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B’nai Brith Complaint Leads to Dismissal of York University Staff Member

York University has dismissed an employee following an investigation into his antisemitic social media use. Nikolaos Balaskas, a long-time lab technician in York’s Department of Astronomy and Physics, was the subject of a B’nai Brith Canada complaint to the university’s administration on Aug. 22. CIJNews reported (page doesn’t exist) Wednesday afternoon that a letter was sent …

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B’nai Brith Canada Represents Jewish Community at U.S. Forums

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By Marty York Chief Media Officer B’nai Brith Canada David Matas, renowned international human rights, immigration and refugee lawyer based in Winnipeg, was B’nai Brith Canada’s representative at The High Level Forum on Global Antisemitism at the United Nations in New York last week. Please click here for information on the event. Please click here for David’s blog on the …

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Rabbi Hillel and Global Antisemitism

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Rabbi Hillel asked three rhetorical questions: If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when? The implied answer to the first question is that, if I am not for myself, no one will be for me. In the context of the …

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Soccer Hooligans Intimidate Israelis, Jews in France and Poland – B’nai Brith Canada

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By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada Hostility was the behaviour of choice this past week for soccer hooligans aimed at an Israeli team in France and Jews in Poland. It began in France on Thursday, August 25, when AS St. Etienne played host to Beitar Jerusalem in a Europa League playoff game. Beitar supporters …

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Calgary Police Investigating Antisemitic Post on Facebook

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Police in Calgary have launched an investigation into an antisemitic Facebook post that was exposed by B’nai Brith Canada last Friday. Facebook initially determined that the post, which was a graphic explicitly calling for the genocide of all Jews, “doesn’t violate its Community Standards” and the global social media giant refused a request by B’nai …

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Students From German School Dress As Nazis, Attack Jewish Students in Argentine Nightclub

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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada While Argentinian-Jewish high school students were enjoying their graduation festivities at a costume party hosted in a nightclub, little did they know that their party would be crashed by Nazis. That’s right: Nazis. That would be 50 students from another high school dressed as Nazis, who not only …

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Self-Proclaimed Israeli Boycott Activist Seeks Asylum in Canada

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By Reut Cohen B’nai Brith Canada Gilad Paz, an activist affiliated with the boycott and sanctions campaign against Israel, has applied for asylum in Canada. Paz, who landed in Montreal on August 11, claims that he is the target of persecution in Israel due to his political views. Paz has said he was involved with …

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BREAKING NEWS: Jews Sunk The Titanic, documentary says

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By Jordan Zaitchik B’nai Brith Canada Jews sunk the Titanic in 1912. With the help of the Illuminati and Freemasons, 300 brave Zionist agents sunk the vessel in a plot to take over the world. This, at least, is what a Russian television channel reported this month. REN-TV exposed the plot in a documentary earlier …

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