The opinions, facts and any media content presented do not necessarily reflect the position of B’nai Brith Canada. Oct. 10, 2017 Not having been raised in a practicing Jewish household, I only truly began to explore Judaism and my Jewish roots when I developed a connection to B’nai Brith Canada and started writing my weekly […]
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Oct. 4, 2017 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada VANCOUVER – Fresh off the heels of a successful, sold-out world premiere in Toronto and due to greater-than-anticipated demand, B’nai Brith Canada is adding a Vancouver screening of Wish You Weren’t Here by award-winning filmmaker Ian Halperin. The film, exploring how Roger Waters’ support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions
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By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Sept. 26, 2017 B’nai Brith Canada is pleased to announce that college and university students across Canada are now eligible to win free tickets to screenings of #1 New York Times bestselling author and award-winning filmmaker Ian Halperin’s new movie, Wish You Weren’t Here. The film’s world premiere will take place
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Sept. 24, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada B’nai Brith Canada is recognizing that the Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) has defied the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. This year’s edition of TPFF, which took place on Sept. 20-24, featured no fewer than five Israeli films,
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Sept. 19, 2017 MONTREAL – Third time’s not a charm. After three motions in fewer than 18 months were introduced in support of the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement at McGill University, the Board of Directors of its Student Society (SSMU) finally and ultimately ratified its May 2016 ruling against BDS on Sept. 17, 2017. It
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By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada Sept. 7, 2017 With Roger Waters’ Canadian tour quickly approaching, and in a bid to refute his misguided and inflammatory views on the State of Israel, B’nai Brith Canada is proud to team up with #1 New York Times bestselling author and award-winning filmmaker Ian Halperin (Who Killed Kurt Cobain?, Unmasked: The
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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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By Willem Hart Human Rights Researcher B’nai Brith Canada May 19, 2017 B’nai Brith Canada applauds the nearly one hundred Holocaust survivors in New York who have signed a petition delivered to Governor Andrew Cuomo, urging him to intervene and oppose the decision of the City University of New York (CUNY) to invite Linda Sarsour
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April 9, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada VANCOUVER – After a week-long referendum, students at the University of British Columbia voted against endorsing the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, with 48 per cent for and 52 per cent against. Turnout in the referendum also fell well short of the eight
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April 2, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada VANCOUVER – An anti-Israel student group at the University of British Columbia facilitated the sale of scarves with Hamas-affiliated slogans at a campus event, B’nai Brith Canada has learned. At a March 17 event called “A Night with Palestine” hosted by Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights
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