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B’nai Brith Canada Calls for Removal of UN Palestinian Rapporteur

ec. 4, 2017 TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is calling on the United Nations to strip Michael Lynk of his position as “Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” after he headlined a fundraiser for a radical anti-Israel group. B’nai Brith has sent letters to both United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Canadian […]

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WATCH: The Silencing of Jewish Suffering in Syria

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By Tevy Pilc Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Nov. 30, 2017 Seventy years ago, before the establishment of the State of Israel, there were nearly 1-million Jews living in Egypt, Syria, Iran, Iraq, and throughout the Middle East. In the years leading up to and following Israel’s creation, however, these Jews – despite having a storied

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Rise in Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes Confirmed by Statistics Canada

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Nov. 28, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – A report released by Statistics Canada Tuesday reveals a significant increase in hate crimes targeting Canada’s Jewish population in 2016. According to Tuesday’s report, antisemitic hate crimes rose from 178 incidents in 2015 to 221 incidents in 2016 – an

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Group that Hosted Neo-Nazi Launches Campaign to Preserve Hate Rallies in Toronto

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By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada Nov. 27, 2017 TORONTO – A Toronto group that played host to a neo-Nazi speaker in April of 2016 is leading the charge against an effort by City Councillor James Pasternak to prohibit “hate-sponsored rallies” on public property. Beit Zatoun, which calls itself “a

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Premier, University of Lethbridge Respond to Anthony Hall Saga

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By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada Nov. 24, 2017 LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – More developments have come to light after Thursday’s shocking revelation that disgraced University of Lethbridge Professor Anthony Hall would be returning to work. B’nai Brith Canada has now received assurances from high-ranking university officials that Hall

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Winnipeg Radio Station Takes Action Against Antisemitism

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Nov. 24, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG – A prominent Winnipeg radio station has suspended one of its programs after B’nai Brith Canada highlighted its promotion of antisemitic conspiracy theories. CKUW 95.9 FM, the official campus radio station of the University of Winnipeg, removed

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White Supremacist Paul Fromm Barred From Winnipeg Hotel

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Nov. 15, 2017 By Ran Ukashi Regional Director, Winnipeg Region B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG, MB – A notorious white supremacist has been disallowed from holding a private meeting in a Winnipeg hotel room, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. The Hilton Winnipeg Airport Suites has been directed by its leadership to cancel a reservation by Paul Fromm,

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B’nai Brith Canada Lauds Criminal Charges Against Antisemitic, Homophobic Newspaper

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Nov. 15, 2017 TORONTO – After countless requests by B’nai Brith and other human rights organizations – not to mention numerous complaints lodged by Toronto residents – Ontario’s Attorney-General finally confirmed today that James Sears and Leroy St. Germaine, who serve as the editor and publisher of the antisemitic, misogynistic, homophobic, and racist “newspaper” Your Ward News,

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Ontario Arabic-Language Newspaper Blames Jews for the Holocaust

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Nov. 14, 2017 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – An article appearing in a bi-weekly Arabic-language newspaper distributed across Southern Ontario blames Jews for the Holocaust and promotes antisemitic conspiracy theories, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. The article in question, entitled “Hidden Khazaria,” appears without attribution on page 17 of the Nov. 10 issue of al-Meshwar (page doesn’t exist) which is

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Holocaust-denying Professor Back in Classroom Thanks to Government of Alberta

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Nov. 23, 2017 LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – B’nai Brith Canada is outraged that Professor Anthony Hall has returned to work at the University of Lethbridge, after he was suspended for promoting antisemitism in October of 2016. Hall’s return was facilitated by Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP Government, which passed two bills in mid-2017 that strengthened the position of Hall’s faculty association. In

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