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Alberta Professor Anthony Hall Continues to Peddle Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories

June 21, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – A professor at the University of Lethbridge in southern Alberta is peddling fresh antisemitic conspiracy theories over the Internet, despite facing an investigation into his earlier activity. Anthony Hall, who was formally reinstated as a faculty member in November […]

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Listing IRGC as Terrorists Long Overdue: B’nai Brith Canada

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June 15, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is pleased to report significant progress in having the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) designated as a terrorist entity in Canada, a position the organization has strongly advocated for many years. The IRGC, a branch of

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Ontario Group Whose Leader Called for “Eradication” of Israelis Receiving Federal Grant

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June 14, 2018 By Benjamin Paul Communications Associate B’nai Brith Canada KITCHENER, Ont. – B’nai Brith Canada is perturbed by revelations that an organization, whose spokesperson called for the “eradication” of Israelis, is receiving federal funding through the Canada Summer Jobs program. Sheikh Shafiq Huda, listed as the public contact for the Islamic Humanitarian Service in Kitchener, Ont., delivered his

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Sheikh Calls for “Eradication” of Israelis at Toronto al-Quds Day Rally

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June 10, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is in the process of filing a complaint with Toronto Police after a speaker at Saturday’s al-Quds Day rally in downtown Toronto called for the “eradication” of Israelis. Sheikh Shafiq Huda of the Islamic Humanitarian

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Toronto Mayor Assures Strong Action on al-Quds Day Activity

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June 8, 2018 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – Toronto Mayor John Tory is vowing that the city will take strong action if Saturday’s al-Quds Day rally at Queen’s Park turns into another hatefest. “I’m confident that if there are incidents of hate, police will act and we will be urging city staff

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BDS Posters Targeting Aroma, Israeli Products Surface in Toronto

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June 4, 2018 By Sara Gruszczynski Communications Associate B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is urging residents of the Greater Toronto Area to be on the lookout for posters promoting the antisemitic boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign after several were spotted in the Annex neighbourhood of downtown Toronto. The posters encourage Canadians to

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Ontario’s ‘Nazi Barista’ Collaborated with Montreal neo-Nazi ‘Zeiger’

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May 30, 2018 By Sara Gruszczynski Communications Associate B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is appalled by the recent revelation that former Thunder Bay, Ont. coffee shop owner Thomas White is the co-host of antisemitic podcast, This Hour Has 88 Minutes. A report by the media outlet Vice concluded that White co-hosts the program under the moniker “League

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B’nai Brith Condemns Antisemitic Posters in Midtown Toronto

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May 28, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is deeply concerned by the spread of neo-Nazi and antisemitic posters in midtown Toronto over the past week. On Monday morning, a local resident alerted B’nai Brith to neo-Nazi propaganda posted on public property in

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B.C. Premier Rescinds Radical Imam’s Certificate of Recognition

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May 24, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada VANCOUVER – B.C. Premier John Horgan has withdrawn a certificate of recognition sent to a controversial Vancouver imam, following a month-long advocacy campaign by B’nai Brith Canada. In an email sent to B’nai Brith supporters on Thursday, the Premier’s Office

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Jewish Heritage Month Banner Restored at Toronto School

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May 23, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – A banner proclaiming Jewish Heritage Month has been restored to the main foyer of a Toronto high school, following intense grassroots activism by Jewish students. The banner had been removed Tuesday after the principal at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute deemed it “too controversial,”

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