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Tackling Online Hate and Antisemitism: B’nai Brith Urges Government Action

September 10, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada is pushing for forthright action by the Government of Canada to confront online hate and antisemitism. Recommendations on a mix of policy and legal remedies were presented during September 4 consultations between B’nai Brith Canada and Canadian officials including MP Arif Virani, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister […]

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Prominent Neo-Nazi Recruiter Finally Before the Courts in Montreal

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August 28, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – Nearly two years after B’nai Brith Canada alerted both police and the Jewish community to one of the internet’s leading neo-Nazi influencers, the culprit is finally due to appear in court. Gabriel Sohier Chaput is a 33-year-old Montreal resident who, under the pseudonym of Charles Zeiger, was one of the primary

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Street Honouring Nazi Captain Must Be Renamed

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August 17, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is urging a Greater Toronto Area municipality to rename a street dedicated to a Nazi battleship captain who fought in the Second World War. Langsdorff Drive, located in Ajax, Ontario, was named in 2007 after Hans Langsdorff, who commanded Nazi German forces at the 1939 Battle of

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Polish National Union Condemns Głos Newspaper

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Aug. 14, 2020 TORONTO – The Polish National Union of Canada (PNU) has publicly denounced a newspaper exposed by B’nai Brith Canada for antisemitic content. Last week, B’nai Brith revealed that Głos, a Toronto-based Polish-language newspaper, published an article blaming COVID-19 on an imagined Jewish conspiracy, in addition to other antisemitic content. The story received widespread media attention, including

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Ontario Arabic Newspaper Blames Jewish State for Beirut Port Disaster

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August 13, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – An Arabic-language newspaper distributed in the Greater Toronto Area accused Israel of having plotted last week’s devastating explosion in Beirut, despite clear evidence to the contrary. The Aug. 7 edition of al-Meshwar contains a half-page editorial by editor-in-chief Nazih Khatatba (page 5), entitled “Who Is Responsible for the Beirut Port Disaster?”

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B’nai Brith Joins Effort to Demand Change at Facebook

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Aug. 11, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is proudly participating in an international initiative demanding that Facebook adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism. This initiative consists of more than 100 organizations from all over the world coming together to insist on this crucial first step in ensuring that

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Polish-Language Newspapers Face Backlash Following B’nai Brith Revelations

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Aug. 10, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – Two Polish-language newspapers are facing backlash after B’nai Brith Canada’s advocacy exposed their antisemitic content. The two papers in question are Głos, a Toronto-based publication exposed last week in a B’nai Brith press release, and Goniec, a Mississauga-based publication exposed last summer in a similar release. These stories sparked widespread shock and concern

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COVID-19 Created by “Organized Jewry,” Toronto Newspaper Claims

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Aug. 6, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada has filed a criminal complaint with Toronto Police after a local Polish-language newspaper twice blamed the COVID-19 pandemic on a sinister Jewish plot. The hateful article, entitled “Coronavirus, or the Fake Pandemic,” was the front page story in the March 25 edition of Głos Polski, and was published again

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B’nai Brith Taking Action Against Nazi Glorification

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July 28, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada OAKVILLE, Ont. – B’nai Brith Canada is taking action on the disturbing issue of Nazi glorification in this country. Yesterday, B’nai Brith and the Canadian Polish Congress released a joint statement calling for the removal of a monument from a cemetery in Oakville, Ontario. The monument memorializes a World War II-era

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Nazi Collaborators Should Not Be Honoured in Canada: B’nai Brith and Canadian Polish Congress

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July 27, 2020 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada and the Canadian Polish Congress are jointly calling for the removal of a memorial at Oakville’s St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery that glorifies Nazi German collaborators. As has been widely reported, a cenotaph honouring Ukrainian volunteers of the 14th Waffen SS “Galicia” Division stands prominently on the grounds

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