palestinian refugees via the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). While acknowledging the important humanitarian nature of Canada’s contribution, B’nai Brith Canada continues to question UNRWA’s activities in the important field of education …
March 13, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – The Canadian branch of the Women’s March movement has strongly denounced Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, in stark contrast to its American counterpart. In a statement (page doesn’t exist) issued Monday, Women’s March Canada said it “deeply …
March 13, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is congratulating Jewish and pro-Israel students at the University of Ottawa for defeating a second anti-Israel motion within the span of four months. On Tuesday, a vote to add the boycott, divestment and …
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March 1, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG – The University of Winnipeg provided support for a one-sided, anti-Israel event held during a Jewish holiday. The panel discussion, which took place on Wednesday night during Purim, was sponsored by several local groups holding anti-Israel positions, including the Canadian …
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By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada Feb. 28, 2018 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada has conveyed its dismay to the Embassy of Iceland in Canada in light of a proposed ban on male circumcision. The proposal is working its way this week through the parliament of this …
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Feb. 21, 2018 MONTREAL – Administrators at McGill University are acknowledging that a recent antisemitism report contains factual errors, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. Please click here to sign our petition demanding a new investigation. In a letter sent by a high-ranking McGill official to B’nai Brith, an admission was made that a part of the report was “inaccurate,” but that “this element does not effectively change …
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Feb. 16, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director, League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – In a massive setback for Canada’s anti-Israel camp, a resolution aiming to eliminate Israel as a Jewish State will not be voted on by NDP members at this weekend’s national convention in Ottawa. The resolution, which would have opened the door for economic warfare against Israel – including …
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Feb. 15, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada VANCOUVER – A Vancouver imam is in hot water once again after he was caught condemning “the malevolent Jews” and calling for the destruction of “the enemies of Islam” at a downtown anti-Israel protest. After a rally that took place outside the Vancouver Art Gallery on July …
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Feb. 14, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – Canadians should be concerned that the country’s third-largest political party will be asked to consider voting for a resolution that aims to eliminate Israel as a Jewish State. B’nai Brith Canada needs your help to stop this …
