Adriana Glikman, B’nai Brith’s National Program Coordinator for the Diverse Minds Creative Writing Competition, speaks to 680 CJOB about the competition, which teaches valuable lessons of diversity and inclusion to high school students and empowers our youth to become role models for one another.
David Catzman has played in B’nai Brith Canada’s sports leagues for nearly 20 years and is the longtime manager of the Nomads basketball team. A family and community man to the core, he often brings his kids out to the diamond and the court to watch the games. B’nai Brith sat down with David to …
Beyond the Ball: An Interview with B’nai Brith Sportsman David Catzman Read More »
B’nai Brith is delighted to share Canada Post’s 2021 Chanukah stamp design with our supporters across the country. The design had input from B’nai Brith Canada and other organizations. It captures the festive holiday with a charming image of a menorah. As Chanukah approaches, from Nov. 28 to Dec. 6, we urge those sending out …
For the first time in 40 years, Marvin Rotrand’s name was not on the ballot paper for Montreal’s municipal elections. The longest-serving councillor, who represented the Snowdon district for 39 years under eight different mayors, has left city politics for a new position. As National Director of B’nai Brith’s League of Human Rights, he is …
Welcoming Marvin Rotrand – New National Director of the League of Human Rights Read More »
You may have noticed our updated logos. The new look more accurately reflects the various aspects of our organization. People know B’nai Brith Canada for our relentless advocacy efforts to stamp out antisemitism and discrimination. We also engage in community and sports programs that include a wide range of activates that represent our core values …
TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada and Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) are partnering with the Afghan Women’s Organization Refugee & Immigrant Service and The Neighbourhood Organization to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghan refugees. Thousands of Afghan refugees are being resettled in Canada because of the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Many are facing difficulties, from …
Emergency Afghan Refugee Relief Campaign Continues Read More »
B’nai Brith wants to make sure that everyone can celebrate the holidays in dignity enjoying a festive meal. Together with JCFS, B’nai Brith delivered 100 food bags throughout our community. Our volunteers were instrumental in making this happen! Too many people in our community experience food insecurity. B’nai Brith wants everyone to celebrate the holidays …
Diandra and Jordana Etkin, two sisters from Winnipeg, Manitoba, have been volunteering for B’nai Brith in Winnipeg for over a decade. Giving their time as volunteers was a lesson that Diandra and Jordana learned early on from their family. In Jordana’s words: “volunteering is part of my identity.” The Etkin sisters’ first program as volunteers …
Providing a hot lunch and gifts throughout the community For the second year in a row, one of B’nai Brith’s signature programs, an Afternoon with the Goldeyes, is being conducted in a special format due to Covid restrictions. At the initiative of Earl Barish and with the help of dedicated volunteers, Liz and Pat Panchuk …
B’nai Brith 13th Annual “Afternoon with the Goldeyes” Read More »
Anna Botkin and Bria MacBeath win the contest with their book, More than Me and You. This year’s Diverse Minds writing contest received many excellent children’s books on diversity and inclusion. The judges faced the difficult task of choosing 10 finalists from the many original, attractive, and educational submissions. On Sept. 14, the finalists were …
