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University of Winnipeg Sponsors Anti-Israel Event on Purim

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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Iceland’s Proposed Circumcision Ban Draws B’nai Brith Concern

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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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McGill Admits Mistakes in Antisemitism Report; B’nai Brith Demands New Investigation

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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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Massive Defeat for Anti-Israel Forces as Pro-BDS Resolution Stalls at NDP Convention

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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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Vancouver Imam Rails Against “Malevolent Jews” in Public Prayer Session

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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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Tell the NDP: Don’t Single Out Israel

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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

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B’nai Brith Deeply Disappointed by McGill Report on Antisemitism

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Feb. 6, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is expressing its frustration after a McGill University report asserted that antisemitism played no role in the removal of Jewish student Noah Lew and two pro-Israel peers from student government in October. The report, authored by former

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Canadian Fundraising Event Endorsing UNRWA Linked to Terrorist Supporter

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Feb. 5, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – A United Nations agency, already under fire for indoctrinating youngsters to violent struggle instead of peace, is raising money in Canada with help from a supporter of Palestinian terrorism, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) participated

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Permanent BDS Committee Struck Down at U of T – Again

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Jan. 31, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – For the second time in slightly more than a year, a bid to establish a permanent committee to promote the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement at the University of Toronto has failed. In a ruling Tuesday night, the Board of Appeal of

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B’nai Brith Canada Appalled by Antisemitism on “Muslims in Calgary” Website

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Jan. 31, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada CALGARY – B’nai Brith Canada has filed a complaint with the Calgary Police Service over the virulently antisemitic content being promoted by a group, Muslims in Calgary, on its website and Facebook page. On Wednesday, a concerned community member

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