November 20, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – An attempt to shut down a pro-Israel event on a Toronto university campus has failed. Members of Reservists on Duty, an organization that tours North American campuses “to speak with knowledge and confidence on behalf of Israel,” were hosted by Herut Canada at York University’s main campus on Wednesday evening. Earlier in …
Anti-Israel Mob Fails to Block Event at York University Read More »
November 19, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – Following B’nai Brith Canada’s press release on Sunday, multiple University of Toronto (U of T) faculty members reached out to B’nai Brith seeking to work together in achieving equality for Jewish students in need of kosher food on campus. On Sunday, B’nai Brith exposed the U of T Graduate Students’ Union …
B’nai Brith and U of T Faculty Push Back against Kosher Food Rejection Read More »
November 18, 2019 Professor Meric Gertler President, University of Toronto 27 King’s College Circle Toronto, ON M5S 1A1 Dear Professor Gertler, We are writing to you as concerned faculty at the University of Toronto regarding the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (UTGSU) refusal to support a drive to make kosher food accessible …
November 17, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – A Toronto student union has refused to support a drive to make kosher food accessible on campus because its backers are “pro-Israel.” Last week, a Jewish student wrote to the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union (GSU), asking it to consider supporting an ongoing campaign (page doesn’t exist) by Hillel to …
Kosher Food Drive Violates “Will of the Membership,” Student Union Suggests Read More »
October 8, 2019 B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada has been granted intervener status in another important court case. On Oct. 11, B’nai Brith will argue in defense of an Ontario government policy that allows post-secondary students to opt out of non-essential supplemental fees when paying tuition. Some of these previously mandatory fees include funding …
B’nai Brith to Intervene in Canadian Federation of Students Court Case Read More »
July 26, 2019 This year, Ontario students have a unique opportunity to deny funding to one of Canada’s most prominent supporters of the antisemitic BDS movement. But you need to act quickly. Join B’nai Brith Canada, Hasbara Fellowships Canada, StandWithUs Canada, and AEPI in opting out of fees to the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), and …
Oct. 24, 2018 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada WINNIPEG – A University of Winnipeg investigation has concluded that antisemitism was expressed at a faculty-sponsored event earlier this year, which was first denounced by B’nai Brith Canada as “anti-Israel propaganda.” On Thursday, after a review by its Human Rights and Diversity Officer, …
University of Winnipeg Apologizes for Antisemitism at Anti-Israel Event Read More »
A rally on May 13, 2017 in solidarity with Palestinian terrorists staging a hunger strike in Israeli prisons was endorsed by the York Federation of Students (YFS) and the University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union (UTMSU), B’nai Brith Canada has learned. Hammam Farah, one of the organizers of the rally, described its purpose as “supporting the demands of our heroic prisoners.” Chief among those prisoners is Marwan al-Barghouti, who …
Toronto Student Unions Whitewash Terrorism Against Israelis Read More »
By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada On Monday, Feb. 13, the board of directors of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) rejected a motion by a vote of 5-4 calling for the removal of Igor Sadikov from the board. Sadikov, who represents the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) on the SSMU board of …
McGill Student Union Rejects Motion Calling on Igor Sadikov to Resign Read More »
B’nai Brith Canada is urging the University of Lethbridge in Alberta to investigate one of its professors over suggestions that he has promoted Holocaust denial and other antisemitic conspiracy theories. Anthony Hall, who teaches Globalization Studies, is a proponent of what he refers to as an “open debate on the Holocaust,” (page does not exist) a …
