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B’nai Brith Welcomes PM Trudeau Apology, Urges Government Plan to Combat Antisemitism

Nov. 7, 2018 By Marty York & Daniel Koren B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is welcoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s apology to the Jewish community. Still, the organization is again urging the federal government to adopt a concrete, national action plan to fight antisemitism. On Wednesday, the Prime Minister made a statement […]

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B’nai Brith Lauds Montreal Hate Crimes Unit for Charging Man with Incitement to Hatred

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Oct. 31, 2018 By Ran Ukashi National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is commending the Montreal Hate Crimes Unit after it swiftly charged a purveyor of antisemitic content online with voluntarily inciting hatred towards an identifiable group. Last week, the Service de Police de la

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B’nai Brith Advocacy Leads to Criminal Convictions for Holocaust Deniers

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Oct. 26, 2018 Alfred and Monika Schaefer, the German-Canadian siblings behind a series of Holocaust-denial videos, have received prison sentences in Germany. B’nai Brith Canada provided detailed intelligence reports to German officials, leading to their eventual arrests. Supporters of the siblings have explicitly blamed B’nai Brith for their legal challenges. Alfred Schaefer this week received a sentence

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Government Committee to Adopt B’nai Brith Anti-Terror Proposals on Justice Bill

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Oct. 26, 2018 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – After hearing testimony from B’nai Brith Canada, the House of Commons Justice Committee has voted to strengthen clauses in a justice bill that otherwise could have allowed judges to give more lenient sentences for terrorism-related offences. The committee opted

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University of Winnipeg Apologizes for Antisemitism at Anti-Israel Event

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Oct. 24, 2018 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG – A University of Winnipeg investigation has concluded that antisemitism was expressed at a faculty-sponsored event earlier this year, which was first denounced by B’nai Brith Canada as “anti-Israel propaganda.” On Thursday, after a review by its Human Rights and Diversity Officer,

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B’nai Brith Questions Yet Another Round of UNRWA Funding from Canada

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Oct. 12, 2018 By Marty York Chief Media Relations & Communications Officer B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is extremely concerned about a decision by the federal government to contribute another $50-million to the United Nations Palestinian Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The new Canadian funding, announced Friday, comes shortly after the U.S. government chose

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Metro Responds to BDS Stickers: ‘This Does Not Reflect Our Opinions’

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Oct. 11, 2018 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – Metro Ontario Inc., the corporation that oversees the chain of Metro grocery stores across the province, is decrying the anti-Israel, pro-BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) stickers that were recently discovered at two of its Toronto locations. “This signage was

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Toronto Jewish Day School Vandalized with Palestinian Terror Slogans

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Oct. 9, 2018 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – A Jewish day school in Toronto was vandalized with pro-Palestinian and pro-Hamas slogans over the long weekend, B’nai Brith Canada learned after receiving a call to its Anti-Hate Hotline. On Tuesday, staff arrived at the Leo Baeck Day School,

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B’nai Brith Canada Urges CAQ to Reconsider Banning Religious Symbols

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Oct. 5, 2018 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – As the controversy intensifies over the freshly elected Coalition Avenir Quebec’s (CAQ) proposed ban on religious symbols in public institutions across Quebec, B’nai Brith Canada is urging Premier-elect Francois Legault to reconsider adopting the discriminatory legislation. On Tuesday, shortly

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PETITION: ICNA Must Remove Hateful Speakers from its Toronto Conference

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Sept. 26, 2018 Tahir Alvi, President Islamic Circle of North America – Canada 391 Burnhamthorpe Road East Oakville, ON L6H 7B4 Dear President Alvi, We, the undersigned, demand that you rescind the invitations for the following speakers at your upcoming annual convention, Carry the Light, taking place on Oct. 6-7, 2018 at the International Centre in

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