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B’nai Brith Canada Presents Certificate of Recognition to City of Côte Saint-Luc

June 14, 2017 By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada B’nai Brith Canada was proud to present a Certificate of Recognition to the City of Côte Saint-Luc for its dedication to fighting against racism, antisemitism and discrimination on June 12, 2017. B’nai Brith Canada’s Quebec Region as well as the B’nai Brith House and the under-construction …

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Stats Canada: Hate Crimes Up 5% in 2015, Jews Remain Most Targeted Group

June 13, 2017  By Tevy Pilc Staff Writer/Researcher B’nai Brith Canada With figures consistent with B’nai Brith Canada’s 2015 Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, Statistics Canada revealed this week that police-reported hate crimes rose by five per cent that year, with Jews remaining the most-targeted identifiable group. The report also showed an increase in incidents targeting Canada’s Muslim …

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B.C. Court Upholds Antisemitic Hate Speech Conviction

By Aidan Fishman Campus Advocacy Coordinator B’nai Brith Canada The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Arthur Topham, who was convicted of promoting hatred against Jewish people in November, 2015. Through his website, RadicalPress.com, Topham has called for Jews to be forcibly sterilized, claimed that Canada is “controlled by the Zionist Jew lobby,” and described Jewish …

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SIGN OUR PETITION: Canada Must Enforce Its Existing Hate Crime Laws

Dear Friends, The time has come for Canada to finally get serious about addressing antisemitism and hatred against its Jewish community. Over the last few years, several clear instances of antisemitic hate crimes have occurred throughout the country, though appropriate charges were never laid. B’nai Brith Canada has been diligent in reporting these hate crimes …

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Canadian Charged with Incitement in Germany after B’nai Brith Complaint

German-Canadian Holocaust denier Alfred Schaefer  has been charged with criminal incitement in Germany, after B’nai Brith Canada reported his activities to German officials. Schaefer is the brother of disgraced former Green Party of Canada candidate Monika Schaefer, who was denounced by the party after B’nai Brith exposed her Holocaust denial video in June, 2016. Alfred Schaefer is himself …

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CTV Interviews B’nai Brith on Winnipeg Hate Crime

CTV News Winnipeg’s Michelle Gerwing spoke to Amanda Hohmann, National Director of B’nai Brith Canada’s League for Human Rights, on Jan. 5, 2017, regarding an antisemitic incident involving rock containing a swastika and antisemitic messages  that was left outside a Jewish family’s home in Winnipeg.