November 18, 2019 Professor Meric Gertler President, University of Toronto 27 King’s College Circle Toronto, ON M5S 1A1 Dear Professor Gertler, We are writing to you as concerned faculty at the University of Toronto regarding the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (UTGSU) refusal to support a drive to make kosher food accessible […]
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November 17, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – A Toronto student union has refused to support a drive to make kosher food accessible on campus because its backers are “pro-Israel.” Last week, a Jewish student wrote to the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (GSU), asking it to consider supporting an ongoing campaign (page doesn’t exist) by Hillel to
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November 5, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath to publicly disavow the pro-terrorist comments made by a member of her caucus. On Monday of this week, B’nai Brith drew attention to a tweet by Joel Harden, NDP Member of Provincial Parliament for Ottawa Centre, in which he called for
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November 4, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – An Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament has called on Canada to secure the release of a senior member of a Palestinian terrorist group. In a series of tweets issued last Wednesday and Thursday, NDP MPP Joel Harden, who represents Ottawa Centre, said he was “Saddened, sickened and disgusted” by Israel’s arrest
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October 31, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – A monthly news magazine published from a Toronto-area mosque is alleging that the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism is “a racist, genocidal lie.” In an article featured in the October 2019 edition of Crescent Magazine: Newsmagazine of the Islamic Movement, U.S. Holocaust denier Kevin Barrett contends that this
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October 25, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is deeply concerned after learning that a federal grant was used to produce a guide instructing Canadian Muslims on how to vote in last Monday’s national election. The “Canadian Muslim Voting Guide: Federal Election 2019” was released by the Canadian Islamophobia Industry Research Project at Wilfred Laurier
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October 16, 2019 By Brian Herman Director of Government Relations B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – The United Nations will consider a landmark report tomorrow – Thurs., Oct. 17 – on the global threat of antisemitism, prepared by Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief. B’nai Brith Canada is calling on our next federal government
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October 13, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – Several federal election candidates have apologized for advertising in two newspapers with a history of promoting terrorism and antisemitism, following advocacy by B’nai Brith Canada. Pages 4 and 5 of the September 2019 edition of al-Forqan, a Windsor, Ontario-based Arabic-language newspaper, contained paid full-page advertisements from Brian Masse, the incumbent
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October 8, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada has been granted intervener status in another important court case. On Oct. 11, B’nai Brith will argue in defense of an Ontario government policy that allows post-secondary students to opt out of non-essential supplemental fees when paying tuition. Some of these previously mandatory fees include funding
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October 3, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada HAMILTON – B’nai Brith Canada is disappointed by a local university’s refusal to remove a pair of anti-Israel speakers from its lineup for a conference Friday. Azeezah Kanji and Atif Kubursi are scheduled to speak at McMaster University’s “Gandhi 150 – Waging Action on Hate and Racism” conference, even though they are open and
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