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B’nai Brith Canada Condemns Federal Funding for Anti-Israel Exhibit

July 10, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada LONDON, Ont. – B’nai Brith Canada is strongly condemning an anti-Israel art exhibit on display at Western University’s McIntosh Gallery that received grants from a federal funding agency, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The display, entitled “Choreographies of Resistance,” glorifies […]

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Hundreds of Ontario Schools Caught Teaching False Anti-Israel Propaganda

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July 7, 2017 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is demanding that the Ontario Ministry of Education issue both an apology and a corrected version of a Grade 6 Social Studies textbook that falsely accuses Israel of using “child soldiers.” About 800 elementary schools in Ontario have received the textbook. As of today, hundreds of

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Antisemitic, Racist Graffiti Stains York Region High School

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June 30, 2017 By Tevy Pilc and Dahlia Horlick Staff Writer/Researcher | Campus Advocacy Researcher B’nai Brith Canada June 30, 2017 TORONTO – “Jews did 9/11.” That was one of the appalling, antisemitic graffiti messages scrawled this week onto the wall of a York Region high school north of Toronto. There was also a swastika drawn in place of a maple leaf on a Canadian flag.

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CBC Radio Show Must Present A Balanced Argument on Israel

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June 29, 2017 By Gabrielle Samra Cultural Development Researcher B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is urging ICI Radio-Canada Première (the French-language counterpart of CBC/Radio-Canada) to present a balanced argument on the Arab-Israeli conflict after historian Shlomo Sand promoted falsehoods about the Jewish state that went unchallenged during its morning radio show Dessine-moi un dimanche.

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Mississauga Protesters Incite Hatred Toward Jews

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Click the image above to watch footage from the protests By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada July 28, 2017 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – B’nai Brith Canada is demanding that Peel Regional Police open an investigation into a July 22 protest in Mississauga, Ont., wherein participants incited violence and promoted hatred against the Jewish community. Videos recorded at a rally in

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SIGN OUR PETITION: Keep Holocaust Denier Kevin Barrett Out of Canada

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June 20, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Kevin Barrett, a notorious Holocaust denier from the United States, has accepted an invitation to address the Toronto al-Quds Day rally on June 24 at Queen’s Park, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. In a bid to protect Canada from foreign hate mongers, B’nai

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SIGN OUR PETITION: Keep Holocaust Denier Kevin Barrett Out of Canada

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Kevin Barrett, who has been invited to speak at the vehemently anti-Israel al-Quds Day rally in Toronto, continues to engage in Holocaust denial, which both the governments of Ontario and Canada clearly define as an act of antisemitism, as well as promote conspiracy theories blaming the State of Israel and the “Zionist lobby” for the

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Antisemitic Incidents on the Rise in Toronto in Recent Months

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June 16, 2017 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – May and June of 2017 have yielded an uptick in antisemitic incidents in the Greater Toronto Area, including three separate incidents near a Jewish elementary school. B’nai Brith Canada, which actively assists victims of antisemitic incidents, has discovered that the following incidents have

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Stats Canada: Hate Crimes Up 5% in 2015, Jews Remain Most Targeted Group

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June 13, 2017 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada With figures consistent with B’nai Brith Canada’s 2015 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, Statistics Canada revealed this week that police-reported hate crimes rose by five per cent that year, with Jews remaining the most-targeted identifiable group. The report also showed an increase in incidents targeting Canada’s Muslim

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B’nai Brith Canada Commends Niagara Region for Voting to Condemn BDS

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By Tony Stortz Equity & Diversity Researcher B’nai Brith Canada June 9, 2017 NIAGARA, Ont. – B’nai Brith Canada strongly commends the Niagara Regional Council after it voted to condemn the antisemitic boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement. On Thursday night, the Council voted 21-2 in favour of the motion to condemn BDS after hearing deputations

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