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B’nai Brith Lauds Montreal Hate Crimes Unit for Charging Man with Incitement to Hatred

Oct. 31, 2018 By Ran Ukashi National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – B’nai Brith Canada is commending the Montreal Hate Crimes Unit after it swiftly charged a purveyor of antisemitic content online with voluntarily inciting hatred towards an identifiable group. Last week, the Service de Police de la …

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B’nai Brith Canada Lauds Medicine Hat Police For Laying Charges in Antisemitic Hate Crime

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Aug. 8, 2018 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – B’nai Brith Canada is commending the Medicine Hat Police Service after it charged a man who was publicly promoting antisemitism with inciting hatred in public. Loki Hulgaard, 35, is facing 14 charges in total, including two counts …

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B’nai Brith Canada Participates in International Forum to Combat Antisemitism, Hate Crimes

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July 24, 2018 By Daniel Koren Manager, Media Relations & Communications B’nai Brith Canada WARSAW – B’nai Brith Canada is proud to have recently participated in the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE)’s Activist Forum on Preventing and Responding to Hate Crimes in Warsaw hosted by its Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). The Forum focused on …

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B’nai Brith Condemns Antisemitic Posters in Midtown Toronto

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May 28, 2018 By Aidan Fishman Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is deeply concerned by the spread of neo-Nazi and antisemitic posters in midtown Toronto over the past week. On Monday morning, a local resident alerted B’nai Brith to neo-Nazi propaganda posted on public property in …

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Another Record-Setting Year for Antisemitism in Canada, B’nai Brith Audit Finds

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April 24, 2018 By Daniel Koren Media Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada The year 2017 set records for antisemitism in Canada. B’nai Brith Canada’s Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents reports that 2017 was the second consecutive year in which record numbers were reached. The authoritative study on antisemitism in Canada, the Audit recorded 1,752 incidents, a 1.4 per cent overall …

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Rise in Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes Confirmed by Statistics Canada

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Nov. 28, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Interim National Director of the League for Human Rights B’nai Brith Canada OTTAWA – A report released by Statistics Canada Tuesday reveals a significant increase in hate crimes targeting Canada’s Jewish population in 2016. According to Tuesday’s report, antisemitic hate crimes rose from 178 incidents in 2015 to 221 incidents in 2016 – an …

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B’nai Brith Once Again Rises to the Occasion to Eliminate Hatred in Quebec

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Quebec Confidential July 18, 2017 MONTREAL – Nobody ever questions the value of B’nai Brith Canada. Since 1875, this organization has been recognized as a vital voice in promoting Jewish unity and continuity, a staunch defender of the State of Israel and global Jewry, a tireless advocate on behalf of senior citizens and a leader in …

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Arrest Warrant Issued in Montreal for Hate-Preaching Imam

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July 16, 2017 By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada MONTREAL – A Quebec judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of Palestinian-Jordanian Imam Sheikh Muhammad ibn Musa Al Nasr following a B’nai Brith complaint. During a sermon, Al Nasr called Jews “the worst of mankind” and expressed his hope that Muslims would slaughter them on Judgment …

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With Hate Crimes on the Rise, We Should All Follow Harry Potter’s Example

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June 29, 2017 This week marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first in the Harry Potter series. It might seem strange to bring that up here, in an opinion piece for B’nai Brith Canada, but as a fan of the series I think it can be useful to consider …

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Why Doesn’t Canadian Media Mention that Jews Are Most-Targeted Group for Hate Crimes?

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June 19, 2017 Last week, Stats Canada released its hate crime statistics for the year 2015, finding that hate crimes reported to police rose by five per cent over the year 2014, with 1,362 hate-motivated incidents. According to the government’s numbers, 469 of those incidents were motivated by religion, accounting for 35 per cent. Unsurprisingly, the …

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