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Another Montreal Imam Incites Violence Against Jewish Community

By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada March 21, 2017 MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada has reported an incident involving yet another Montreal imam to the Hate Crimes Unit of the Montreal Police Service. As CIJNews reports, the imam was recorded delivering an antisemitic sermon and inciting violence against Jewish people. In a speech delivered on […]

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Students Erase Israel from Multicultural Festival on Oshawa Campus

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada March 13, 2017 Students attending a multicultural festival at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Oshawa covered up an Israeli flag with its Algerian counterpart in order to eliminate any Israeli presence at a school-sponsored event last week, B’nai Brith Canada has learned.

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B’nai Brith Canada Strongly Disappointed by Lenient Sentence for B.C. Man Convicted of Hate Crime

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B’nai Brith Canada is strongly disappointed that a B.C. man convicted of communicating online statements that wilfully promoted hatred against Jewish people has been sentenced to a mere six months of curfew and a ban on public online activity. Arthur Topham was facing a maximum sentence of two years in prison. During his time as founder of

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Teaching Assistant Who Led Antisemitic Prayer Fired by Ryerson University

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Ayman Elkasrawy, a teaching assistant at Ryerson University who called to “purify the al-Aqsa Mosque from the filth of the Jews” during a sermon, has been dismissed by the university. In a letter to B’nai Brith Canada, Ryerson President Mohamed Lachemi noted that Elkasrawy was “no

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Bomb Threat Forces Closure of Calgary JCC

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Feb. 28, 2017 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada The Calgary Jewish Community Centre was evacuated Monday evening after an unidentified person phoned in a bomb threat at approximately 5:45 p.m. JCC staff members quickly followed emergency protocol and closed the building to ensure the safety of tenants and visitors to the

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Igor Sadikov Out As McGill Student Director

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Feb. 24, 2017 Igor Sadikov, the McGill student politician whose tweet calling to “punch a Zionist today” was first exposed by B’nai Brith Canada, has resigned from his post as a director of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU). Sadikov remains a member of the SSMU’s

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Michael Mostyn Condemns Antisemitic Vandalism in Hamilton

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B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn has issued the following statement regarding the discovery of antisemitic vandalism in Hamilton on Feb. 22, 2017: “We unequivocally condemn these horrific acts of antisemitism. Along with Holocaust denial posters at the University of Calgary, calls to ‘punch a Zionist’ at McGill and attempts to obstruct Holocaust education at Ryerson, these

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Holocaust Denial Posters Blanket University of Calgary

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Feb. 22, 2017 Students at the University of Calgary arrived on campus last week to find posters promoting Holocaust denial taped to windows and doors. The posters, dispersed at U of C last Monday, highlighted a recent scholarly debate over the number of non-Jewish victims of Nazi atrocities,

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B’nai Brith Gives Press Conference on Antisemitism With Toronto Mayor John Tory

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Feb. 22, 2017 B’nai Brith Canada CEO Michael Mostyn spoke at a news conference on Wednesday, Feb, 22, 2017, alongside Toronto police and Mayor John Tory at the Toronto Police Service Division 32 headquarters following incidents of antisemitic vandalism in Toronto, most notably, when post-it notes with

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B.C. Court Upholds Antisemitic Hate Speech Conviction

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By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Arthur Topham, who was convicted of promoting hatred against Jewish people in November, 2015. Through his website, RadicalPress.com, Topham has called for Jews to be forcibly sterilized, claimed that Canada is “controlled by the Zionist Jew lobby,” and described Jewish

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