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Forest Hill Collegiate Has History of Alienating Jewish Students, Former Pupil Says

May 23, 2018 By Reut Cohen Communications Associate B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – A student who attended Forest Hill Collegiate Institute in Toronto says the high school has a history of adversely affecting Jewish students when it comes to Jewish cultural events. This follows B’nai Brith Canada’s revelation earlier Wednesday that the school removed a publicly […]

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Toronto School Removes Jewish Heritage Month Banner

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May 23, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is expressing its outrage after the principal of a Toronto public school removed a banner made by students for Jewish Heritage Month, in a decision upheld by officials at the Toronto District School Board (TDSB).

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More Antisemitism and Homophobia from Imam Praised by B.C. Premier

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May 22, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada VANCOUVER – A firebrand Vancouver imam recently lauded by B.C. Premier John Horgan has doubled down on his antisemitic and homophobic rhetoric just days after the Premier’s Office refused to withdraw its letter of recognition. On Sunday, Tarek Ramadan of the

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Gaza Paramedic Who Treated Canadian Doctor Was Hamas “Holy Warrior”

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May 18, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – New information exposed by B’nai Brith Canada suggests that a Gazan paramedic slain after assisting Canadian doctor Tarek Loubani was a member of the Hamas terrorist group and employed by its interior ministry. According to the Gaza-based Palestinian Information Center, Musa Abuhassanin was a 36-year-old Captain of the Gazan Civil Defence.

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Terrorist Flags Waved at Anti-Israel Events in Toronto, Montreal

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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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B’nai Brith Canada Calls on TTC to Remove Gelatin from Drug-Testing Kits

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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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Canadian Alfred Schaefer Convicted of Holocaust Denial in Germany

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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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B’nai Brith Canada to Co-Host Three Ontario Election Debates

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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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Arbitrator Upholds Dismissal of York Employee Over Antisemitic Social Media Posts

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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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Another Record-Setting Year for Antisemitism in Canada, B’nai Brith Audit Finds

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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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